Call for projects 2023

Building on its success, the initiative is set to be renewed for the period 2021-2027, for which two calls for projects have been planned. Capitalising on the dynamism of cross-border scientific cooperation, the co-financing partners of the Science Offensive now wish to support the transfer and exploitation of public research results and strengthen the positive influence of scientific work on businesses and society, in the service of the economic, social and environmental development of the Trinational Metropolitan Region of the Upper Rhine.

The fourth call for projects for the Science Offensive was launched on 5 January 2023 (closing on 24 March) and focused on knowledge and technology transfer while contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the Trinational Metropolitan Region of the Upper Rhine (RMT).

Funding was available for cross-border projects in the fields of innovation and smart specialisation strategies in the Upper Rhine region where there are common needs and significant added value to be gained from cross-border cooperation (digitalisation, cybersecurity, quantum science and technology, energy transition, sustainable mobility, agriculture and forestry, bioeconomy, innovative therapies and medical technologies, personalised medicine, materials and processes, social innovation).

This call was aimed in particular at research and transfer operators in the Upper Rhine region, but also at equivalent actors throughout the Grand Est, Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate regions. The projects (French and German partners) receive 75% funding (50% Interreg, 25% via regional partners). Partners from north-western Switzerland receive Swiss funding at federal or cantonal level.

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A successful call for projects

On 7 December 2023, the Interreg Programme Monitoring Committee approved the co-financing of seven knowledge and technology transfer projects based on cutting-edge public research conducted by higher education and research institutions in the Upper Rhine region. The innovations developed will be transferred in collaboration with public and private partners in the border region and will contribute both to strengthening the competitiveness of the Upper Rhine’s economic fabric and to offering concrete solutions to major societal challenges such as sustainable development, energy transition, digitalisation and health.

The seven projects selected following a two-stage competitive process demonstrated promising scientific and technical excellence, strong potential for commercialising the proposed innovations, and a direct impact on the economic development and prosperity of the Upper Rhine Valley.

Five of the seven winning projects will make concrete contributions to the strategically important fields of personalised medicine and medical technologies. The Upper Rhine region benefits from one of the world’s most successful ecosystems in these areas.

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