Transfer Bonus – Technology, Knowledge, Design, and Gamification Transfer
Grants for technology-oriented SMEs in Berlin for the implementation of technology, knowledge, design, and gamification transfer projects with funding rates of up to 100% or 70%. Applications can be submitted online at any time.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Funding of projects for technology and knowledge transfer as well as design and gamification transfer between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and publicly funded or non-profit scientific and research institutions or design and XR-/gamification service providers in Berlin, in order to develop new or qualitatively improved products, services, and production processes up to market or production maturity.
Eligible expenses
- Expenditures for external scientific inquiries
- Research and development activities
- Design services
- Measures for gamification, VR, and AR applications
Non-eligible expenses
- Services included in the standard offering of commercial R&D and consulting companies
Eligible to apply
- Companies
Funding requirements
- Registered office or place of business in Berlin
- EU SME definition
- Activity in accordance with the positive list of the joint task "Improvement of the regional economic structure"
- Project must be assigned to applied research and development
- Overall financing secured
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Documents required for application
- Project description
- Offer from the scientific or research institution/service provider
- Excerpt from the trade or commercial register (not older than 12 months)
- Copy of the ID card of the authorized signatory
- Final reports of previous projects
- Proof of registration in the transparency database (legal entities)
Evaluation criteria
- Innovative content
- Technical feasibility
- Scientific cooperation
- Own contribution and financing structure
Description
Transfer Bonus supports technology-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises in Berlin in cooperating with publicly funded or non-profit research and scientific institutions as well as designer and XR-/gamification service providers. The goal is the market-ready development of new or qualitatively improved products, services, and production processes. Projects involving technology and knowledge transfer as well as design and gamification transfer are funded. In the entry-level variant, external scientific questions are subsidized 100% up to a maximum of €7,500. In the standard variants, up to 70% of eligible expenses are eligible for funding, in the area of digitization even up to €45,000 per project. The project duration is up to twelve months; applications can be submitted online at any time; the program runs until December 31, 2026.
Eligible for funding are technology-oriented EU SMEs with headquarters or a branch in Berlin whose activities correspond to a positive list of the joint task "Improvement of the regional economic structure." A prerequisite is the classification of the project as applied research and development, secured overall financing, and project start only after approval. Eligible expenses include services for external scientific questions, research and development activities, design services, as well as measures for gamification, virtual and augmented reality. Standard commercial R&D and consulting offers are excluded. For the application, a detailed project description, offers from the cooperating institution, an excerpt from the trade or commercial register, a copy of the identity card of the authorized signatory, final reports of previously funded projects, and – for legal entities – proof of registration in the transparency database are required.