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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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.
EIC Accelerator — Short Proposal
🇮🇱ISERD · Israel
Supports small and medium firms in early-stage deep technologies through public proposals and commercialization mentoring.
Digital Europe Programme
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds Europe-wide digital capability development in AI, cybersecurity, semiconductors, hardware, and IoT.
Eureka Network Projects — Permanent
EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Offers open access collaboration through Eureka Network Projects so small enterprises can join international innovation groups.
European Defence Fund — Work Programme
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds collaborative defense research across aerospace, cyber, robotics, AI, and space.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New primitives and protocols for future hybrid classical-quantum networks
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds foundational quantum-cryptography research for secure future hybrid networks.
Secure Computing Continuum (IoT, Edge, Cloud, Data spaces)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds resilient, privacy-preserving security for the IoT-to-cloud computing continuum.
Trusted, secure, quality future digital travel credentials
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds secure, interoperable digital travel credentials and biometrics for safer border management.
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.
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.
EUREKA Eurostars (Calls 10 and 11)
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Supports international consortia so small companies can turn joint innovation into export-ready products.
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.
Eurostars Call 12 for projects
🇪🇺RVO · Netherlands
Funds innovative SME-led international R&D consortia through the Eurostars Call 12 grant process.
EIC Pathfinder Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.
EUDIS Business Accelerator
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Supports defense startups through EU cohorts, providing vouchers and coaching for growth.
HMGCC Accelerate
Plexal · United Kingdom
Supports HMGCC Accelerate through a six week HMGCC and Plexal engineering programme for hardware and software security firms.
Microsoft Research Fellowship
🇺🇸Microsoft · United States
Funds research talent through annual fellowships for computing and artificial intelligence work.