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Quantum grants in Germany

Explore Quantum grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for quantum computing, sensing, communications and quantum software 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 Quantum in Germany come first.

Showing 1-24 of 253 grants

Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space logo
Open

Enabling Technologies for Resilient R&D Supply Chains in Quantum Technologies

🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany

Funds German consortia building enabling tech for quantum computing and sensing.

QuantumHardware
€55MSep'26
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space logo
Open

KMU-innovativ — Stichtag

🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany

Funds German small and medium enterprises pursuing high-impact innovation in AI, climate, energy, and built environments.

AIBiotech+9
Oct'26
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space logo
Open

The KMU-innovativ funding programme

🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany

Funds R&D projects at German SMEs and research institutions with rates up to 100%.

BiotechMedtech+6
Oct'26
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

ZIM R&D Cooperation Projects

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Administers collaborative grants for German firms and research partners to run joint innovation projects.

AgritechAI+13
€150K – €308K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

EXIST-Forschungstransfer — Research Transfer Grant

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Supports research-intensive spinouts through staged development from discovery to company readiness.

AIBiotech+5
SPRIND (Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen) logo
Open

SPRIND R&D Grants

🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany

Funds German teams through SPRIND grants with outcome linked support for technology development and testing pathways.

AIBiotech+9
€35M
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

ZIM Individual R&D Projects

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Supports German small and medium-sized enterprises with technology-neutral projects for new products, processes, and services.

AgritechAI+13
€100K – €380K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

WIPANO Knowledge Transfer through Standardization

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Funds German companies and public research organizations that convert publicly funded research into technical standards through joint WIPANO cooperation projects.

AgritechAI+13
€200K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

WIPANO Patenting for Companies

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Funds German small and medium-sized enterprises protecting their own research and development results with patents and other industrial property rights through WIPANO.

AgritechAI+13
€10K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

WIPANO Standards Participation for Companies

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Funds German companies with up to 1,000 employees taking part in national, European, and international standardization committees through WIPANO.

AgritechAI+13
€45K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

ZIM Feasibility Studies

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Funds German small businesses preparing technology concepts for future project development and commercialization planning.

AgritechAI+13
€30K – €100K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

ZIM Innovation Networks

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Supports German innovation ecosystems by funding management of networks that connect multiple companies and institutions.

AgritechAI+13
€200K – €600K
BS
Between cycles

Deep Tech Award

🇩🇪Berlin Senate Dept · Germany

Splits a €50,000 total prize each year among Berlin-based deep-tech companies and startups.

Advanced ManufacturingBiotech+6
SPRIND (Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen) logo
Between cycles

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.

AIBiotech+9
European Innovation Council logo
Open

EIC Transition Open

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.

AerospaceAgritech+22
€500K – €2.5MSep'26
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
European Commission logo
Open

Quantum secured tactical networks

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays a contractor to build quantum-secured software-defined tactical network technology for EU armed forces.

DefenseQuantum+1
Sep'26
EJ
Open

Grand Challenge on Quantum Sensors for Inertial Navigation

🇪🇺EuroHPC JU · European Union

Backs quantum navigation systems for use where GPS signals are jammed or denied.

QuantumDefense
Sep'26
European Commission logo
Open

ERC Starting Grant

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds early-career researchers building an independent research team and pursuing frontier research through an ERC Starting Grant hosted at a public or private research organisation.

BiotechAI+5
€1.5MOct'26
European Innovation Council logo
Open

EIC Pathfinder Challenges

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Funds European consortia developing breakthrough solutions across AI, climate, energy, materials, medical, and quantum fields.

AIBiotech+5
€4MOct'26
European Defence Fund (DG DEFIS) logo
Open

EDF Research Actions

🇪🇺EDF · European Union

Funds collaborative European defense research consortia delivering disruptive solutions across security, space, and quantum technologies.

DefenseAI+7
€3M – €80MNov'26
European Defence Fund (DG DEFIS) logo
Open

EUDIS (Disruptive Technologies and SME Calls)

🇪🇺EDF · European Union

Supports small and medium defense innovators across Europe through development calls, coaching, and early-stage consortium opportunities.

DefenseAI+6
€500K – €10MNov'26
Israel-Europe Research & Innovation Directorate (ISERD) logo
Open

EIC Accelerator — Short Proposal

🇮🇱ISERD · Israel

Supports small and medium firms in early-stage deep technologies through public proposals and commercialization mentoring.

AIBiotech+12
₪2.5MDec'26
EJ
Open

Quantum Machine Learning

🇪🇺EuroHPC JU · European Union

Funds research building and benchmarking quantum-enhanced machine-learning methods for real-world, data-heavy problems.

QuantumAI
€2M – €3MJan'27

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