Appel à Projets France-Allemagne

Résumé

The 13th German-French Call for Proposals, managed jointly by Bpifrance and ZIM, supports collaborative R&D innovation projects between French and German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Projects must involve at least two partners from different countries, with a deadline of 18 November 2026. Applicants must provide detailed project descriptions, work packages, cost breakdowns, and letters of intent from each participating organisation.

This call supports bilateral France-Germany R&D innovation partnerships between SMEs, funded jointly by Bpifrance and Germany's ZIM program, with a deadline of 18 November 2026. Acme Corporation operates in semiconductors and AI, which are broadly eligible technological areas under this open-topic SME call, making topic alignment reasonable. However, the critical constraint is SME eligibility: the call exclusively targets SMEs as defined by EU criteria, so Acme must verify it qualifies under EU SME thresholds (fewer than 250 employees, turnover ≤ €50M or balance sheet ≤ €43M). Additionally, Acme would need to identify and secure a German SME partner to form the mandatory bilateral consortium, which represents a non-trivial operational requirement. If Acme is eligible as an SME and has or can establish a German partner in semiconductors or AI, this is a worth-exploring opportunity; otherwise it is a poor fit.

Scores détaillés

Worth exploring with conditions — pursue only if Acme qualifies as an EU SME AND already has a suitable German SME partner in semiconductors/AI; the deadline is over 13 months away (low urgency), giving time to build a consortium but the SME constraint is a hard gate that must be confirmed first.

Description

L’appel à projets Bpifrance / ZIM vise à promouvoir et soutenir financièrement des partenariats en innovation entre entreprises françaises et allemand...