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21-08-2023 - Digitisation for Vehicle Manufacturing - New Major BMWK Initative Now Accepting Proposals

Up to €25 million are available for industry-led collaborative research and development projects in Germany that support the digital transformation of the vehicle manufacturing industry and its upstream supply chain.

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK - Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection) has launched the new funding initiative ‘Digitisation for Vehicle Manufacturers, Supply Industry and Industrial Supply Chains’ (Digitalisierung der Fahrzeughersteller und Zulieferindustrie und industrieller Lieferketten) as part of its framework programme for 'Future Investments into Vehicle Manufacturing and its Supply Industry'. The initiative also supports the German government’s initiative ‘Manufacturing-X’ which aims to establish a cross-industry, open and sovereign data room for the German manufacturing and supply industry, thereby creating a data ecosystem for Industry 4.0. The call is also designed to contribute to overarching aims such as the digital sovereignty of Germany and the EU, as well as improve the competitive position of German and European manufacturing in the international context.

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