Early Stage - Funding, Guidelines
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Early Stage
Early Stage supports research projects belonging to the category industrial research of companies with a high potential for growth in the relevant technology or business area. Funded projects shall provide a sound basis for a following phase for the development of innovative products, processes or services. The funding quota is max. 70 % of total eligible projects costs (non-repayable subsidies ) not dependent on the research topic, the branch of industry. Submission of an application is currently not possible.
Funded projects shall provide a sound basis for a following phase for the development of innovative products, processes or services.
The essentials in brief
Program Owner / Sponsor |
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Topic |
Bottom-up, Circular Economy, Climate-Neutral City, Digitalisation & Broadband, Energy Transition, Further research areas, Innovative & Competitive Companies, Life Sciences & Health, Mobility Transition, People, Qualification & Gender, Production & Materials, Quantum: Research & Technology, Society & Security, Space & Aviation, Wood: Research & Knowledge Transfer
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Financing | national
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Submission | Submission possible anytime
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Target group | The relevant target groups are companies intending to enter new technology or business areas and start-up companies with high potential for growth. |
Selection by | Evaluations are conducted by experts of the FFG. The evaluation is carried out throughout the General Programme scoreboard and some additonal guidelines for funding. |
What is being funded | The funding quota is 70 % for small companies, 60 % for medium-sized and 40 % for large enterprises up to a maximum funding of € 1.000.000.- per project per year. |
Min. / max. funding | Early Stage Guidelines (German only) / look up Guidelines / € 1 Mio. per year (IR) |
Which costs are eligible for funding? | Guidelines (German only) |
Min. / max. running time | 12 - 36 months |
Availability from | 29.06.2017 - 31.12.2030 |
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