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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.

Showing 1-24 of 282 grants

KfW Bankengruppe logo
Open

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.

AICybersecurity+3
€200K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

ZIM R&D Cooperation Projects

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Administers collaborative grants for German firms and research partners to run joint innovation projects.

AgritechAI+13
€150K – €308K
Bayern Innovativ GmbH logo
Open

BayTOU — Technology-Oriented Start-ups

🇩🇪Bayern Innovativ · Germany

Supports Bavarian technology founders developing new products and processes with competitive market advantages.

AIBiotech+10
€150K
Bayern Innovativ GmbH logo
Open

BayTP+ Development Line

🇩🇪Bayern Innovativ · Germany

Funds research teams and institutions for BayTP+ Development Line in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and climate technology.

AIBiotech+10
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand, ZIM)

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Funds German small and medium-sized enterprises and networks with collaborative innovation grants.

AIClimate Tech+6
BAFA — Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control logo
Open

EEW — Federal Funding for Energy and Resource Efficiency

🇩🇪BAFA · Germany

Supports German industrial firms pursuing energy efficiency modernization and decarbonization planning.

Energy TechAdvanced Manufacturing+2
€20M
Bayern Innovativ GmbH logo
Open

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.

AIBiotech+10
€2K – €50K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

ZIM Individual R&D Projects

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Supports German small and medium-sized enterprises with technology-neutral projects for new products, processes, and services.

AgritechAI+13
€100K – €380K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

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.

AgritechAI+13
€200K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

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.

AgritechAI+13
€10K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

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.

AgritechAI+13
€45K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

ZIM Feasibility Studies

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Funds German small businesses preparing technology concepts for future project development and commercialization planning.

AgritechAI+13
€30K – €100K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

ZIM Innovation Networks

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Supports German innovation ecosystems by funding management of networks that connect multiple companies and institutions.

AgritechAI+13
€200K – €600K
European Space Agency logo
Closed

Ageing Population Kick-Start

🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational

Funds space-enabled service ideas for Europe's ageing population.

MedtechIoT & Edge+1
EUREKA Network logo
Open

Eurostars Call 11

🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational

Funds small and medium enterprises across Europe via Eurostars Call 11 for collaborative innovation with international partners.

AIBiotech+12
Sep'26
European Innovation Council logo
Open

EIC Transition Open

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.

AerospaceAgritech+22
€500K – €2.5MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Digital Europe — Advanced Digital Skills (10th batch)

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds European entities expanding advanced digital skills with AI and cybersecurity programs.

AICybersecurity+1
Oct'26
European Commission logo
Open

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.

MobilityIoT & Edge
Oct'26
European Innovation Council logo
Open

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.

Climate TechEnergy Tech+2
€4MOct'26
European Commission logo
Open

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.

Advanced MaterialsEnergy Tech+1
€500K – €4MOct'26
European Commission logo
Open

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.

DefenseIoT & Edge
€6MNov'26
European Commission logo
Open

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.

DefenseCybersecurity+1
€3MNov'26
European Commission logo
Open

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.

RoboticsIoT & Edge+1
€4MNov'26
European Commission logo
Open

Digital Europe Programme

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds Europe-wide digital capability development in AI, cybersecurity, semiconductors, hardware, and IoT.

AICybersecurity+3

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