Advanced Manufacturing grants in Germany
Explore Advanced Manufacturing grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for additive manufacturing, automation, digital factories and industrial innovation from German innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, EU and international programs open to applicants in Germany, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Advanced Manufacturing in Germany come first.
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ZIM Individual R&D Projects
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Supports German small and medium-sized enterprises with technology-neutral projects for new products, processes, and services.
ZIM Feasibility Studies
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German small businesses preparing technology concepts for future project development and commercialization planning.
ZIM Innovation Networks
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Supports German innovation ecosystems by funding management of networks that connect multiple companies and institutions.
Industry 4.0 and High Value Manufacturing Kick-Start Activities
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays up to EUR60K, no equity taken, for space-enabled smart-factory ideas.
Regional Transformation Networks (Module A)
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German companies, associations, universities, and research institutions that build regional automotive-industry transformation networks through BMWE grants.
Transformation Hubs (Module B)
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German companies, associations, universities, and research institutions that operate automotive-industry technology-transfer hubs through BMWE grants.
EIC Accelerator Challenge: Boosting the European Critical Raw Materials value chain
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports securing the European critical raw materials value chain across extraction, processing, and strategic substitution.
Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 1
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Connects research teams and institutions for Interregional Innovation Investments Strand in manufacturing, materials science, and agriculture innovation.
Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 2a
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Funds EISMEA Interregional Innovation Investments for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing European regions through cross-border transfer and capability building.
Innowwide — Next
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Offers market-feasibility support for small companies exploring non-European markets through Europe-wide innovation networks.
EIC Accelerator — Short Proposal
🇮🇱ISERD · Israel
Supports small and medium firms in early-stage deep technologies through public proposals and commercialization mentoring.
SMART 10th Call for Projects
🇦🇹EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds advanced-manufacturing R&D projects across EUREKA's member countries.
SMART 10th Call for Projects
🇦🇹SMART · Global / Multinational
Funds international consortia building advanced-manufacturing R&D projects.
Platforms and end-products
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays European defence-industry consortiums to expand EU production capacity for platforms and end-products such as armoured vehicles, aircraft, radars, naval systems and satellite payloads.
EIT InnoEnergy Highway® — Equity
🇪🇺InnoEnergy · European Union
Helps research teams and institutions for EIT InnoEnergy Highway® Equity Intake in energy systems, climate technology, and materials science.
Eureka Network Projects — Permanent
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Offers open access collaboration through Eureka Network Projects so small enterprises can join international innovation groups.
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships — ISERD)
🇪🇺ISERD · Israel
Supports internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers placed in Israeli institutions to build independent research careers through EU mobility fellowships.
Human-AI Collaboration for Future Manufacturing
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €4–6M projects that make human-AI collaboration more inclusive, adaptable and effective on the factory floor.
Industrial Energy: Renewable Heat and Storage
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €7–9M projects that replace fossil process energy with renewable heat, electrification and resilient industrial storage.
AI Robotics Integration for Industry
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds an €18M pilot to make AI-driven industrial robots easier to integrate, safer to deploy and reusable across factories.
Apply AI Challenge Innovation Booster
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds three €14M challenge programmes that turn advanced AI into solutions for healthcare, manufacturing or autonomous driving.
Safe and Efficient Frontier AI
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a €44M frontier-AI project that builds safer, more efficient European models with lower computational demands.
Horizon Beyond-State-of-the-Art Solar PV
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds three €12M innovation projects that scale efficient, reliable and resilient solar-PV manufacturing beyond today’s commercial technologies.
Horizon Flexible Battery Cell Manufacturing
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €18.9M projects to make lithium-ion and sodium-ion cell production cheaper, cleaner, flexible and ready for industrial scale-up.