Federal Ministries
The federal ministries, above all the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), offer targeted funding programs for research and innovation projects. The funding programs can be both topic-specific and open-topic. The aim of the funding is to advance the state of knowledge in key application areas and thus act as a growth driver in many sectors. In addition to the BMBF, the BMWK, the BMUV, the BMEL and the BMDV are also important funding bodies.
Funding announcements for individual programs or funding priorities are published in the Federal Gazette and distributed via the websites of the funding institutions. The funding announcements describe the objectives, target groups, priorities, special features and the procedure.
Below you will find the central topics funded by the federal ministries. Clicking on the topics will take you to the current announcements.
central topics funded by the Federal Ministries.
Contact
Dr. Claudia Hübner
At the Fliederwegkaserne 21
Room 154
Phone: +49 345 55-21352
Fax: +49 345 55-27225
claudia.huebner@verwaltung.uni-
halle.de
You are looking for funding specifically for cooperation with companies or industrial partners, where economic exploitation is the focus or where it is exclusively about transfer? Here we have compiled a selection of continuously applicable or recurring federal funding programs with these funding objectives.
EXIST Start-up Grant (BMWK)
Category: Company foundation from science
Funder: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) and co-financed with funds from the European Social Fund for Germany (ESF)
Topic: Teams consisting of graduates, scientists and (not majority) students who want to convert their start-up idea into a business plan in the environment of their university/research institution and prepare the foundation of an innovative knowledge or technology-based company are supported. High degree of innovation and good economic prospects are among the prerequisites.
Type of funding and project duration: Application via the scientific institution that accepts the founding team for the project. Project funding as a non-repayable grant. Funding duration maximum 12 months. A maximum of 3 living allowances as well as material resources and coaching are funded per team.
Funding amount: Scholarship: 3,000 EUR/month for doctorates, 2,500 EUR/month for graduates, 1,000 EUR/month for students, 2,500 EUR/month for technical staff, plus 150 EUR/month child allowance per child; Material resources max. 10,000 EUR for individual foundations and max. 30,000 EUR for teams, coaching max. 5,000 EUR.
Deadline: The submission of funding applications is possible continuously until 31.12.2027. For the application, integration into a university start-up network is mandatory, we as the transfer and start-up service of the MLU are very happy to support you. Competent contact persons for your application can be found in the right column.
Kontakt
Moritz Bradler
Paracelsusstraße 22
(room 002)
telephone: +49 345 55-21441
Telefax: +49 345 55-27513
moritz.bradler@verwaltung.uni-halle.de
EXIST Research Transfer
Submission: each on 31.03., 31.08 and 30.11.
Category: Research & Innovation
Funder: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) and co-financed with funds from the European Social Fund for Germany (ESF)
Topic: Outstanding research-based start-up projects that are associated with complex and risky development work are supported.
Type of funding and project duration: The funding includes two phases. Funding phase I: Project funding of the development work for start-up preparation, funding phase II (after start-up): Project funding of the development work for company start-up. The grants can be awarded as non-repayable grants in the course of project funding for a period in phase 1 of 18 to a maximum of 36 months in exceptional cases or in phase 2 of usually 18 months (funding phase II). Personnel, material resources and coaching are funded.
Funding amount: Phase 1: Personnel costs plus up to 250 TEUR. Phase 2: Up to 180 TEUR grant, with additional own funds in a ratio of 1:3.
Deadline: The submission of project sketches for funding phase I is possible from 1 January to 31 January and from 1 July to 31 July of a calendar year. The funding phase II can be applied for 6 months before the end of the funding phase I, provided the start-up is continued.
Competent contact persons will be happy to support you in your application (see right column).
Kontakt
Moritz Bradler
Paracelsusstraße 22
(room 002)
telephone: +49 345 55-21441
Telefax: +49 345 55-27513
moritz.bradler@verwaltung.uni-halle.de
GO-Bio initial
Title: GO-Bio initial
Category: Research and Innovation
Initiator / Organizer: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Topic: The subject of the funding is the identification and further development of life science exploitation ideas, preferably from the areas of "therapeutics", "diagnostics", "platform technologies" and "research tools", from their conceptual design to the verification of feasibility and possible exploitation options.
Participation requirement: For this funding measure, very raw, sketchy exploitation ideas can still be submitted, for which there does not yet have to be a patented technology for realization. Likewise, the exploitation path does not have to be finally determined at the beginning of the funding, as this is often not reliably predictable at an early stage of innovation. As submitters, leaders or team members of the funded research projects, people who are in a professional orientation or reorientation phase are particularly eligible, i.e. on the one hand master's students, doctoral students or postdocs who can imagine a career outside the classic science system (e.g. in a spin-off or the industry), and on the other hand experienced professionals who want to try something new again.
Application deadline: annually on 15.02.
Competent contact persons will be happy to support you in your application (see right column).
