Built Environment grants in Germany
Explore Built Environment grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for construction technology, green buildings, smart cities, infrastructure and proptech 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 Built Environment in Germany come first.
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Fostering competences for the green transition
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays research consortiums roughly €3-4 million to map the skills young people and workers need for the green transition in one high-impact sector and how to teach them.
Horizon Buildings: Whole Life Carbon Data Platforms
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds three €5.25M projects that plug embodied and operational carbon data into building certificates, passports and BIM tools.
Horizon Cities Mission: Circular Construction
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds five €9.5M projects that pair construction innovators with city partners to build and demonstrate circular-economy tools and business models.
Horizon Housing: Affordable Renovation Policy & Business Models
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds three €5M projects on what actually makes renovating rental housing affordable — for policy researchers and housing providers, not hardware builders.
Horizon Renovation: Low-Disturbance Prefab Retrofit
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds four €7M pilots that retrofit apartment blocks to near-zero-energy standard with prefabricated systems and minimal disruption to residents.
Horizon Smart Buildings: Energy & User Research
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds three €5.25M studies of how different groups of people actually use smart buildings, and what that means for real energy savings.
Innovative Advanced Materials for construction monitoring and repair
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds around five research projects, each worth up to EUR 6 million, to build self-monitoring, self-repairing materials for construction products.
Innovative approaches for sustainable, inclusive and beautiful social and affordable housing
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds real-world packages of construction technology — modular building, smart sensors, low-carbon materials — that cut the cost of building and renovating social and affordable housing.
Innovative construction and maintenance, with the use of new materials and techniques, for resilient and sustainable transport infrastructure
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds large-scale demonstrations of low-emission, climate-resilient materials and methods for building and maintaining transport infrastructure.
Innovative pathways for low carbon and climate resilient building stock (Built4People Partnership)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research into planning methods that help cities and housing bodies decarbonise their building stock, validated in at least three countries.
Innovative, AI-based solutions for urban planning and management
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds AI-based Digital Twin models for urban planning, developed jointly by at least three cities in different EU countries.
LIFE — Clean Energy Transition Coordination & Support Actions (CET)
🇪🇺CINEA · European Union
Runs research teams and institutions for LIFE Clean Energy Transition Coordination & Support Actions in energy systems, climate technology, and built environment.
LIFE — Standard Action Projects (SAP)
🇪🇺CINEA · European Union
Administers research teams and institutions for LIFE Standard Action Projects in climate technology, energy systems, and agriculture innovation.
Living Labs for soil remediation and green redevelopment of brownfields
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a network of 4-5 living labs that co-design soil remediation and green redevelopment solutions for brownfield sites across at least three countries.
Nature-based Solutions
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 75% of costs, up to EUR75K, for satellite-enabled nature-based solutions services.
On-site innovative robotic and automated solutions for building renovation and construction
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds projects that test on-site robotic and automated construction and renovation techniques, including at least one 3D-printing solution.
Optimal combination of low embodied carbon construction products and circularity for climate neutral buildings (Built4People Partnership)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research combining construction products and building systems to minimise whole-life carbon, validated in at least three countries.
Pre-commercial procurement of breakthrough solutions for climate proofing of public buildings
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a group of public procurers to jointly commission and test new climate-proofing solutions for public buildings, which companies later bid to develop.
Reconstructing areas affected by conflicts: the role of the bio-based solutions
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds bio-based and nature-based reconstruction solutions for areas damaged by conflicts such as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
Renovating the built environment through design for adaptability and disassembly
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds pilots that renovate existing buildings and infrastructure using design-for-adaptability-and-disassembly methods so components can be reused and repurposed later.
Restoring Ocean and Waters in waterfront Cities and their Ports
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds demonstration projects with waterfront cities and ports to restore marine ecosystems, cut pollution and build a circular blue economy in at least eight locations.
Reverse local construction supply chains for the beautiful re-assembly of reclaimed construction products
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research into re-assembling reclaimed construction products locally, using tools like Digital Product Passports to trace materials and unlock new circular business models.
Scaling Nature-Based Solutions Across Sectors
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds long-term evidence and decision tools that move nature-based solutions into climate, infrastructure and public policy.
Smarter buildings as part of the energy system for increased efficiency and flexibility – Societal Readiness Pilot
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds projects that upgrade building management systems for smarter, grid-flexible buildings, piloted in at least three climate zones and building types.