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Research Funding Navigator Agent

The programme ran for two years. It was spotted three weeks before the deadline.

Finds open funding calls for a research idea, checks the fit and keeps track of the deadlines.

Open agent
Public administration

Four processes that take up the most time today

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU or on-premises

Delivered together with

STACKIT Sovereign hosting in Germany, single-tenant from the first user.
Rödl Legal, tax and compliance expertise for legally sound deployment.
4P Consulting Advisory and implementation for the public sector, starting with the AI readiness assessment.

A call nobody knows about costs the same as one you miss.

First comes the research idea, then the question of funding. The search then covers the programmes people already know and the circular emails still sitting in the inbox. Anything announced since then appears in none of these sources. By the time the list is right, the next deadline is closer than the finished application.

5levelsNational, European, international, foundations, and industry and IIT each publish their calls separately.
2sourcesKnown programmes and circulars in the inbox are the usual starting point.
3weeksA suitable programme often only comes to light this close to the deadline.
1applicationThere is no time for more than one.

Query all five levels in a single pass and the list is ready at the start rather than three weeks before the deadline, and every hit carries its source and retrieval date.

The five levels are this agent's search space. The number of sources, the lead time and the number of applications describe a typical process in research funding; they are not measurements.

Three steps through the process.

The agent searches live, rates the fit and names the source for every hit; the research funding office decides whether to apply.

Search live for open calls

The agent searches all five levels for open calls that match the research idea. Each hit is listed with funder, funding amount, deadline, source and retrieval date.

Search run for neurology, 5 levels queried, 4 hits with sources

Rate the fit on a traffic-light scale

The agent compares the idea with the call and rates the fit on a traffic-light scale. It names gaps and ambiguous points rather than smoothing them over.

4 hits rated, 2 good fit, 1 partial fit, 1 open

Track deadlines

The agent files the hits as a list sorted by deadline and flags the next one due. The deadline is finally checked on the funder's own website.

foerderliste_biomarker_neurologie.pdf, next deadline in 37 days

What the agent does not do.

It does not promise eligibility.

It rates the fit and names the gaps. The research funding office decides whether to apply.

It does not invent programmes.

It marks anything it cannot verify as unverified. A hit without a source does not appear in the list.

It does not advise on state aid or contract law.

Overheads, use-of-funds reports and consortium agreements stay with the legal department and administration.

Connected systems

  • Web search
  • funding databases
  • deadline calendar

Operations

  • Deployment modelEU cloud, private cloud or on-premises
  • Data processingGDPR-compliant, no model training on your data
  • Responsible teamsResearch funding office, clinical trials unit

The questions that come up before the first meeting.

How quickly is the Research Funding Navigator Agent ready to use?

A pilot typically runs within 2 to 4 weeks. The agent needs no connection to a specialist system: it searches live and saves its results wherever you keep your applications.

Where is the data processed?

EU cloud, private cloud or on-premises. Processing is GDPR-compliant and models are never trained on your data. Details in the Trust Center.

Where does the figure “5 levels in one search” come from?

It describes the agent's search space, not a promised saving: national, European, international, foundations, and industry and IIT are queried in a single pass. We clarify which levels matter for your organisation during the assessment before the pilot.

Related agents.

Intake review, case 2026/04711

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