Kontakt
Moritz Bradler
Paracelsusstraße 22
(room 002)
telephone: +49 345 55-21441
Telefax: +49 345 55-27513
moritz.bradler@verwaltung.uni-halle.de
Ideas competition "New Products for the Bioeconomy"
Institution: an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Category: Research and Innovation
Funder: BMBF
Topic: Promotion of innovative product ideas for a sustainable bio-based economy
Type of funding and project duration: multi-stage funding of individual and joint projects; exploration phase (12 months), feasibility phase (2 years)
Funding amount: Exploration phase: up to 65,000 euros per project; Feasibility phase: individual depending on the requirements of the project
Deadline: Sketches can be submitted every year on the cut-off date on February 13
Kontakt
Moritz Bradler
Paracelsusstraße 22
(room 002)
telephone: 0345 55-21441
Telefax: 0345 55-27513
moritz.bradler@verwaltung.uni-halle.de
Industrial Collective Research
Institution: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK)
Category: Research and Innovation
Funder: BMWK
Topic: Support of SMEs in solving common problems through joint research activities in the field of modern technologies
Type of funding and project duration: multi-stage funding of individual and joint projects; project-related grants after review and approval
Funding amount: individual depending on the requirements of the project; prerequisite is the proof of industrial own contributions for the collective research (Modified proportionate financing)
Deadline: Applications can be submitted at any time via the AiF e.V.; topic suggestions can be directed to the industrial research associations
Kontakt
Moritz Bradler
Paracelsusstraße 22
(room 002)
telephone: +49 345 55-21441
Telefax: +49 345 55-27513
moritz.bradler@verwaltung.uni-halle.de
SME-innovative – Cutting-edge research for SMEs
Institution: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Category: SME-innovative
Funder: BMBF
Topic: Funding of research and development projects in various technology fields, carried out by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Type of funding and project duration: Grant on a cost basis or lump sum, depending on the company's choice; Project duration from 12 to 36 months
Funding amount: Depending on the project volume, the number of participating partners and the SME surcharge; maximum 50 percent of the eligible costs
Deadline: Deadlines for the submission of project sketches are the 15th of April and the 15th of October each year
Kontakt
Moritz Bradler
Paracelsusstraße 22
(room 002)
telephone: +49 345 55-21441
Telefax: +49 345 55-27513
moritz.bradler@verwaltung.uni-halle.de
STARK – Strengthening the transformation dynamics and departure in the mining districts and at the coal power plant locations (BMWK)
Institution: Federal Office of Economics APAS Infothek Economics Consulting & Financing
Category: STARK – Strengthening the transformation dynamics and departure in the mining districts and at the coal power plant locations
Funder: Federal Government
Topic: Funding of projects that support the transformation process to an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable economic structure in the coal regions
Type of funding and project duration: Non-investment projects for structural strengthening
Funding amount: Depending on the project; generally up to 90 percent of the eligible expenses or costs as a non-repayable grant
Deadline: Contact with the respective country recommended before application
Kontakt
Moritz Bradler
Paracelsusstraße 22
(room 002)
telephone: +49 345 55-21441
Telefax: +49 345 55-27513
moritz.bradler@verwaltung.uni-halle.de
VIP+ - Validation of the innovation potential of scientific research (BMBF)
Title: Validation funding VIP+
Category: Research & Innovation
Funder: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Topic: The funding measure supports the identification of innovation potentials from the results of basic research in universities and the opening up of corresponding possible application areas. Thus, the bridge between research and exploitation or application is strengthened.
Type of funding and project duration: The funding measure VIP+ builds on the pilot measure "Validation of the innovation potential of scientific research - VIP".
The grants can be awarded as non-repayable grants in the form of project funding for a period of up to three years.
Deadline: None. Submission possible at any time.
Competent contact persons will be happy to support you in the application process (see right column).
Kontakt
Moritz Bradler
Paracelsusstraße 22
(room 002)
telephone: +49 345 55-21441
Telefax: +49 345 55-27513
moritz.bradler@verwaltung.uni-halle.de
ZIM – Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (BMWK)
Title: Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM)
Funder: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK)
Topic: The funding is provided without thematic restriction to certain technology fields or industries.
Category: Research cooperation between economy (SMEs) and science
Funding amount: Share of the research institution: up to 190,000 EUR or up to 380,000 EUR (cross-technology association).
Project duration: Usually up to 3 years
Deadline: Applications can be submitted continuously.
Competent contact persons will be happy to support you in your application (see right column).
Kontakt
Moritz Bradler
Paracelsusstraße 22
(room 002)
telphone: +49 345 55-21441
Telefax: +49 345 55-27513
moritz.bradler@verwaltung.uni-halle.de
Application Process
The application process is usually in two stages. First, a sketch is submitted. Please get in touch with the contact person who will advise you on the respective program as early as possible to plan the budget for the outline. If the evaluation is positive, you will receive an invitation to submit a detailed formal application.
Notes
You have received an invitation to submit a full application? Congratulations! We are happy to support you in preparing and submitting the formal application. Please note the following:
The applicant is always the university. This means that the application must be legally binding, i.e. signed by the head of administration or an authorized representative. We are happy to obtain the signature. However, before that, the application must be checked by us for formal details.
An application to the federal government usually consists of the application form AZA and the project description. The AZA is created and filled out in the easyOnline portal. The core of the form is a detailed financial plan, in which the personnel costs must be filled out in detail. We are happy to create an exact calculation. Please contact us early for this.
After the application has been checked by Department 6 (contact person depending on the funding topic), it is submitted electronically via the easyOnline portal. Afterwards, a print version is available for download. This must be sent to the project sponsor in paper form with a legally binding signature. This is usually done by Department 6. At the same time, the MLU must inform the MWK about submitted applications. This is done via Division 6.1 quarterly. Please send us the print version to obtain the legally binding signature.