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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 97-120 of 282 grants

Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space logo
Between cycles

HAW-ForschungsAkzente — Stichtag

🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany

Funds German applied-science universities pursuing multi-year projects across multiple technology domains.

IC
Between cycles

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.

€100K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Between cycles

Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM)

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Funds German SME R&D projects, covering up to 60% of eligible costs.

€550K
BP
Closed

Berlin-Brandenburg Business Plan Competition (BPW)

🇩🇪BPW · Germany

Awards up to €20,000 in prize money to startups founded in Berlin or Brandenburg.

€10K – €20K
AR
Open

Invent the Future with Arduino UNO Q and App Lab

Arduino · Global / Multinational

Pays up to $5,000 in cash and prizes to the best hardware projects built on the Arduino UNO Q.

RoboticsIoT & Edge+2
$3K – $5KSep'26
US
Open

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.

Food TechAgritech+1
$2MOct'26
National Institutes of Health logo
Open

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.

NeurotechHardware+2
Jun'27
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Open

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.

DefenseAI+9
£350K
Microsoft Corporation logo
Open

Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub

Microsoft · United States

Provides early-stage startups with up to one hundred fifty thousand dollars in cloud credits and software access.

AIHardware+2
$150K
Qatar Foundation / Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) logo
Open

Qatar Open Innovation Challenge Grant

QNRF · Qatar

Funds innovators piloting solutions for Qatar-based entities through Qatar Open Innovation challenge grants.

AIMedtech+4
$100K
28DIGITAL (formerly EIT Digital) logo
Open

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.

AIBiotech+10
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Between cycles

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.

DefenseAI+11
Advanced Research and Invention Agency logo
Between cycles

ARIA Forecasting Tipping Points

ARIA · United Kingdom

Funds climate tipping-point early-warning work through ARIA's Scoping Our Planet programme.

Climate TechAI+1
YP
Closed

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.

RoboticsAI+1
$20K
Department of National Defence Canada logo
Closed

Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox

DND Canada · Canada

Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.

DefenseAerospace+3
Gates Foundation logo
Closed

Grand Challenges — Breakthrough Innovations to Reduce the Cost of Severe Acute Malnutrition Treatment

Gates Foundation · United States

Funds global teams developing system-level innovations that reduce the total cost of treating severe acute malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

MedtechAI+2
$1.5M
Gates Foundation logo
Closed

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.

BiotechMedtech+6
$1M
Japan Science and Technology Agency logo
Closed

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.

AIBiotech+7
European Space Agency logo
Closed

Novel Internet of Things Services Using Space Capabilities

ESA · Global / Multinational

Fully funds feasibility studies on space-enabled Internet of Things services.

IoT & EdgeSpace
€150K
YP
Closed

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.

Energy TechIoT & Edge+1
$20K
XPRIZE Foundation logo
Closed

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.

Climate TechRobotics+1
$3.5M
European Commission logo
Open

ERC Proof of Concept Grant

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds existing ERC grant holders in testing the commercial or societal potential of already-funded research through a fixed EUR 150,000 top-up grant.

BiotechAI+5
€150KSep'26
ER
Open

ERC Proof of Concept Grants

🇪🇺ERC · European Union

Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to explore the commercial or social innovation potential of their ERC-funded research.

€150KSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Horizon EIE: Technology Transfer Offices

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds five €1M projects that help universities and research organisations turn academic inventions into licences, spin-offs and industry deals.

€1MSep'26

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