Grants in Germany
Explore grants for companies in Germany. This directory includes national and regional funding 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 Germany come first.
Showing 49-72 of 2,163 grants
KMU-innovativ: Produktionsforschung
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German SMEs' production-research R&D projects, alone or with partners.
SME-Innovative: Future of Value Creation
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German SMEs improving production, services or work organisation.
SPRIND Equity Investments & Convertible Loans
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Invests in German deep-tech ventures through shared-equity support with private co-financing and downside risk share.
Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM)
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German SME R&D projects, covering up to 60% of eligible costs.
ZIM Individual R&D Projects
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Supports German small and medium-sized enterprises with technology-neutral projects for new products, processes, and services.
KfW Umweltprogramm
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Supports German companies with subsidised loans for environmental protection, climate action, circular economy, biodiversity, and resource efficiency upgrades.
ZIM Feasibility Studies
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German small businesses preparing technology concepts for future project development and commercialization planning.
ZIM Innovation Networks
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Supports German innovation ecosystems by funding management of networks that connect multiple companies and institutions.
Ageing Population Kick-Start
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds space-enabled service ideas for Europe's ageing population.
Arctic and Sub-Arctic Regions
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds Kick-start studies that use satellites to support safe, sustainable Arctic development.
Artificial Intelligence Kick-Start
🇮🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies that combine artificial intelligence with space data.
Asia-Pacific Kick-Start
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds Kick-start studies that bring space-enabled services to the Asia-Pacific region.
Berlin-Brandenburg Business Plan Competition (BPW)
🇩🇪BPW · Germany
Awards up to €20,000 in prize money to startups founded in Berlin or Brandenburg.
Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Greece and Germany
🇬🇷GSRI · Greece
Invests Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Greece and Germany for practical innovation and measurable results.
Biodiversity Kick-Start
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for space-enabled biodiversity products and services.
Blockchain Kick-Start
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds Kick-start studies pairing blockchain with satellite navigation, comms or Earth data.
Commercial Climate Services
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for commercial services that respond to climate change.
Enabling Technologies for Resilient R&D Supply Chains in Quantum Technologies
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German consortia building enabling tech for quantum computing and sensing.
Environmental Crimes
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for satellite services that fight environmental crime.
FinTech
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for space-enabled financial-technology services.
Food Security
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for satellite-enabled food-security services.
Future Internet Kick-Start
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds Kick-start studies exploring space-enabled Future Internet applications.
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.
Industry 4.0 and High Value Manufacturing Kick-Start Activities
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays up to EUR60K, no equity taken, for space-enabled smart-factory ideas.