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The Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs is once again funding new high-tech digitization projects. Four new calls for funding are being published in the key areas of artificial intelligence (AI), IT security, communication networks and electronic systems and process technologies. State Secretary for Economic Affairs Tobias Gotthardt says: "Innovations are the key to many pressing challenges in business and society. We therefore specifically support our companies and research institutions in developing new technical solutions with high economic potential. We cover all high-tech fields: AI, robotics, 5G/6G, quantum technologies and chip design. With Bavarian know-how, new business models, applications and products are being created here. Our funding is also aimed at medium-sized companies and start-ups. Because innovation is not a question of company size."
Specifically, innovative and application-oriented research projects can be submitted as part of the Bavarian Collaborative Research Program (BayVFP). The deadline for submitting the corresponding project outlines for all four programs is February 27, 2025. The amount of funding depends on the project focus. The project sponsor is offering an information event in the form of a free webinar on January 16, 2025 on all current announcements of the digitalization funding line. Further information on this event is available here . All information on the four funding calls is available online at:
Call for proposals for electronic systems and process technologies
Call for Funding Artificial Intelligence - Data Science
Call for Funding Communication Networks of the Future
IT security funding call
The calls for funding start on the day of the fourth "Thinknet 6G Summit", an international conference in Munich on the next generation of mobile communications, 6G, which is organized by Bayern Innovativ. The Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs launched its own 6G initiative back in 2020. The central pillars are the "Thinknet 6G" thematic platform, the "6G Future Lab Bavaria" at the Technical University of Munich, as well as research projects and industry projects on the communication networks of the future.
