January 14, 2026

BMFTR funding call: Drone-based socio-technical innovations and business models for climate-friendly mobility and sustainable urban and regional development

The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) has published a new call for funding entitled "Drone-based socio-technical innovations and business models for climate-friendly mobility and sustainable urban and regional development" as part of the Social Innovations for Sustainable Cities transformation cluster.

With this call for proposals, the ministry is starting the funding of transformation clusters for climate-friendly drone applications announced in the High-Tech Agenda Germany. The aim of the call is to promote research into the extent to which socio-technical innovations based on UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) can contribute to climate-friendly urban and regional mobility and sustainable urban and regional development.

Further Information can be found at the Förderaufruf and at the Website of the transformation cluster.