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Grants

Innovation Programme for Business Models and Pioneering Solutions (IGP)

Innovationsprogramm für Geschäftsmodelle und Pionierlösungen (IGP)

Status

Closes in 6 days

Applications close 2026-08-20.

Open now

Amount

Not published

Grant for non-technical innovation. Two project types: smaller Machbarkeitsprojekte (feasibility projects) and larger Marktreifeprojekte (market-readiness projects). Rates and ceilings are set in the individual call.

Funder

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE)

public · national

Deadline: cutoff — Call launched 10 June 2026 on cross-innovation through interdisciplinary collaboration; submission deadline 20 August 2026, 15:00. The current call requires at least two participating companies.

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: any, creative, social
Stage: pre_seed, seed, series_a
Locally registered entity required

SMEs including startups, self-employed people and social enterprises; research institutions and universities may participate in cooperation with them. Technology is not required — what counts is 'die Neuartigkeit der Problemlösung'.

How to apply

Check the currently open IGP call and its thematic focus. — link
Prepare the project outline with the required partners.
Submit before the call deadline via the online submission system. — link
Assessment, then formal application on selection.

What you will need

Project outline / application per the call
Company data and SME declaration
Cost and financing plan

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de/Redaktion/DE/Artikel/Innovation/igp.html — checked 2026-08-14

"die Neuartigkeit der Problemlösung"