KMU-innovativ: Medical technology
KMU-innovativ: Medizintechnik
Status not published
Project outlines (Projektskizzen) can be submitted continuously; the evaluation cut-off dates are 15 April and 15 October each year.
Grant towards industrial research and pre-competitive development projects; the funding rate for SMEs is set in the individual Förderbekanntmachung for this technology field. No fixed ceiling published centrally.
Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
public · national
Deadline: cutoff — Project outlines (Projektskizzen) can be submitted continuously; the evaluation cut-off dates are 15 April and 15 October each year.
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.
Moderate — a form and supporting documents.
Who can apply
- Sectors: health, deeptech
- Stage: seed, series_a, growth
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
SMEs per the European Commission definition, with an establishment or branch in Germany. Research institutions and universities can participate as cooperation partners.
How to apply
- Check the Förderbekanntmachung for this technology field and, if useful, use the KMU-innovativ Lotsendienst advisory service. — link
- Submit a Projektskizze (project outline) via easy-Online before a cut-off date. — link
- If the outline is selected, submit a full formal application (förmlicher Förderantrag).
- Grant decision before project start.
What you will need
- Projektskizze (project outline)
- Work and exploitation plan
- SME self-declaration
- Cost and financing plan
Source. https://www.foerderinfo.bund.de/foerderinfo/de/foerderung/bund/kmu/kmu-innovativ/kmu-innovativ_node.html — checked 2026-08-14
"Bewertungsstichtage sind 15. April und 15. Oktober."