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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NATO DIANA Challenge Programme
NATO DIANA · Global / Multinational
Funds for-profit deep-tech companies from any NATO member nation that are developing dual-use solutions to critical defence and security challenges, through competitive annual and dynamic challenge calls.
28DIGITAL Venture Incubation Program
🇪🇺28DIGITAL · European Union
Offers European deep-tech startups a competitive incubation route with early cash support and growth-focused follow-up.
BraveTech EU
🇪🇺AID · France
Supports defense technology initiatives that translate operational experience into practical European innovation projects.
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.
Coordinated preparedness testing and other preparedness actions
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds providers of penetration-testing and threat-assessment services that help EU competent authorities and critical-sector entities test and improve their cyber preparedness.
Critical elements for energy security of grid and storage technologies
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research addressing one of three specific risks to European energy-grid and storage security: cybersecurity, critical-material dependency, or public acceptance.
Cross-Border Cyber Hubs
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Pays entities appointed by a Member State to build and run a Cross-Border Cyber Hub that pools cybersecurity threat data across several countries.
Cybersecure and resilient road e-mobility ecosystem (2ZERO Partnership)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one project up to EUR 10 million to harden electric-vehicle charging networks against cyberattacks ahead of the EU's 2027 Cyber-Resilience Act deadline.
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-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.
Dedicated action to reinforcing hospitals and healthcare providers
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds pilot projects that assess hospital cybersecurity gaps and demonstrate detection and response tools at partner healthcare sites in at least two member states.
Digital Forensic Equipment and Tools for Anti-Fraud Authorities
🇪🇺OLAF · European Union
Funds digital forensic equipment, mobile forensic tools and collaborative systems used to investigate fraud against the EU budget.
Generative AI for Cybersecurity applications
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds generative-AI tools that detect and respond to cyberattacks, or that automate compliance with EU cybersecurity law.
Improved cyber defence operations capabilities
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds distributed, partly automated cyber-defence tools that help EU militaries run and coordinate cyberspace operations.
Improved preparedness for, response to and recovery from large-scale critical-infrastructure disruptions
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds monitoring, risk-assessment and stress-testing tools that help critical-infrastructure operators withstand and recover from major disruptions.
Innovation Study Tours 2026
🇪🇺28DIGITAL · European Union
Pays organisations up to EUR 25,000 to design and run a short innovation study-tour programme.
Innovative space-based applications enhancing capabilities for a resilient Europe
🇪🇺EUSPA · European Union
Funds EUR 1.5-1.8 million demonstration projects that turn Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation into commercial tools for crisis and security practitioners.
Integrating Post-Quantum Cryptography into high-level protocols
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds work that rebuilds widely used internet and authentication protocols to run securely on post-quantum cryptography.
Investigate quantum sensing and computing applied to ATM
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds research exploring quantum computing, post-quantum cryptography and quantum sensing for air traffic management.
National Cyber Hubs
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Pays the entity a Member State designates under the Cyber Solidarity Act to build and run a National Cyber Hub for detecting and sharing cyber-threat data.
New advanced tools and processes for Operational Cybersecurity
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds cyber threat-intelligence, crisis-management or SOC/CSIRT tools that help EU cybersecurity authorities detect and respond to attacks faster.
Next generation ATS platform for airport operations
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds industrial research building AI-enabled, cyber-resilient next-generation airport air traffic control platforms.
Next generation ATS platforms for en-route and TMA operations
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds industrial research building AI-enabled, cyber-resilient next-generation air traffic control platforms.
Privacy Enhancing Technologies
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds cryptographic and privacy-preserving technologies that let organisations share and analyse sensitive data without exposing it.