AI grants in Germany
Explore AI grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI 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 AI in Germany come first.
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Approaches, verification and training for Edge-AI building blocks for CCAM Systems (CCAM Partnership)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one project developing optimised edge-AI models for real-time perception and decision-making in self-driving vehicles.
BASS — Digitalisation of the Water Sector
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds water resilience projects using space-enabled data and digital tools.
BASS — University of Tomorrow
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Supports educational institutions developing space-enabled learning applications and innovation pilots.
Boosting data availability and AI solutions in food for consumers and food service professionals
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds projects that build generative AI tools for food purchasing, preparation and preservation, with dedicated support packages for AI startups and SMEs.
Boosting innovation through exploitation of digitalisation and data exchange in healthcare
🇪🇺IHI JU · European Union
Funds public-private research on interoperable health data and AI analytics that speed up diagnosis, treatment and personalised care.
BraveTech EU
🇪🇺AID · France
Supports defense technology initiatives that translate operational experience into practical European innovation projects.
Built-On Databricks Startup Challenge
🇦🇺Databricks Inc. · United States
Runs an annual Databricks customer competition for B2B pilots with opportunities for equity and cloud credits.
Challenge-Driven GenAI4EU Booster in Apply AI prioritised sectors
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays three European consortia EUR 15 million each to run generative-AI competitions in aerospace, pharma or telecoms, re-granting up to EUR 2 million per finalist SME team that competes.
Citizen-Facing European TV and Video News Portal
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one team up to EUR 5.5 million to build a pan-European AI media backbone that streams, translates and makes discoverable trusted TV and video news from across the EU.
Co-Creation Accelerator 2026-2027
🇪🇺28DIGITAL · European Union
Pairs early-stage deep tech startups with an industry partner for a four-month co-development sprint and pays up to €250,000 with no co-investment required.
Collaboration platform for the European connected and autonomous vehicle of the future
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a single collaboration platform that coordinates Europe's software-defined and autonomous-vehicle projects into shared standards and open-source building blocks.
Collaborative air combat
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds design and prototyping work on shared EU standards that let manned and unmanned combat aircraft operate together.
Collection, Generation and Validation of Datasets suitable for training AI Models for 6G Networks and for AIaaS
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds one project to build curated real-world and synthetic datasets, plus a shared data space, for training AI models that run 6G networks.
Community Centres of Excellence
🇪🇺EuroHPC JU · European Union
Funds around 10 consortia to push scientific and industrial software codes to exascale and AI-optimised performance on European supercomputers.
Cooperation of Artificial Intelligence Factories and Factories Antennas
🇪🇺EuroHPC JU · European Union
Pays one consortium to coordinate Europe's AI Factories network, run shared AI data labs, and build a sovereign EU open web data service.
Coordinated European contribution to the WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch and its international governance
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one project building AI-based digital tools and new data products that plug European greenhouse-gas monitoring into the WMO's global watch system.
Cybersecure tools, technologies and services relying on AI
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds tool and service providers to build AI-powered cyber-threat-intelligence and detection tools for national Cyber Hubs, CSIRTs and other authorities.
Data Space for Manufacturing
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds up to three projects that collect large industrial datasets and build the legal and technical rails to let AI developers train manufacturing-focused models on them.
Data Spaces Support Centre
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a single consortium to run the EU's central coordination hub for common data spaces across every sector.
Data stewards, skills and training for Open Science and FAIR practices
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a coordination project that builds core curricula and career paths for data stewards and Open Science training across Europe.
Data-Analytics Technology and Data Purchases for Anti-Fraud Authorities
🇪🇺OLAF · European Union
Funds data-analytics platforms, AI risk-detection tools and specialised databases used to investigate fraud against the EU budget.
Delivering Earth Intelligence to accelerate the green and digital transition
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds teams scaling up AI-powered Earth-observation products toward real commercial or public-service use in areas like agriculture, water and disaster response.
Deployment of cutting-edge multi-modal AI-based solutions in medical imaging
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds deployment and clinical validation of multi-modal AI-based medical-imaging tools built on the EU's Cancer Image Europe data platform.
Digital Ship and Naval Combat Cloud
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds a common digital-ship architecture and naval combat-cloud design that lets EU navies share systems and data across their fleets.