This scheme offers SMEs the opportunity to realise an innovation project together with a German partner - whether it involves research, a prototype, or full project implementation. Through cross-border collaboration, you benefit from each other’s expertise and an appealing subsidy. Topics such as digitalisation, AI, automation and data analysis are eligible for support.
Why participate?
- Gain access to an attractive subsidy for your innovation project
- Collaborate with German companies and benefit from international expertise and networks
- Solve bottlenecks using advanced digital solutions and new technologies
- Strengthen your company’s competitive position and expand your market into Germany
Want to know more?
Are you an SME entrepreneur in the Dutch-German border region and looking to use digitalisation to tackle your challenges?
Get in touch with our programme manager Gerard Blom, and he will tell you everything about how you can qualify for this attractive subsidy scheme.
Which schemes are available?
Exploration Netherlands-Germany
Are you curious whether a cross-border subsidy programme is suitable for your business? INDUSTR_I4.0 offers the Exploration Collaboration Netherlands–Germany, giving you the opportunity to investigate this. A subsidy of €1,250 is available for this purpose.
Feasibility studies
Would you like to assess whether the renewal of a product, process or service is technically, organisationally or economically feasible before starting an innovation project? Then you can carry out a feasibility study. INDUSTR_I4.0 offers a contribution of €10,000 for this purpose.
Innovation projects
Would you like to apply digital technologies to innovate your company’s products, processes or services? INDUSTR_I4.0 offers a subsidy of up to €50,000 for innovation projects that support the adoption and implementation of new digital techniques. This helps make your business smarter and ensures you stay connected to future developments.
INDUSTR_I4.0 – part of the Interreg VI programme Germany–Netherlands
The small project fund INDUSTR_I4.0 is carried out within the framework of the Interreg VI programme Germany–Netherlands.
INDUSTR_I4.0 is co-financed by the European Union, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia (MWIKE NRW), the Lower Saxony Ministry for Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, and the provinces of Fryslân, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel, Flevoland, Gelderland, North Brabant and Limburg.
INDUSTR_I4.0 is implemented by the following partners: NOM/TCNN, BOM, LIOF, Emsland GmbH, FH Münster/TAFH, HS Niederrhein, WIR4/MCC and Oost NL.