Starting from 2020 Business Finland has challenged leading companies to solve significant future challenges and to increase their research, development and innovation (RDI) investments in Finland. Business Finland offers partnership funding for research, development, and innovation projects in leading companies' ecosystem themes.
Funding is intended in particular for joint projects between companies and joint projects between companies and research organizations. Funding may also be granted to individual companies or research organizations or to joint projects of research organizations. The partnership projects area partly financed by European Union's recovery facility. The objective of Business Finland is to increase innovation activities and the competitive advantage of Finnish companies in international markets with partnership funding.
Several calls are opened annually. The next cut-off date is January 30, 2024. And the next ones in 2024 are April 30 and August 30.
Applications for funding may be submitted for projects relating to the subjects described in leading companies' roadmaps. Roadmaps set out leading companies’ views on the solutions, technologies and competences needed to achieve the defined missions.
Companies can apply funding for:
Research organizations can apply funding for:
Read more about Business Finland’s R&D funding:
Before submitting the funding application, please discuss the content and implementation of the project with Business Finland and the contact persons of the leading companies (see the contact information). However, this is not a prerequisite for funding. Business Finland makes funding decisions according to the normal funding criteria.
Partnership model funding call instructions (pdf)
Partnership model funding call in a nutshell (pdf)
Read more on the funding for leading companies and ecosystems
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