FFI ASP - Accelerated Startup Partnership: increased innovation collaboration between startups and need owner - autumn 2026

Are you a knowledge-intensive start-up company and a need owner who want to enter into goal-oriented and mutually beneficial innovation partnerships together? Within this call for proposals Vinnova can finance innovation collaborations that focus on increased commercialization for start-ups and strengthened innovative capacity for need owner with an innovation need. The call for proposals is part of the FFI (Fordonsstrategisk Forskning and Innovation) program and aims to contribute to the program´s objective of a sustainable transition of road transport and strengthened Swedish competitiveness. Innovation collaborations between startups and need owner that can accelerate the transition to more sustainable road transport. Two project types can be applied for: Validation project and Implementation project The call for proposals is aimed at collaborative projects between knowledge-intensive startups, Swedish or foreign, and established need owner. Only the startup can be the beneficiary. Maximum funding is SEK 500,000 for Validation Projects and SEK 750,000 for Implementation Projects. Co-financing of at least 25% at project level is an eligibility requirement. The total budget of the call is SEK 22 million.