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Bavarian Programme for Technology-Oriented Start-ups

Bayerisches Programm zur Förderung technologieorientierter Unternehmensgründungen (BayTOU)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Maximum grant amount and funding rate are set in the current BayTOU guideline and were not published on the pages verified; recorded as null rather than estimated. Support is given as "a non-repayable grant as part of project funding" covering "R&D personnel costs, costs for instruments and equipment, contract research and obtaining patents".

Funder

Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie, operated by Bayern Innovativ GmbH

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year — No published fixed deadlines; applications handled by the Projektträger Bayern Innovativ.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

"company founders and young companies in the development of new products, processes and technical services", open to "company founders from all technology sectors" with "technologically and economically risky development projects". Company age limits and grant ceilings are set in the current guideline and were not verified.

How to apply

  1. Contact Bayern Innovativ / the Gründerlotse Bayern to discuss the project before applying. — link
  2. Submit the application to the Projektträger against the current BayTOU guideline.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.bayern-innovativ.de/en/geschaeftsfelder/projekttraeger/project-sponsor-bavaria/baytou/

"company founders and young companies in the development of new products, processes and technical services"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.bayern-innovativ.de

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