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Mobility grants in Germany

Explore Mobility grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for electric vehicles, batteries, autonomous driving, public transport and logistics technology 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 Mobility in Germany come first.

Showing 193-216 of 373 grants

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Start Up Energy Transition Award

dena · Germany

Awards €10,000 per category to energy-transition startups founded within the last 10 years.

Energy TechMobility+2
€10KOct'26
DE
Open

Start Up Energy Transition Award 2027

dena · Germany

Awards €10,000 to the winning start-up in each of five energy-transition categories.

Energy TechMobility+3
€10KOct'26
Breakthrough Energy logo
Open

BE Fellows — Explorer

Breakthrough Energy · United States

Funds early climate research by university experts, enabling high-upside experiments before ventures are spun out.

Climate TechEnergy Tech+3
$50K – $250K
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
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
Breakthrough Energy logo
Between cycles

BE Fellows — Innovator Fellowship Cohort 7

Breakthrough Energy · United States

Supports climate founders with catalytic funding and mentoring to advance early technology ideas into deployment-ready ventures.

Climate TechEnergy Tech+3
$0 – $500K
European Space Agency logo
Between cycles

Copernicus Masters

ESA · Global / Multinational

Awards over €300,000 in cash prizes to entrepreneurs building Earth-observation data products.

SpaceClimate Tech+2
€20K
XPRIZE Foundation logo
Between cycles

Progressive Automotive XPRIZE

XPRIZE · United States

Paid $10 million to teams building production-ready cars that hit over 100 miles per gallon.

Mobility
$5M
DE
Between cycles

SET Award

dena · Germany

Pays category-winning climate and energy startups €10,000, equity free.

Energy TechClimate Tech+2
€10K
GN
Closed

GENIUS NY 2024 Competition

GENIUS NY · United States

Invests up to $1 million in seed-stage uncrewed-systems and air-mobility startups.

AerospaceRobotics+1
$500K – $1M
European Space Agency logo
Closed

Services Enabled by High Altitude Pseudo Satellites Complemented by Satellites

ESA · Global / Multinational

Fully funds feasibility studies combining high-altitude platforms with satellite services.

SpaceDefense+1
€200K
DE
Closed

SET Award 2026

dena · Germany

Awards early-stage climate tech and energy start-ups an equity-free cash prize, a fully-covered trip to Berlin, and investor exposure at the SET Tech Festival.

Energy TechClimate Tech+2
€10K
European Space Agency logo
Closed

Space for Infrastructure: Air, Land and Sea Transport

ESA · Global / Multinational

Funds studies and pilots for satellite-backed transport-infrastructure services.

MobilitySpace
European Space Agency logo
Closed

Space-Based Services for Smart Airports

ESA · Global / Multinational

Pays up to €250K in zero-equity funding for space-enabled smart-airport services.

MobilitySpace
€250K
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
European Commission logo
Open

Creative alliances: Fostering global partnerships in cultural policies and CCI innovation

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays international research consortiums roughly €3-3.75 million to build cross-regional creative-industry and cultural-diplomacy partnerships between Europe and world regions such as Africa, Asia and Latin America.

€3M – €3.8MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Governing global commons sustainably

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays research consortiums roughly €3.5-4 million to develop policy solutions for the sustainable, science-informed governance of shared global resources like the climate, biodiversity and outer space.

€3.5M – €4MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Government in transition — how governments change the way they work and prepare the civil service for the future

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays research consortiums roughly €3.5-4 million to study how EU and Associated Country governments are reinventing internal operations and preparing their civil services for the future.

€3.5M – €4MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Making Europe a global magnet for talent — attracting and retaining non-EU students, researchers and high-skilled workers

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays research consortiums roughly €3-3.3 million to study what draws and keeps non-EU students, researchers and high-skilled workers in Europe.

€3M – €3.3MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Safeguarding linguistic diversity in Europe

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays research consortiums roughly €5-5.75 million to document, map and help safeguard Europe's regional, minority and endangered languages.

€5M – €5.8MSep'26

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