This document provides an overview of funding opportunities and lessons learned from applying to funding programs from the German government (BMBF) and European Union (EU). It discusses the research focus and application processes of different programs, including KMU-Innovativ, BMBF research projects, BMWi projects, and EU projects. Key recommendations include tailoring proposals to the specific call, building a balanced consortium, emphasizing large innovative steps, and using clear language to help reviewers.

1. Praktische Erfahrungen zu Bund- und EU-
Fördermaßnahmen für industrielle Forschung
Rolf Kraemer
Enter Date: 8.11.2016
SIBB Forum Finance, Berlin

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Gliederung
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1 Einführung IHP und IHP Programmportfolio
2 Forschungstiefe und Auswirkung auf Antragsstil
3 Mehrstufige Verfahren
4 KMU-Innovativ
5 BMBF-Forschungsprojekte
6 BMWi-Projekte
7 EU-Projekte
8 Zusammenfassung und Unterstützungsangebot

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IHP
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• IHP ist ein Forschungsinstitut der Leibniz Gemeinschaft
• Erforschung von innovativen elektronischen Systemen insbesondere aus der
Kommunikationstechnik
• Etwa 300 Mitarbeiter arbeiten in Frankfurt/Oder in den Bereichen:
• Drahtlose Systeme
• Hochfrequenz Schaltungstechnik
• SiGe-BiCMOS Technologieentwicklung und Fertigung
• Neue Materialien für zukünftige Technologien
• Das IHP hat weltweit die schnellsten Si-Transistoren
• Wir erreichen Schaltfrequenzen fmax >700 GHz und Transitfrequenzen fT > 500 GHz
(IBM: fmax < 400 GHz fT < 300 Ghz)
• Derzeit laufen beim IHP mehr als 90 Förderprojekte mit einem jährlichen Fördervolume von etwa
15 Mio€
48% 5% 7% 5%
0%
35% 1%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Bund EU / FP7 EU / Horizon2020
DFG Land / ESF Industrie
sonst. Finanzierung

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Running projects in department “Wireless Systems” (34, 9 DFG, 9
BMBF, 10 EU, 1 WGL, 4 IHP)
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Proposed Projects of „Wireless Systems“ department
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• As you see the diagram is of 12.10! In the meantime we submitted 6 further project
proposals. 4 H2020 projects have been submitted today (17:00 o‘clock)

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Projekt Granting Probability
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Project
Type
Acceptance
rate (Mean
Value)
call to start
duration
IHP Funding
k€
BMBF 20% 1 year 40% ˜300-600
KMU-
Innovativ
30% 4-6 month 30% ˜500
EU-H2020 10% ¾ year 20-25% ˜300-600
BMWi 15-20% ¾-1 year 25% ˜300-600
ZIM 50% 3 month 100 % ˜190
DFG 30% 6-9 month 40% ˜200

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Research/Development
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Research Strength
Development Strength
DFG; ERC (EU)
BMWi; ZIM
BMBF- Research
H2020
New methods
New understanding
High research reputation
Research Organizations
New technologies
New products
High potential for Start-Ups
Companies
KMU-Innovativ
BMBF

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The „effective“ value of funding
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• As company you are not funded by 100% but only according EU-rules max. 70% (SME)
[more realistically 50-60% for SME and 40-50% for other companies]
• Thus: You have to put additional resources into the project to fulfill your contribution
• Thus: The project goals (and your dedicated contribution) should match your innovation
strategy (or even short term development goals) to maximize the effective funding
contribution
Development Goal 1
DevelopmentGoal2
Current State
Your Target
Target of Research
Proposal

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BMBF-Projects 1/6
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• The nature of the projects are normally “applied research” or “KMU-Innovativ”
• The consortia are dominated by industry-Partners (> 50% of funding)
• The project size is medium to large (3 Mio€-15 Mio€)
• Example from own ZDKI projects:
• ParSec: 11 Mio€ project cost; 5,8 Mio€ funding (11 partner, 3 universities, 1 research institute)
• DEAL: 5 Mio€ project cost; 2,9 Mio funding (5 partners, 1 university, 1 research institute)
• Few projects are beyond 20 Mio€
• A university/research institution can get between 1-2 FTE as partner (it can be 3-4 as coordinator
• A company can gets 1-4 FTE
• You have to distinguish between project funding and project cost
• Project cost: How much does the project activities cost each partner
• Project funding: How much support is granted by BMBF to each partner
• University, Research Institutes: 100 % funding ( of the eligible additional cost +20% (10%) overhead)
• Industry: 50% funding (full cost)
• SME (KMU): 60% (70%) funding (full cost)
• Careful: your own maximal funding is calculated according to your solvency
• 100% can be less (money) than 50%!!!
• IHP overhead is 180%:
• 50% Full cost funding: 280%/2=140% of direct cost which is greater than 100% (direct cost)+10% (overhead)
• BTU overhead is 80%:
• 50% Full cost funding: 180%/2=90% of direct cost is smaller than 100%+20%

