Climate bOWL will receive 1.86 million euros in funding from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MWIDE NRW) for three years from April 2022 as part of the "it's OWL" excellence cluster. In this project, researchers from the University of Paderborn, who are conducting interdisciplinary research at SICP - Software Innovation Campus, are working hand in hand with the Chair of Lightweight Automotive Design (also from the University of Paderborn), the University of Bielefeld and the companies NTT Data Business Solutions AG, GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH, Miele & Cie. KG and Phoenix Contact Smart Business GmbH. The total volume of the project is 3.16 million euros. Associated partners in the project are the companies BENTELER Automobiltechnik GmbH and CLAAS KGaA mbH, with Prognos AG acting as project supporter.