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Berlin Startup Scholarship

Berliner Startup Stipendium

Status

Closed for now

Run as periodic Projektaufrufe (calls for project carriers) under the ESF+ 2021–2027 period; a further round was announced by the Berlin Senate in 2026. Watch IBB and stipendium.berlin for the next incubator intake.

Closed
Amount
€2,500

Up to 2.500 EUR per person per month as a full-financing grant (Vollfinanzierung), covering stipend, personnel and material costs. Support runs from a minimum of 6 months up to a maximum of 3 years. Co-funded by the EU under ESF+ 2021–2027.

Funder

Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB) / Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe

public · regional

Deadline: Closed — The application period is closed; no new applications are being accepted at the funding-instrument level. Founders apply to participating incubators, which act as project carriers.

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

Technology-oriented founders with relevant technical expertise, supported by a university, recognised research centre or incubator with R&D capacity. Berlin location required.

How to apply

  1. Identify a participating Berlin incubator or university start-up centre acting as project carrier. — link
  2. Apply to that incubator during its intake window.
  3. The project carrier contracts the team and pays out the stipend.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.ibb.de/de/foerderprogramme/berliner-startup-stipendium.html

"Zuschüsse in Form einer Vollfinanzierung"

Last checked against the official page on 14 August 2026

Source: www.ibb.de

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