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The R&D tax credit with a blind eye to earnings –
Why loss-making companies (wrongly) hesitate
Recapitulation The German R&D tax credit has become much more popular in recent years after a modest response following the introduction of the instrument. This can be seen not only in advertising and studies by various associations, but also in the bare figures...
iMEDCAP: European project to pioneer the rescue of wounded soldiers from inaccessible areas
iMEDCAP: How an innovative European project shall pioneer the rescue of wounded soldiers from inaccessible areasIn December, the project iMEDCAP, funded by the European Defence Fund, was kicked-off. With its user-driven, holistic approach, the flagship iMEDCAP sets...
First successful demonstration with 100% green H2
HYFLEXPOWER celebrates successful operation of a gas turbine with 100% green H2On October 12, 2023, at a public event hosted at the HYFLEXPOWER demonstrator site in Saillat-sur-Vienne, France, the HYFLEXPOWER consortium unveiled a ground-breaking achievement - the...
New Security Project AGILE Will Improve Disaster Risk Management
New international security project to improve disaster risk management for unexpected eventsThe international security project AGILE will kick start today. The project is to develop novel tools and methodologies for understanding, anticipating, and managing High...
How the government’s draft of the Growth Opportunities Act refines the research allowance
Government draft of the Growth Opportunities ActThe government draft of the submitted Growth Opportunities Act has once again undergone a significant redesign compared to the draft bill (§ 33 from p. 71). The revision regarding the Research Grants Act rewards small...
SYNERGISE for Improved Disaster Management
Internationally Funded Project to Develop an Integrated Toolkit for Improved Management of Natural and Man-Made Disasters Kicks-Off TodayTo boost the efficiency and safety of first responders during life-saving missions, the SYNERGISE team will develop a Novel...
CARAMBA: New Hope for Multiple Myeloma Patients
CARAMBA: the European pioneer for virus-free CAR-T cell immunotherapy against multiple myelomaOn 30th June 2023, the EU-funded project CARAMBA is coming to an end, marking five years of challenges and successes in the mission to revolutionise multiple myeloma...
Study Reveals Influence of Urban Environment on Mental Health
New Study Reveals Urban Environment May Influence Mental Health Through Neurobiological PathwaysA groundbreaking new study has shed light on how urban environments can impact mental health through complex neurobiological pathways. The study conducted by researchers...
ForestNavigator – Designing policies addressing the forest sector for achieving EU climate goals
Designing robust policy pathways to support EU climate goalsThe Horizon Europe ForestNavigator project will bring together a varied group of stakeholders at IIASA this week. They will discuss how they can help design robust policy pathways to achieve medium and...
Decarbonising the energy sector: ARTTIC is a partnering in newly launched FLEX4H2 project
The FLEX4H2 project aims at moving technological frontiers for low-emission combustion of hydrogen beyond the latest state-of-the-art The "FLEX4H2" project - Flexibility for Hydrogen - officially started on 1 January 2023. The project, led by Ansaldo Energia, is...
Until when can the R&D tax credits be applied for retroactively for 2020?
Until when can the R&D tax credits be applied for retroactively for 2020?As we wrote in September, the retroactive application for the R&D tax credits is one of its unique selling points in German project funding. But even this generous regulation has its limits....
How can the research allowance get better?
How can the research allowance get better?Accompanying comments on the DIHK short survey of September 6, 2022. A recently published survey by the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) provides revealing insights into how companies perceive the...
Is the research allowance a success?
Is the research allowance a success? - ARTTIC Innovation takes stock Understandably, all stakeholders wonder if the research grant is a success. For a comprehensive evaluation, however, all stakeholders must wait until 2025, when the evaluation by the federal...
E-Magazin – Horizon Europe
E-Magazin Horizon EuropeDo you want to boost your innovation strategy by using Horizon Europe funding?Download the Horizon Europe E-magazine and you will find the tools and information to make a success of your project.
Economic stimulus package doubles research allowance to €1 million per year
The federal government's economic stimulus package provides for an increase in the new tax research allowance from 500,000.00 euros to one million euros, as well as doubling the assessment limit for project costs from two million euros to four million euros.The...
