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Grants

Distr@l line 2 – Digital innovation projects (2A product, 2B process, 2C digital pioneers)

Distr@l Förderlinie 2 – Digitale Innovationsprojekte (2A Produkt-, 2B Prozessinnovationen, 2C Digitale Pioniere)

Status

Runs biannual; last round closed 2026-09-20

Suspended for now. Reopening projected from its published cycle — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Paused by the funder

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
Not published

Grant for digital product innovations (2A), process innovations (2B) and digital pioneer projects (2C). Rates and ceilings are set per funding line in the Distr@l directive.

Funder

Hessisches Ministerium für Digitalisierung und Innovation

public · regional

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Distr@l: from 01.10.2026 submission of project sketches is temporarily not possible due to high commitment of 2026 funds; no reopening date published. Previously announced cut-offs no longer apply until the call reopens.

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

2A: SMEs seated in Hessen plus Hessian universities/research institutions; 2B: SMEs seated in Hessen only. Project must be carried out in Hessen. Rates/ceilings are in the Merkblätter.

How to apply

  1. Submit a Projektskizze (sketch) — possible continuously. — link
  2. Formal submission by the applicable cut-off date. — link
  3. Assessment and grant decision.

What you will need

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://digitales.hessen.de/foerderprogramme/distrl

"Ab 01.10.2026 ist vorübergehend die Einreichung von Projektskizzen im Distr@l-Programm aufgrund der hohen Mittelbindung für das Jahr 2026 nicht mehr möglich."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: digitales.hessen.de

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