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Grants

WIPANO – Patenting for companies

WIPANO – Patentierung: Unternehmen

Status

Status not published

The current WIPANO directive runs from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2027. Procurement facilitations for 2026/27 grants were announced on 13 April 2026.

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Amount
Not published

Grant covering a share of the eligible costs; the rate and ceiling are set in the WIPANO directive for the 2024–2027 period. No single central figure published on the overview page.

Funder

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE), Projektträger Jülich (PtJ)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — The current WIPANO directive runs from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2027. Procurement facilitations for 2026/27 grants were announced on 13 April 2026.

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

SMEs securing an invention through a patent or other IP right for the first time, or whose last application was at least 3 years ago.

How to apply

  1. Check the module requirements and contact Projektträger Jülich. — link
  2. Submit the application via the easy-Online portal before starting the measure. — link
  3. Assessment and grant decision.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.innovation-beratung-foerderung.de/INNO/Navigation/DE/WIPANO/wipano.html

"Wissens- und Technologietransfer durch Patente und Normen"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.innovation-beratung-foerderung.de

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