Germany-Singapore SME Funding Programme

Singapore companies keen to embark on joint-innovation projects with German companies can receive support by participating in a joint call for proposals for Germany-Singapore technological R&D projects.

The Germany-Singapore SME Funding Programme (GSFP) is jointly administered by Enterprise Singapore and Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) to provide access to public funding for jointly selected projects. The programme aims to encourage the development of ready-to-market solutions for products, technology-based services or processes that have strong market potential for Germany, Singapore or the international market.

About BMWi
 

BMWi and its coordinator AiF Projekt GmbH have set up the Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM) to foster market-driven technology-based R&D projects by individuals and/or cooperation networks in all technologies and sectors. ZIM is Germany’s largest innovation funding programme for SMEs.

Who can apply
 

The project consortium must involve at least one Singapore SME and one German SME, independent from each other. Each project partner should contribute no more than 70% of total project contribution.

All Singapore companies must meet the eligibility criteria for the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG) in order to apply.

How to apply
 
  1. Singapore companies can look for suitable project partners through IPI Singapore and the Enterprise Europe Network.

  2. Interested Singapore companies should download and read the call document, which contains all the relevant details about the joint call for proposals. For further assistance, companies can contact Enterprise Singapore by emailing us here.

  3. Singapore companies should then initiate early consultation with Enterprise Singapore on the eligibility of their projects by emailing the same contact above.

  4. On behalf of the consortium, one project partner should submit (i) the completed common proposal, signed by all organisations participating in the project; and (ii) a draft consortium agreement that regulates the terms of cooperation between all partners. The application must be submitted to both Enterprise Singapore and AiF Projekt by 30 October 2020, 2359 CEST. Proposals will be assessed on a rolling basis, as long as they are submitted before the deadline.

  5. Thereafter, if the project is found to be eligible, each project partner is required to submit a related funding application form to their respective country funding bodies. For Singapore companies, the equivalent of this is the application form for the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), which can support up to 70% of qualifying project costs. Singapore companies must submit the EDG application form on the Business Grants Portal along with the common proposal and draft consortium agreement attached as supporting documents.