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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HAW-ForschungsAkzente — Stichtag
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German applied-science universities pursuing multi-year projects across multiple technology domains.
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.
Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM)
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German SME R&D projects, covering up to 60% of eligible costs.
Berlin-Brandenburg Business Plan Competition (BPW)
🇩🇪BPW · Germany
Awards up to €20,000 in prize money to startups founded in Berlin or Brandenburg.
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.
Germany KfW ERP Digital Innovation Loans
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds German enterprises through KfW structures for digital innovation and expansion financing.
BRAIN Initiative: Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization- Next Generation Sensor Technology Development
NIH · United States
Funds next-generation sensors and bioelectronic devices that record behaviour in step with brain recordings, to build models of how the two connect.
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.
Qatar Open Innovation Challenge Grant
QNRF · Qatar
Funds innovators piloting solutions for Qatar-based entities through Qatar Open Innovation challenge grants.
EIT Digital Open Innovation Factory
28DIGITAL · European Union
Funds European digital startups at TRL 4-5 seeking co-development with industry partners through EIT Digital's open innovation matching platform.
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.
National Security Hackathon (by Army xTech)
Army · United States
Awards $50,000 in cash prizes to top teams at a national-security hackathon backed by the US Army.
ARIA Forecasting Tipping Points
ARIA · United Kingdom
Funds climate tipping-point early-warning work through ARIA's Scoping Our Planet programme.
Assisting Specialty Crop Exports: Low Oxygen Storage and Packaging Systems for U.S. Tree Nuts with Phytosanitary Traceability
USDA · United States
Funds tech that verifies low-oxygen storage conditions so U.S. tree nut exports clear other countries' pest rules.
Autonomous Systems for Customer Experience, Safety, and Operations at YPF Full-Black store
YPF · Argentina
Awards a $20,000 pilot to autonomous tech for retail service, security or monitoring.
Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox
DND Canada · Canada
Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.
Grand Challenges — Ultralow-Cost Diagnostics and Screening for Low-Income Countries
Gates Foundation · United States
Funds global teams developing diagnostic devices and screening tools that cost approximately $1 per test or near-zero incremental cost per person screened for deployment in low-income countries.
JST GSC Initiative: International Research Program
JST · Japan
Funds researchers at companies including startups doing R&D aimed at commercialization under JST's Global Startup Campus initiative.
Novel Internet of Things Services Using Space Capabilities
ESA · Global / Multinational
Fully funds feasibility studies on space-enabled Internet of Things services.
Real-time detection of Structural Modifications in Scaffolding for Oil Refinery Safety
YPF · Argentina
Pays $20,000 to pilot a real-time sensor system that detects unsafe scaffolding changes at a refinery.
XPRIZE Wildfire Track B: Autonomous Wildfire Response
XPRIZE · United States
Pays a $3.5 million Grand Prize (plus milestone and bonus prizes from a $5 million pool) to the team whose autonomous system detects and fully suppresses a high-risk wildfire fastest.
MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds partnerships of universities, research institutes and businesses to jointly run doctoral training programmes for early-career researchers.
5th Innowwide Call for Market Feasibility Projects — Autumn 2026
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Pays SMEs a fixed EUR60,000 grant to run a six-month market feasibility project testing whether their innovation can be commercialised in a target country in Africa, the Americas, Asia or Oceania.
European Prize for Women Innovators
🇪🇺EIT · European Union
Awards women founders and co-founders across three prize categories, from EUR 20,000 up to EUR 100,000, for leading breakthrough European innovations.