EU-ROP ERDF GERMANY - BAYERN - 2014-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
European
Name of the instrument/Program: 
ROP ERDF
Instrument/Program application areas: 
GERMANY - BAYERN
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
Bavaria
Managing authority: 

Bavarian State Ministry of Economics and Media, Energy and Technology

Objectives: 

1a. Enhancing research and innovation (R&I) infrastructure and capacities to develop R&I excellence, and promoting centres of competence, in particular those of European interest;

1b. Promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies;

3c. Supporting the creation and the extension of advanced capacities for product and service development;

3d. Supporting the capacity of SMEs to grow in regional, national and international markets, and to engage in innovation processes;

4b. Promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy use in enterprises;

4c. Supporting energy efficiency, smart energy management and renewable energy use in public infrastructure, including in public buildings, and in the housing sector;

4e. Promoting low-carbon strategies for all types of territories, in particular for urban areas, including the promotion of sustainable multimodal urban mobility and mitigation-relevant adaptation measures;

5a. Supporting investment for adaptation to climate change, including ecosystem-based approaches;

6c. Conserving, protecting, promoting and developing natural and cultural heritage;

6e. Taking action to improve the urban environment, to revitalise cities, regenerate and decontaminate brownfield sites (including conversion areas), reduce air pollution and promote noise-reduction measures.

Eligible thematics in line with ERC sectors: 
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Social Sciences and Humanities
Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
Automotive
Efficient production technologies, automation & intelligent materials
Green & Clean energy & technologies
ICTs (Digital technologies & user-friendly systems)
KETs
Mechatronics
Nature & Biodiversity
Public health & security (e-Health)
Action typologies: 
Foster cooperation and clustering between projects and monitor technology advances and developments in the specific field
Development of Living Lab
Contacts with industry partners, societal organisations or potential ‘end users’ of the projects’ results
Improve access to finance for SMEs in their start-up, growth and transfer phases
Best-practice, demonstration, pilot or information, awareness and dissemination projects
Feasibility studies
Implementation of research, innovation and technology transfer projects to support the building-up of competences in common fields of strength defined by the Smart specialization strategy
Supporting collaborative applied research projects between companies, laboratories and socio-economic actors including support for technology transfer
Beneficiaries: 
Local public authority
Regional public authority
Sectorial agency
Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Higher education and research
Education/training centre and school
Large enterprise, enterprise excluding SME
SME
Business support organisation
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
Program contribution minimum: 
25%
Program contribution maximum: 
50%
Program Budget: 
484 821 142,00 €