BMFTR – Combining Social Innovation and Artificial Intelligence for Impact (Wirkungsstark)
Closing Date: 29-01-2027
Funding is available for collaborative projects in Germany that validate and further develop social innovations for safe and human-centred AI used for the common good. The thematic focus is on innovations for the areas of health and care, sustainable mobility and the circular economy.
The funding initiative ‘Combining Social Innovation and Artificial Intelligence for Impact‘ (Wirkungsstark – Soziale Innovationen und Künstliche Intelligenz zusammen denken. Wirkung entfalten) by Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR – Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space) is part of the German federal government’s High-Tech Agenda (HTAD).
The funding initiative is designed to provide financial support for collaborative projects that co-creatively further develop social innovations in the context of safe and human-centred artificial intelligence. The projects must be based on innovations which have already been developed and whose basic functionality has been tested through documented preliminary work. The initiative supports projects in applying these innovations under real-world conditions, and making them adaptable to additional fields of application, regions or target groups. A key objective of the programme is to accelerate the transfer of knowledge and technology in this field.
Funded projects are expected to co-create, validate and implement social innovations in collaboration with relevant target groups and transfer partners. This may include, for example, the development and testing of:
- Demonstrators
- Procedural innovations
- Guidance materials
- Methods
- Educational and advisory services
- Business and transfer models
- Methods for measuring the impact of social innovation
The funding also covers the dissemination of results tailored to the target groups, as well as science communication regarding the innovations and the measurement of their impact.
The programme covers the following three themes:
- Social innovations for AI-supported solutions and prevention in health and care
- Social innovations for AI-supported solutions for climate-neutral and socially equitable mobility
- Social innovations for AI-supported clean tech solutions for the circular economy and sustainable value creation
| Funding body | Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR – Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space) |
|---|---|
| Maximum value | Discretionary |
| Reference ID | S29464 |
| Category |
Science and Technology Natural Environment Economic and Social Research Engineering and Physical Sciences Medical Research |
| Fund or call | Fund |