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.
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Large-Scale Photonic Quantum Computing Platform Technologies
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one project, led by a photonic-quantum-computing startup, EUR 10 million to build toward a 1,000-qubit photonic quantum computer by 2030 with a named end-user demonstration.
Maturing of a European industrial ecosystem for security-certified terrestrial QKD technologies and systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds up to five projects that mature and security-certify European quantum key distribution hardware and systems for deployment in telecom networks.
Sectoral digital skills academies: Quantum Skills Digital Academy
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a single European academy that trains non-physicists to use quantum computers and technologies through hands-on courses and summer schools.
SPRIND Funke Quantum-Driven Intelligence — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds teams building use cases where quantum sensing makes an existing system measurably better.
SPRIND Funke QuantumSense Exploration — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds teams hunting for entirely new quantum systems that could be used as sensors.
Standards for Quantum Technologies
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one European consortium EUR 1 million to draft pre-normative standards for quantum computing, communication and sensing and represent European priorities in bodies like ISO/IEC, ITU-T and ETSI.
Support standardisation for the EuroQCI
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one consortium to run standardisation work for European quantum key distribution components, systems and certification.
Support to Standardisation Activities CEN/CENELEC/ETSI
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Provides research teams and institutions for Support to Standardisation Activities CEN CENELEC ETSI in quantum systems, artificial intelligence, and materials science.
Supporting Digital Partnerships in Quantum technologies (RIA)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds up to three joint EU-South Korea projects, worth EUR 2.5–2.7 million each, on quantum communication, computing or sensing.
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.
ERP Digitalization Loan and Grant (511/512)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds companies and freelancers in Germany delivering digitalization projects with subsidized loans and grants up to €200,000.
ERP Start-up and Succession Loan (077)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds founders, successors and young companies in Germany with guaranteed loans up to €500,000.
ERP Start-up Loan – StartGeld (067)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds founders and young companies setting up or growing a business in Germany with loans up to €200,000.
Eureka France-Germany Call for Projects (Bpifrance / ZIM)
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds French and German collaborative companies with bilateral support for joint innovation projects.
NSTC (Taiwan) Research Fellowship for Researchers from Germany — Seed
🇩🇪NSTC Taiwan · Taiwan
Supports Taiwan researchers with structured pathways in international researcher exchanges and mobility, from planning to deployment.
Germany KfW ERP Digital Innovation Loans
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds German enterprises through KfW structures for digital innovation and expansion financing.
High-Tech Founders Fund (High-Tech Gründerfonds, HTGF)
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Backs deep technology and medtech startups in Germany with investment and follow-on support through High-Tech Gründerfonds.
KfW ERP Innovation Loan (ERP-Förderkredit Innovation, 513/514)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Supports German manufacturers with subsidised innovation financing for innovation modernization.
Business Plan Competition Northern Bavaria
🇩🇪BayStartUP · Germany
Awards cash prizes and expert coaching to Franconia and Upper Palatinate founders who complete the three phases of this regional business plan competition.
Excellence Strategy — Clusters of Excellence Round 2 (decision, funding from)
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds seven-year cross-disciplinary research clusters at German universities to strengthen international competitiveness and talent development.
Excellence Strategy — Universities of Excellence Round 2 (decision, funding from)
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German universities strengthening long-term excellence through institutional research programs.
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.