> ✅ **SUITABLE FOR BERLIN-BASED COMPANIES**  
> This program accepts **innovative companies worldwide**.  
> **Requirement**: Open to companies worldwide (selected teams must relocate to Dubai for program duration).  
> See `BERLIN_COMPANY_RECOMMENDATIONS.md` for more programs suitable for Berlin-based companies.

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# Dubai Future Accelerators (UAE)

## Overview
Dubai Future Accelerators is a 9-week program providing zero-equity accelerator support with facilitated pilot project funding for innovative companies worldwide.

## Managing Body
Dubai Future Foundation (government initiative)

## Funding Type
Accelerator program with funded pilot agreements (0% equity)

## Funding Amount
- Program costs fully covered
- Workspace, visa support provided
- Pilot project funding: Dubai government partners committed ~US$33.5M to pilot contracts with startups
- Individual pilot deals average hundreds of thousands of dollars

## Deadlines
- 9-week cohorts run roughly semi-annually
- Specific challenge statements from government departments

## Eligibility
- Innovative companies worldwide
- Selected teams must relocate to Dubai for program duration

## Thematic Focus
Challenges span:
- Smart city and energy
- Water and waste management
- Industrial IoT
- Examples: waste-to-resource innovation, digital platforms for smart infrastructure

## Relevance to City Resource Graph
- Industrial symbiosis in Dubai's industrial zones
- Resource optimization platforms
- Smart infrastructure solutions
- Pilot implementation in UAE market

## Links
- [Dubai Future Accelerators](https://www.dubaifuture.ae/initiatives/future-design-and-acceleration/dubai-future-accelerators/how-it-works/)
- [PR Newswire Announcement](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us33m-invested-in-pilot-projects-in-the-inaugural-dubai-future-accelerators-program-606006156.html)

## Application Tips
- Align with specific government challenge statements
- Prepare for relocation to Dubai
- Focus on scalable pilot solutions
- Leverage government partnerships for market access