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Grants

Distr@l line 3 – Knowledge and transfer projects

Distr@l Förderlinie 3 – Wissens- und Transferprojekte

Status

Status not published

Check the Distr@l site for the current submission window for line 3.

Open now

Amount

Not published

Grant facilitating technology transfer from academic research into industry. Rates and ceilings are set per funding line in the Distr@l directive.

Funder

Hessisches Ministerium für Digitalisierung und Innovation

public · regional

Deadline: cutoff — Check the Distr@l site for the current submission window for line 3.

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

Sectors: ai, any
Stage: seed, series_a, growth
R&D activity required
Locally registered entity required

Applicant must be based in Hesse. The programme is theme-open within digital application-oriented projects and explicitly does not fund the start-up or early-seed phase (line 4B addresses start-up growth). A dedicated dual-use call exists for SMEs with civilian-primary solutions.

How to apply

Submit a Projektskizze (sketch) — possible continuously. — link
Formal submission by the applicable cut-off date. — link
Assessment and grant decision.

What you will need

Projektskizze
Project and cost plan
Company data

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://digitales.hessen.de/foerderprogramme/distrl — checked 2026-08-14

"Distr@l: Digitalisierung stärken – Transfer leben"