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Cybersecurity grants in Germany

Explore Cybersecurity grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for security research, secure hardware, cryptography, threat detection and resilience 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 Cybersecurity in Germany come first.

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Showing 25-48 of 277 grants

European Defence Fund (DG DEFIS) logo
Open

EUDIS (Disruptive Technologies and SME Calls)

🇪🇺EDF · European Union

Supports small and medium defense innovators across Europe through development calls, coaching, and early-stage consortium opportunities.

DefenseAI+6
€500K – €10MNov'26
Israel-Europe Research & Innovation Directorate (ISERD) logo
Open

EIC Accelerator — Short Proposal

🇮🇱ISERD · Israel

Supports small and medium firms in early-stage deep technologies through public proposals and commercialization mentoring.

AIBiotech+12
₪2.5MDec'26
European Commission logo
Open

Digital Europe Programme

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds Europe-wide digital capability development in AI, cybersecurity, semiconductors, hardware, and IoT.

AICybersecurity+3
EUREKA Network logo
Open

Eureka Network Projects — Permanent

EUREKA · Global / Multinational

Offers open access collaboration through Eureka Network Projects so small enterprises can join international innovation groups.

AIBiotech+12
European Commission logo
Open

European Defence Fund — Work Programme

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds collaborative defense research across aerospace, cyber, robotics, AI, and space.

DefenseAerospace+4
European Commission logo
Scheduled

3C Telco-Edge-Cloud Demand Pilots

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds two €19M pilots that put secure 3C telco-edge-cloud networks to work in mobility and another strategic vertical.

IoT & EdgeAI+3
€19MMar'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

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.

RoboticsAI+3
€18MMar'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Decentralised and Sustainable AI Processing

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds two €17.5M research projects that spread AI processing across sustainable, secure edge, cloud and HPC resources.

AIHardware+1
€17.5MMar'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

European Leadership in Global Digital Standards

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds a €7M action that helps European experts lead global digital standards and gives SMEs and researchers a stronger voice in ICT rule-making.

AICybersecurity+1
€7MMar'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

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.

AICybersecurity+2
€44MMar'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Space Partnership: Connected Earth Observation and SatCom

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds €1.5–3M projects linking Earth observation and SatCom technologies for resilient, secure and commercially useful space services.

SpaceAI+2
€1.5M – €3MSep'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Horizon Cybersecurity: Post-Quantum & High-Assurance Cryptography

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds €3–4M research projects that harden post-quantum cryptography, verify implementations and build trusted digital identity protocols.

Cybersecurity
€3M – €4MSep'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

New primitives and protocols for future hybrid classical-quantum networks

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds foundational quantum-cryptography research for secure future hybrid networks.

QuantumCybersecurity
€4MSep'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Secure Computing Continuum (IoT, Edge, Cloud, Data spaces)

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds resilient, privacy-preserving security for the IoT-to-cloud computing continuum.

AIIoT & Edge+1
€3M – €4MSep'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Trusted, secure, quality future digital travel credentials

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds secure, interoperable digital travel credentials and biometrics for safer border management.

CybersecurityIoT & Edge
€4MNov'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Grid Control Rooms for a Resilient Electricity System

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds €9.5M projects that modernise electricity transmission control rooms for more observable, stable and renewable-ready grids.

Energy TechClimate Tech+2
€9.5MDec'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Horizon Energy: Smarter Distribution Grids

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds three €9.5M projects that make electricity distribution grids more flexible, resilient and efficient through advanced digital control.

Energy TechClimate Tech+1
€9.5MDec'27
EUREKA Network logo
Between cycles

EUREKA Eurostars (Calls 10 and 11)

🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational

Supports international consortia so small companies can turn joint innovation into export-ready products.

AIBiotech+10
€1.5M
European Innovation Council logo
Between cycles

EIC Accelerator Open

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Funds late stage deep tech start ups and small businesses with combined non dilutive and growth support across technology fields.

AerospaceAgritech+22
€1M – €12.5M
Netherlands Enterprise Agency logo
Between cycles

Eurostars Call 12 for projects

🇪🇺RVO · Netherlands

Funds innovative SME-led international R&D consortia through the Eurostars Call 12 grant process.

AIBiotech+15
European Innovation Council logo
Between cycles

EIC Pathfinder Open

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.

AerospaceAgritech+22
€4M
European Defence Fund (DG DEFIS) logo
Between cycles

EUDIS Business Accelerator

🇪🇺EDF · European Union

Supports defense startups through EU cohorts, providing vouchers and coaching for growth.

AICybersecurity+4
€120K – €170K
Plexal logo
Between cycles

HMGCC Accelerate

Plexal · United Kingdom

Supports HMGCC Accelerate through a six week HMGCC and Plexal engineering programme for hardware and software security firms.

CybersecurityDefense+1
Microsoft Corporation logo
Between cycles

Microsoft Research Fellowship

🇺🇸Microsoft · United States

Funds research talent through annual fellowships for computing and artificial intelligence work.

AIQuantum+2
$17K – $47K

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