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BMBF-Projects 2/6
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• Preparation:
• In preparation of each call BMBF organizes an expert discussion. It is good to be invited to
such expert group discussion since impact on the topics of the call can be exerted.
Important points can be emphasized. (you get part of the game)
• Call for proposals
• The “Call for Proposals” will be published on the BMBF pages
http://www.foerderinfo.bund.de/. You can register there to get the regular Info-letter.
• In general mixed consortia from industry and research are addressed
• The funding agency (Projektträger) offers an opening meeting for each call.
• Members of the preparation team will explain the call issues and the project agency will
explain the administrative regulations
• It is important to participate in this opening session and to prepare 3-4 slides for a
short concept proposal and introduction of yourself, your competences and interests!
• Here is the first opportunity to meet interested parties and to build initial consortia (if
you are “part of the game” you might have already a consortium at this point of time)
• This event is especially important if you are not already well known in the community

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BMBF-Projects 3/6
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• Proposal procedure
• In general the BMBF calls are executed in 2 proposal phases:
• Short proposal (Skizze)
• Full proposal (Gesamtvorhabensbeschreibung, Einzelvorhabensbeschreibung)
• The first phase is the most important one since it decides the acceptance.
• Only after passing the first phase successfully you are invited to submit the full proposal
• The short proposal has to be written according to a pre-defined outline
• The volume is 15-20 pages (Attention: the upload procedure limits the volume!!)
• The short proposal must describe the “vision” of the consortium with respect to the call.
Moreover, it has to show the “strength of the consortium” to do the proposed work
• In the vison part you are expected to describe big steps!
“Disruptive innovations are more sexy than little innovation steps”
• An initial (convincing) exploitation concept has to be included (especially of industry
partners)
• Not so important is the focus on
• Own preliminary work (in DFG project this is much more important)
• A detailed state of the art analysis (only typical 1-2 pages)
• The financing concept is quite important especially the funding ratio (ratio between the full
cost of the project and the part the funding agency contributes) is <70%
(research partners are 100% (additional cost), KMU (SME) 60% (70) (full cost) Industry 50%
(full cost) funded)

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BMBF-Projects 4/6
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• Consortium and consortium-arithmetic
• Because of the upper limit of funding-ratio due to EU-regulations it is important to
have not to many 100% research partners.
• The mix between KMU (SME), industry and research should be well balanced.
(In the case of doubt increase the number of KMU partners). The funding should be
below 70% of the total project cost
• As consortium-leader you can well control the consortium structure.
• Be aware that it is easier to invite a partner than to kick him out. Do not invite all
your research friends!!
• Short proposal submission and review procedure
• The short proposals are the basis for the review process. There is no further technical
approval by any reviewer afterwards. (Only in very rare cases)
• The reviewers are advised to judge the proposal according to the goals in the call
• Refer to the call criteria within your proposal explicitly!
• The quality, clearness and consortium strength are the first order criterion
• The review is conducted by members of the initial expert team, BMBF officials and
the funding agency normally 8-10 weeks after the submission deadline
• If your proposal is excepted in this phase the chance to fail in a later stage is minimal

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BMBF-projects 5/6
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• Second phase: Full proposal
• The consortium leader has to write the overall proposal
(GVB: Gesamtvorhabensbeschreibung)
• Each partner has to write the individual partner proposal
(EVB: Einzelvorhabensbeschreibung)
• Writing the full proposal is more a formal act than writing the initial project sketch
• The rules are more strict and formal than for the short proposal
• The project officer wants to have an project plan that can be monitored by the
agency. It must be plausible, formal correct and in-line with the associated funding
(this has been allocated in the review process; plan (10%-15%) more budget for
cutting )
• The formalities has to be entered into the electronic proposal tool EASY (AZK, AZA)
• If all forms are correctly filled and agreed by the agency the BMBF issues the funding
contract
• The signing of a consortium agreement is mandatory within the first (normally 6)
months of the project

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BMBF-projects 5/5
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• Example: “Zuverlässigen drahtlosen Kommunikation in der Industrie“
• Call for proposals: Ausschreibungstext.docx
• CfP issued: October 2013
• Short proposals submitted: January 2014
• Reviewer meeting: April 2014
• 28 short proposals were issued,
• 7 (8) projects were accepted,
• approximately 20 Mio€ were granted;
• IHP participated in 2 proposals (ProWiLan, DEAL) and coordinated 1 proposal (ParSec).
All 3 were accepted
• Invitation for full proposal: June 2014
• Full proposals submitted between October 2014 and December 2014
• Start of projects: January, Febrary and May 2015
ParSec short proposal: Parsec-Skizze_Final_geschwärzt.pdf
ParSec Full Proposal (GVB): GVB_ParSec-10.pdf
EVB: EVB_ParSec-IHP-04.pdf
Förderbescheid: Foerderbescheid_ParSec.pdf

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Zusammenfassung
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• According to the research agency each proposal has to use a different stile
• Use the full process of a call to optimize your impact, your contribution and your
consortium
• Help the reviewers to write their reviews by using clear formulations and references to
the call
• Big steps are more attractive than small steps: “Advertise your proposal by using
attractive formulations”
• We can support your company in writing successful proposals:
• Support in consortium setup
• Support in writing and formulation of the story

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