Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space

Supports Germany’s national artificial intelligence roadmap through broad Federal strategy funding and shared infrastructure across research, innovation, and compute growth.

Runs German civil security research consortia through modular user-led and company-led programmes that target practical security capability needs.

Supports Germany BMBF DATIpilot by building innovation communities between universities, research institutions, and industry actors.

Funds German consortia building enabling tech for quantum computing and sensing.

Supports German energy transition research through federal programmes in hydrogen, decarbonisation, circular economy, adaptation, and climate technology innovation.

Funds German university excellence through federal-state programmes that support clusters of excellence and excellence universities via long-term research excellence models.

Supports Germany BMBF FONA sustainability research across disruptive themes including production systems, water resources, and agroecology.

Supports Germany BMBF GO-Bio next as a biotech transfer route for life-science researchers entering venture formation.

Supports German universities of applied sciences through HAW-ForschungsAkzente grants for institution-specific applied research over multi-year periods.

Supports health systems innovation in Germany through a federal framework spanning personalised care research, digital health development, and collaborative clinical translation.

Funds German high-risk innovation by enterprise stage through KMU-innovativ with staged proposal reviews across digital, climate, and industrial technology.

Funds German SME-led consortia developing civil-security technology.

Funds German SME-led medtech R&D projects with grants up to EUR 300,000.

Funds German SMEs' production-research R&D projects, alone or with partners.

Funds German SMEs improving production, services or work organisation.

Runs Germany’s Quantensysteme umbrella for photonics and quantum technologies, coordinating national funding channels for strategic quantum systems development.

Supports robotics growth in Germany through national action planning, workforce development, and institute coordination for applied industrial robotics expansion.

Supports national digital-age computing capacity in Germany through a three-level supercomputing ecosystem combining center investment and shared infrastructure.

Funds German material-science R&D, covering 50% up to 100% of costs.

Funds R&D projects at German SMEs and research institutions with rates up to 100%.