Federal Ministry of Education and Research publishes Certification Body for Research Grants (BSFZ)
In the issue 22/2020 of the Joint Ministerial Gazette, the Certification Body Research Grant (BSFZ) was published and announced by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) on July 31, 2020.The BSFZ is formed jointly by VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH, AIF...
Ebner Stolz offers holistic research funding consulting with Arttic Innovation GmbH
Tax-based research funding is a first in the funding landscape.This is intended to create urgently needed new incentives for innovation and investment, especially among small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition, there are numerous regulations under state aid...
Applications for the new research allowance published
The Certification Office for the Research Allowance (BSFZ) has published the digital application forms for the new tax allowance.As a result, it is now possible for all tax-paying companies to have their personnel costs and costs for contract research in their...
Positive effects of tax incentives for research
According to a recent OECD study, tax incentives are well received by smaller companies in particular compared to direct research fundingAccording to the study, both methods of research funding are very effective measures for promoting science and research in Europe....
New approach to research funding
A complex research landscape like Germany's needs an independent approach to industrial research funding. A look at our research and funding landscape. The funding landscape in Germany is complex and very diverse. Statistically, it is almost impossible to grasp who is...
Research funding with 3 times higher success rate and 45 percent higher yield
The Research Grants Act (FZulG) offers 30,000 companies in Germany the opportunity of a new instrument to reduce the risks involved in developing innovations.In the Netherlands, France, and other European countries, this tax mechanism has existed in part for decades....
Industry benefits from research allowance
Not every company has a research department, but every industrial company and every industry in Germany benefits from the research allowance (FZulG).Tax incentives for research are taking effect at many more companies than is generally known or expected. To strengthen...
With the digital ELSTER NEZO certificate for research allowance
ARTTIC Innovation GmbH from Munich supports its customers with a new service for applying for the research allowance according to the Research Allowance Act.With the digital ELSTER NEZO certificate we help you to get the research allowance. A free guide for digital...
ARTTIC’s research allowance calculator for industrial research
Online calculator for initial estimate of reimbursable expenses for industrial research.Visitors to the website https://www.arttic-innovation.de/forschungszulagengesetz/forschungszulagenrechner/ can find out here, with just a few clicks, how much legal entitlement...
In the press: Research allowance and engineering
For innovative personalities, such as scientists and researchers in companies, working time control sounds unattractiveAt best, however, scholarly or creative activity can generate a higher research allowance if it is documented. The Working Hours Act requires this...
Application for research allowance to be simplified by draft law
Tax aspects of research funding through ARTTIC briefly explained.A new draft law has a positive effect on the research allowance, according to research funding experts at ARTTIC Innovation GmbH. ARTTIC Innovation provides a fact sheet on this topic with answers to...
Conceptual proof for fuselage wake-filling propulsion integration completed
One step closer to climate-neutral aviation: International research team completes the conceptual proof for fuselage wake-filling propulsion integration The so-called Propulsive Fuselage Concept (PFC) has the potential to play a key role in developing more efficient...
Advanced biofuel breakthrough: HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge into kerosene
The EU funded research project HyFlexFuel recently succeeded to produce biocrudes via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) from a variety of biomasses, including sewage sludge, food waste, manure, wheat straw, corn stover, pine sawdust, miscanthus and microalgae in a...
ARTTIC warns against hesitant exhaustion of the research allowance
The research landscape in Germany can do more - if it uses the tax research allowance.The Research Allowance Act ( FzulG ) - according to the conviction of ARTTIC Innovation GmbH one of the most convincing legal measures to strengthen Germany as a research location -...
Uncovering the natural history of prostate cancer
Prostate cancer: clinicians and researchers join forces Clinicians and researchers are joining forces in a virtual studyathon to explore the natural history of prostate cancer in a large dataset of patients from across the globe. Clinicians, epidemiologists and other...
Personnel: ARTTIC Innovation grows
Already in the first quarter of 2021 Arttic Innovation is supporting its clients in more than 100 research projects to apply for fundings from the Research Grants Act (fzugl.eu).ARTTIC has expanded its consultant team with Dr. Julia Tschirka, Daniel Pawliczek and...
