IoT & Edge grants in Germany
Explore IoT & Edge grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for connected devices, sensor networks, edge AI and industrial IoT 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 IoT & Edge in Germany come first.
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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.
ZIM R&D Cooperation Projects
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Administers collaborative grants for German firms and research partners to run joint innovation projects.
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.
EEW — Federal Funding for Energy and Resource Efficiency
🇩🇪BAFA · Germany
Supports German industrial firms pursuing energy efficiency modernization and decarbonization planning.
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.
ZIM Individual R&D Projects
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Supports German small and medium-sized enterprises with technology-neutral projects for new products, processes, and services.
WIPANO Knowledge Transfer through Standardization
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German companies and public research organizations that convert publicly funded research into technical standards through joint WIPANO cooperation projects.
WIPANO Patenting for Companies
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German small and medium-sized enterprises protecting their own research and development results with patents and other industrial property rights through WIPANO.
WIPANO Standards Participation for Companies
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German companies with up to 1,000 employees taking part in national, European, and international standardization committees through WIPANO.
ZIM Feasibility Studies
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German small businesses preparing technology concepts for future project development and commercialization planning.
ZIM Innovation Networks
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Supports German innovation ecosystems by funding management of networks that connect multiple companies and institutions.
Ageing Population Kick-Start
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds space-enabled service ideas for Europe's ageing population.
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.
Digital Europe — Advanced Digital Skills (10th batch)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds European entities expanding advanced digital skills with AI and cybersecurity programs.
New technologies and innovation: digitalisation of road transport - works
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays for control centres and digital infrastructure that let autonomous vehicles operate commercially on the TEN-T road network, from a EUR 20 million pot.
EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Advanced Materials for Miniaturised Energy Harvesting Systems
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports developing advanced materials for miniaturised energy harvesters to power IoT and sensor networks autonomously.
Advanced Materials for Miniaturised Energy Harvesting Systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research consortia developing advanced materials for miniaturised energy-harvesting systems that power autonomous IoT sensors and devices.
Horizon Border Security: Surveillance & Drone Detection
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €6M projects that build border detection and surveillance tech, run jointly with national Border and Coast Guard authorities.
Horizon Civil Security: Critical Communications System
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one €3M project building rugged, post-quantum-secure comms devices for first responders that keep working without cellular coverage.
Horizon Disaster Response: Search & Rescue Tech
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €4M projects that build and field-test search-and-rescue tech — drones, robotics, sensors — for wildfires, earthquakes and other hazardous disasters.
Digital Europe Programme
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds Europe-wide digital capability development in AI, cybersecurity, semiconductors, hardware, and IoT.