Hardware grants in Germany
Explore Hardware grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for electronics, devices, sensors, prototyping and hardware startups 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 Hardware in Germany come first.
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Enabling Technologies for Resilient R&D Supply Chains in Quantum Technologies
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German consortia building enabling tech for quantum computing and sensing.
KMU-innovativ — Stichtag
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German small and medium enterprises pursuing high-impact innovation in AI, climate, energy, and built environments.
ERP Digitalization Loan and Grant (511/512)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds companies and freelancers in Germany delivering digitalization projects with subsidized loans and grants up to €200,000.
BAFA Business Advisory Services for SMEs
🇩🇪BAFA · Germany
Provides German small businesses with advisory support for operations finance and growth strategy.
BayTOU — Technology-Oriented Start-ups
🇩🇪Bayern Innovativ · Germany
Supports Bavarian technology founders developing new products and processes with competitive market advantages.
BayTP+ Development Line
🇩🇪Bayern Innovativ · Germany
Funds research teams and institutions for BayTP+ Development Line in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and climate technology.
Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand, ZIM)
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German small and medium-sized enterprises and networks with collaborative innovation grants.
EXIST Start-up Grant (EXIST-Gründungsstipendium)
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Supports german federal founding grant for students graduates and researchers developing technology based ventures from university.
EXIST-Forschungstransfer — Research Transfer Grant
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Supports research-intensive spinouts through staged development from discovery to company readiness.
Innovation Voucher Bavaria — Standard & Special
🇩🇪Bayern Innovativ · Germany
Backs research teams and institutions for Innovation Voucher Bavaria Standard & Special in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and climate technology.
INVEST — Venture Capital Grant for Business Angels
🇩🇪BAFA · Germany
Supports business angels investing in innovative German startups during early growth.
Joint Task for the Improvement of Regional Economic Structures — GRW (Gemeinschaftsaufgabe Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur)
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds regional German commercial projects through public investment subsidies to strengthen real-world implementation.
SPRIND R&D Grants
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds German teams through SPRIND grants with outcome linked support for technology development and testing pathways.
KfW Konsortialkredit Nachhaltige Transformation
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds large-scale sustainable investment in Germany for companies and institutions pursuing climate, hydrogen, batteries, grid, wind, photovoltaic projects.
8. Energieforschungsprogramm — Projektförderung
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German applied energy research across hydrogen, heat, power, and energy systems.
Eureka Network Projects — Germany-Israel
🇩🇪EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Supports Germany and Israel teams through Eureka Network Projects, enabling paired research groups to solve shared technology needs.
KMU-innovativ: Materialforschung (ProMat_KMU)
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German material-science R&D, covering 50% up to 100% of costs.
SPRIND Equity Investments & Convertible Loans
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Invests in German deep-tech ventures through shared-equity support with private co-financing and downside risk share.
Eurostars Call 11
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds small and medium enterprises across Europe via Eurostars Call 11 for collaborative innovation with international partners.
EIC Transition Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.
Industrial Readiness for Affordable Ka-band User Terminals (IRIS²)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays up to two industrial teams to advance manufacturing readiness for affordable Ka-band satellite user terminals for IRIS² and GOVSATCOM.
EUDIS Non-Thematic SME Open Call
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Backs defense innovation by small and medium-sized enterprises and research organizations across EU member states.
ECDI - Dual-Use Drones Innovative Programme
🇪🇺ECDI · European Union
Pays manufacturing SMEs equity-free grants to advance a dual-use drone product by at least one technology readiness level.
SPRIND Next Frontier Robotics Challenge — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds European teams building complete multi-purpose robots or the breakthrough hardware inside them.