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Education and research funding
Knowledge is a key resource for business and society. The government
therefore offers funding programmes for institutions, organizations, projects,
ventures and measures in education, research and development. Information about these
can be found here.
There is one life situation for Education and research funding
As a DAAD, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation or International Sustainability Campus, you must notify the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of any changes to funding projects for vocational education and training.
If you are an archive, museum, library, university or similar institution that preserves written cultural assets, you can apply for funding for model projects for the preservation of written cultural assets under certain conditions.
If you have an idea for the (further) development of innovative technologies in information and communication technologies (ICT), you may be eligible for funding under certain conditions. The aim is to transfer knowledge from research to industry.
If you are a small or medium-sized company and want to carry out a new, unfinished project in the field of artificial intelligence, either alone or with partners from science and/or industry, you can receive funding under certain conditions.
Are you a scientist with promising research results and raw, sketchy commercialization ideas in the life sciences? GO-Bio-initial funding could be your starting point for the further development of these ideas.
If you run a small or medium-sized company that conducts research in the field of electronics, autonomous driving or high-performance computing, you can receive funding under certain conditions.
If you are a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) and want to strengthen your competitiveness and innovative capacity in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT), you can receive funding under certain conditions.
If you are a small and medium-sized enterprise and want to carry out a new, unfinished project in the field of materials research, either alone or with partners from science and industry, you can apply for funding.
If you are a small and medium-sized enterprise and want to carry out a new research and development (R&D) project in the field of photonics or quantum technology, either alone or with partners from science or industry, you can receive funding.
If you are a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) and want to carry out a new project in the field of resource efficiency and climate protection, either alone or with partners from science or industry, you can apply for funding.
If you are a programmer and want to develop open source software as a creative solution to a social problem, you can receive funding under certain conditions.
Are you a researcher at a university of applied sciences? Then you can apply for funding via the "FH Europa" scheme, which you can use to finance the preparation of EU funding.
If you as a company or research institution want to further develop an innovative and practical civil security research project, you can receive funding under certain conditions.
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) wants to strengthen the innovation potential of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in civil security research. It also wants to support SMEs in exploiting corresponding market opportunities.
The DAAD, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and International Sustainability Campus can currently apply for funding for vocational education and training projects from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Are you organizing a civic education event for federal civil servants and judges? Then you can have your event recognized by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB) as eligible for special leave.
Are you receiving funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for a vocational education and training project? Then you can
request payment of the funds at the start of the project.
Do you organize educational events for staff councils in public administration? Then the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB) can recognize your event as suitable for educational leave under certain conditions.
Do you receive funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for a vocational education and training project? Then you must submit annual interim reports as well as a proof of use of funds after completion.
