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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EU-India International Collaboration
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds a coordination and support action to build structured EU-India cooperation on 6G research, connecting European and Indian industry, standards bodies and research programmes.
European 6G Front-End Microelectronics
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a complete tunable 6G radio front-end module for 7–15 GHz, combining European microelectronics with low-energy operation.
Fast-track Extending U-space eco-system
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds innovation projects building 5G-based communication, navigation and surveillance capabilities for drones and vertiports.
Fast-track U3 U-space advanced services and CNS capabilities
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds innovation projects building advanced drone traffic-management services for shared airspace with crewed aircraft.
Highly automated ATM for all airspace users
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds research on detect-and-avoid sensors, drone integration, space-launch coordination and robust satellite navigation for ATM.
Innovative tools and services to manage and empower energy communities
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds open-source tools that let energy communities trade power, forecast demand and connect to grid operators, tested in at least three communities.
New or enhanced Innovative Advanced Materials enabled sensing functionality
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays three European projects EUR 7.5 million each to develop advanced-materials sensors, from multifunctional surfaces to miniaturised wearable devices, with a guaranteed award in each of two research areas.
Open Internet Stack: development of technological commons/open-source 3C building blocks (RIA)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one project up to EUR 10 million to build an open-source internet technology stack, which then re-grants up to 70% of its budget to third-party developers in EUR 50,000–150,000 awards.
Roadmap for next generation computing technologies from IoT device level to edge to cloud to HPC (CSA)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one coordination project up to EUR 2.5 million to produce Europe's yearly research roadmap spanning IoT devices, edge, cloud and HPC computing.
Satellite Connectivity for Autonomous Land Vehicles Safety
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds companies building satellite connectivity for safe autonomous vehicles.
SPRIND Continuous Hormone Monitoring Challenge — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds teams in Germany through a continuous hormone-monitoring challenge for advanced sensor development.
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 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.
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.
Excellence Strategy — Universities of Excellence Round 2 (decision, funding from)
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German universities strengthening long-term excellence through institutional research programs.