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Business Advisory Services for SMEs (Förderung unternehmerischen Know-hows)

BAFA Business Advisory Services for SMEs

Provides German small businesses with advisory support for operations finance and growth strategy.

BAFA's Business Advisory Services programme — formally Förderung unternehmerischen Know-hows — is a long-standing, continuously-open initiative that subsidises access to professional management consulting for German small and medium-sized enterprises. The programme's rationale is that large corporations routinely access high-quality external advisory, and BAFA funding bridges the gap for SMEs that…

Professional management consulting for German SMEs across HR planning, financial management, administration, and company-specific weakness analysis.

CycleiHow often this grant runs - e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Rolling
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.Rolling
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.-
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.-
Award typeiThe form of funding - grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.-

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