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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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Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space logo
Between cycles

Excellence Strategy — Universities of Excellence Round 2 (decision, funding from)

🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany

Funds German universities strengthening long-term excellence through institutional research programs.

Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space logo
Between cycles

HAW-ForschungsAkzente — Stichtag

🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany

Funds German applied-science universities pursuing multi-year projects across multiple technology domains.

IC
Between cycles

IONOS Cloud Startup Programme

🇩🇪IONOS Cloud · Germany

Gives eligible startups up to €100,000 in IONOS Cloud service credit, usable over as long as 24 months, through its SPARK and ACCELERATE tiers.

€100K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Between cycles

Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM)

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Funds German SME R&D projects, covering up to 60% of eligible costs.

€550K
BP
Closed

Berlin-Brandenburg Business Plan Competition (BPW)

🇩🇪BPW · Germany

Awards up to €20,000 in prize money to startups founded in Berlin or Brandenburg.

€10K – €20K
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Open

Defence Rapid Impact

UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom

Funds innovators from any country developing near-term defence technology prototypes at TRL 6 or 7 through the MOD Defence Innovation Fund.

DefenseAI+9
£350K
Microsoft Corporation logo
Open

Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub

Microsoft · United States

Provides early-stage startups with up to one hundred fifty thousand dollars in cloud credits and software access.

AIHardware+2
$150K
Coefficient Giving logo
Open

Navigators Incubator — Cohort 1: Securing Transformative AI

Coefficient · United States

Runs a selective AI security fellowship for small teams tackling critical risk problems.

AICybersecurity+1
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Between cycles

Open Call for Innovation

UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom

Funds organisations worldwide developing novel defence and security innovations across any technology area from TRL 1 to TRL 8.

DefenseAI+11
IM
Between cycles

AI by HER: The Impact Challenge for Women in AI

IndiaAI Mission · India

Awards INR 25 lakh each to 10 women-led AI teams tackling real-world public challenges.

AIMedtech+4
₹2.5M
Cloudflare Inc. logo
Between cycles

Cloudflare for Startups (Workers Launchpad track)

Cloudflare · United States

Offers Cloudflare credits and edge platform support for founders launching global infrastructure-based products.

AICybersecurity
$5K – $250K
Coefficient Giving logo
Closed

AI Governance RFP

Coefficient · United States

Funds research and organizational support across technical governance, policy, and strategic analysis.

AICybersecurity+1
$200K
HM
Closed

Assignment to Help Find Hidden Objects in Walls

HMGCC · United Kingdom

Funds up to $65,000 for a 12-week demonstrator that images hidden objects in walls.

DefenseCybersecurity
$65K
Coefficient Giving logo
Closed

Navigating Transformative AI — AI Governance

Coefficient · United States

Supports projects on governance, safety policy, and coordination in advanced AI systems.

AICybersecurity
$200K – $2M
MassChallenge logo
Closed

Security & Resiliency Traction Program

MassChallenge · United States

Runs a 10-week, no-cost, non-dilutive accelerator for early-stage security, resiliency, and dual-use founders, from Pre-Seed through Series A+, culminating in enterprise pilots and investor-ready pitches.

DefenseRobotics+4
European Space Agency logo
Closed

Services Supporting Critical Infrastructure

ESA · Global / Multinational

Fully funds space-enabled services that make critical infrastructure safer and greener.

Built EnvironmentCybersecurity+1
€250K
European Commission logo
Open

ERC Proof of Concept Grant

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds existing ERC grant holders in testing the commercial or societal potential of already-funded research through a fixed EUR 150,000 top-up grant.

BiotechAI+5
€150KSep'26
ER
Open

ERC Proof of Concept Grants

🇪🇺ERC · European Union

Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to explore the commercial or social innovation potential of their ERC-funded research.

€150KSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Horizon EIE: Technology Transfer Offices

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds five €1M projects that help universities and research organisations turn academic inventions into licences, spin-offs and industry deals.

€1MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Creative alliances: Fostering global partnerships in cultural policies and CCI innovation

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays international research consortiums roughly €3-3.75 million to build cross-regional creative-industry and cultural-diplomacy partnerships between Europe and world regions such as Africa, Asia and Latin America.

€3M – €3.8MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Governing global commons sustainably

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays research consortiums roughly €3.5-4 million to develop policy solutions for the sustainable, science-informed governance of shared global resources like the climate, biodiversity and outer space.

€3.5M – €4MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Government in transition — how governments change the way they work and prepare the civil service for the future

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays research consortiums roughly €3.5-4 million to study how EU and Associated Country governments are reinventing internal operations and preparing their civil services for the future.

€3.5M – €4MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Making Europe a global magnet for talent — attracting and retaining non-EU students, researchers and high-skilled workers

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays research consortiums roughly €3-3.3 million to study what draws and keeps non-EU students, researchers and high-skilled workers in Europe.

€3M – €3.3MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Safeguarding linguistic diversity in Europe

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays research consortiums roughly €5-5.75 million to document, map and help safeguard Europe's regional, minority and endangered languages.

€5M – €5.8MSep'26

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