Date: Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 10:30 – 14:30

Location: IHK Regensburg für Oberpfalz/Kelheim, D.-Martin-Luther-Str. 12, 930 47 Regensburg

For representatives of:

• Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
• Large companies interested in cooperating with SMEs
• Research organizations

What’s in it for you?

• Meet potential partners from Czechia and Bavaria for joint R&D collaboration
• Learn about the details of the current funding opportunities for R&D

Funding Framework:

SMEs can receive funding for R&D development and experimentation, including software development:

In Germany:

• up to 60% of costs
• grants of up to 336,000 € per SME and up to 3,000,000 € per project

In Czech Republic:

• up to 80% of costs
• grants ranging from 120,000 € to 2,000,000 € per project/SME (if the SME is the sole applicant)

Research organizations can receive funding only if collaborating with SMEs:

In Germany: up to 100 % of costs

In Czech Republic: up to 85 % of costs

Funding is provided through the ZIM – Kooperationsprojekte program (Germany) and the Aplikace – International Collaboration program (Czech Republic).

Language of the event:

English / Czech / German (simultaneous translation into Czech/German provided for selected sessions)

Programme

Arrival & Welcome Coffee (from 10:00 AM)

10:30 – 12:00 | Funding Opportunities & Good Practice

• Welcome remarks – Dr. Jürgen Helmes, (IHK Regensburg)
• IraSME Funding Framework – Felix Rotter, AiF Projekt GmbH (ZIM project management agency of BMWK)
• ZIM Kooperationsprojekte Funding Scheme in Germany – Felix Rotter, AiF Projekt GmbH (ZIM project management agency of BMWK)
• Aplikace – International Cooperation Funding Scheme in Czechia – Robert Wenzel, Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade
• Case Studies & Good Practice

Joachim Scherer, Executive Director, Aurion Anlagentechnik GmbH; Project Lead of “FastPIMS – Fast switch match system for pulsed rf/HiPIMS plasma applications” project

Jakub Dömény, Assistant Professor, Mendel University Brno; project “Development of a plant and technology for surface carbonization of wooden elements”

12:00 – 12:45 | Lunch Break

12:45 – 14:30 | Pitching & Networking

• Pitching Session

Support for Applicants – Lucie Valentová, Beratungsbüro Oberpfalz

Project Ideas for R&D Collaboration

• Speed Dating – Facilitated Networking, Facilitator: Richard Brunner
• Workshop: Development of Project Ideas, Facilitator: Lucie Valentová

Closing Remarks

from 14:30 | Informal networking (optional)

Moderator: Jana Lachmann, 5G Corridor Munich-Prague

Registration

Please register for the event via this link, either to present a collaboration idea (5-minute pitch, max. 3 slides) by 4 April or as a participant without a presentation by 16 April.

Note: Participation for research organizations is limited to one person per institution (campus/faculty) due to space constraints.

For further information, contact: jana.lachmann@munich-prague.org