Advanced Materials grants in Germany
Explore Advanced Materials grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for novel materials, composites, nanomaterials, coatings and materials science 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 Materials in Germany come first.
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Technologies for critical raw materials and strategic raw materials from end-of-life products
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds industrial-scale recycling and re-use technology that recovers critical and strategic raw materials from end-of-life products such as batteries, electronics and vehicles.
Thematic Networks of Excellence for AI in Science (RAISE pilot)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a network of leading European research labs applying AI to a specific scientific field, piloting a virtual AI-in-science institute across Europe.
Towards commercialisation of Perovskite PV and development of dedicated manufacturing equipment (EUPI-PV Partnership)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds development of manufacturing equipment and stability fixes needed to commercialise perovskite solar cells.
Using captured CO2 as a resource to replace fossil hydrocarbons in industrial production
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two projects, worth up to EUR 7 million each, developing ways to convert captured CO2 into synthetic fuels, chemicals or materials that can replace fossil feedstocks.
Waste-to-value devices - circular production of renewable fuels, chemicals and materials
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research turning hard-to-recycle waste streams like plastics, flue gases and desalination brine into fuels, chemicals and materials, with EU contributions up to EUR 4 million per project.
ERP Digitalization Loan and Grant (511/512)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds companies and freelancers in Germany delivering digitalization projects with subsidized loans and grants up to €200,000.
ERP Start-up and Succession Loan (077)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds founders, successors and young companies in Germany with guaranteed loans up to €500,000.
ERP Start-up Loan – StartGeld (067)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds founders and young companies setting up or growing a business in Germany with loans up to €200,000.
Eureka France-Germany Call for Projects (Bpifrance / ZIM)
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds French and German collaborative companies with bilateral support for joint innovation projects.
NSTC (Taiwan) Research Fellowship for Researchers from Germany — Seed
🇩🇪NSTC Taiwan · Taiwan
Supports Taiwan researchers with structured pathways in international researcher exchanges and mobility, from planning to deployment.
High-Tech Founders Fund (High-Tech Gründerfonds, HTGF)
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Backs deep technology and medtech startups in Germany with investment and follow-on support through High-Tech Gründerfonds.
KfW ERP Innovation Loan (ERP-Förderkredit Innovation, 513/514)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Supports German manufacturers with subsidised innovation financing for innovation modernization.
Business Plan Competition Northern Bavaria
🇩🇪BayStartUP · Germany
Awards cash prizes and expert coaching to Franconia and Upper Palatinate founders who complete the three phases of this regional business plan competition.
Excellence Strategy — Clusters of Excellence Round 2 (decision, funding from)
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds seven-year cross-disciplinary research clusters at German universities to strengthen international competitiveness and talent development.
Excellence Strategy — Universities of Excellence Round 2 (decision, funding from)
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German universities strengthening long-term excellence through institutional research programs.
HAW-ForschungsAkzente — Stichtag
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German applied-science universities pursuing multi-year projects across multiple technology domains.
IONOS Cloud Startup Programme
IONOS Cloud · Germany
Gives eligible startups up to €100,000 in IONOS Cloud service credit, usable over as long as 24 months, through its SPARK and ACCELERATE tiers.
Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM)
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German SME R&D projects, covering up to 60% of eligible costs.
Berlin-Brandenburg Business Plan Competition (BPW)
🇩🇪BPW · Germany
Awards up to €20,000 in prize money to startups founded in Berlin or Brandenburg.
German-Swedish Call for joint R&D projects by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises spring 2026
🇸🇪Vinnova · Sweden
Funds joint R&D projects between Swedish and German SMEs in any technology area.
Germany KfW ERP Digital Innovation Loans
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds German enterprises through KfW structures for digital innovation and expansion financing.
US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Broad Agency Announcement
AMC · United States
Funds Army research proposals across soldier feeding, protection, biomechanics and training technology on a rolling basis.
BE Fellows — Explorer
Breakthrough Energy · United States
Funds early climate research by university experts, enabling high-upside experiments before ventures are spun out.
Defence Rapid Impact
UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Funds innovators from any country developing near-term defence technology prototypes at TRL 6 or 7 through the MOD Defence Innovation Fund.