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.
Showing 73-96 of 277 grants
Regional Cable Hubs
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds the set-up and running costs of regional hubs that pool national authorities' data to detect and respond to threats against undersea cables.
Reliable Services Operation
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds research on running dependable, multi-stakeholder 6G services with automated threat detection and self-healing infrastructure.
Research to help shape the future regulatory framework for a DES
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds research generating the technical evidence EASA needs to regulate automation, AI and safety in future air traffic management.
Risk, robustness and resilience for autonomous vehicles in military operations
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds research into automated cyber-defence for military drones and autonomous vehicles that can detect, react to and recover from attacks.
Security evaluations of Post-Quantum Cryptography primitives
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds cryptanalysis research that stress-tests post-quantum cryptography against classical, quantum and AI-based attacks.
Security of implementations of Post-Quantum Cryptography algorithms
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds countermeasures and testing tools that protect real-world post-quantum cryptography hardware and software from side-channel attacks.
Smart Security / Security Services
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds research on secure, zero-touch 6G security architecture — from GDPR/AI Act-compliant service platforms to automated threat response.
Space for Infrastructure: Digital Infrastructure
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds studies and pilots for satellite-backed digital-infrastructure services.
Space Systems for Safety and Security (4S) User Studies: Satellite Applications for Public Safety
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds up to €250K, 100% covered, for satellite public-safety user studies.
Support to Standardisation Activities CEN/CENELEC/ETSI
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Provides research teams and institutions for Support to Standardisation Activities CEN CENELEC ETSI in quantum systems, artificial intelligence, and materials science.
Towards the water infrastructures of the future
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds teams building smart sensors, AI, digital twins and cyber-defence tools that make drinking-water and wastewater infrastructure more resilient.
Transition to post-quantum Public Key Infrastructures
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds consortia across the certificate-authority supply chain to build and test hybrid post-quantum cryptography for public key infrastructure.
Transition towards high performance of air-ground connectivity (multilink)
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds industrial research on next-generation air-ground datalinks, digital voice and using aircraft as weather sensors.
Uptake of innovative cybersecurity solutions for SMEs
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds developers of a cyber-risk toolkit and incident-response services that help SMEs comply with EU cybersecurity rules like the Cyber Resilience Act.
German-Swedish Call for joint R&D projects by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises spring 2026
🇸🇪Vinnova · Sweden
Funds joint R&D projects between Swedish and German SMEs in any technology area.
ERP Start-up and Succession Loan (077)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds founders, successors and young companies in Germany with guaranteed loans up to €500,000.
ERP Start-up Loan – StartGeld (067)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds founders and young companies setting up or growing a business in Germany with loans up to €200,000.
Eureka France-Germany Call for Projects (Bpifrance / ZIM)
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds French and German collaborative companies with bilateral support for joint innovation projects.
NSTC (Taiwan) Research Fellowship for Researchers from Germany — Seed
🇩🇪NSTC Taiwan · Taiwan
Supports Taiwan researchers with structured pathways in international researcher exchanges and mobility, from planning to deployment.
Germany KfW ERP Digital Innovation Loans
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds German enterprises through KfW structures for digital innovation and expansion financing.
High-Tech Founders Fund (High-Tech Gründerfonds, HTGF)
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Backs deep technology and medtech startups in Germany with investment and follow-on support through High-Tech Gründerfonds.
KfW ERP Innovation Loan (ERP-Förderkredit Innovation, 513/514)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Supports German manufacturers with subsidised innovation financing for innovation modernization.
Business Plan Competition Northern Bavaria
🇩🇪BayStartUP · Germany
Awards cash prizes and expert coaching to Franconia and Upper Palatinate founders who complete the three phases of this regional business plan competition.
Excellence Strategy — Clusters of Excellence Round 2 (decision, funding from)
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds seven-year cross-disciplinary research clusters at German universities to strengthen international competitiveness and talent development.