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Industrial Collective Research (IGF)

Industrielle Gemeinschaftsforschung (IGF)

Status

Status not published

Applications are submitted by authorised Forschungsvereinigungen, not by individual SMEs; SMEs benefit from the results and can join project committees. The IGF funding directive has been extended to 31 December 2027. Submission dates are set by the programme and not listed on the homepage.

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Amount
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Pre-competitive research is funded at research institutions on behalf of a Forschungsvereinigung; SMEs do not receive cash but access the results free of charge and can join the project-accompanying committee.

Funder

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE), administered by AiF

public · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Applications are submitted by authorised Forschungsvereinigungen, not by individual SMEs; SMEs benefit from the results and can join project committees. The IGF funding directive has been extended to 31 December 2027. Submission dates are set by the programme and not listed on the homepage.

Your odds
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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

Benefit is in-kind (access to pre-competitive research results), not a cash grant to the SME. In January 2026 BMWE authorised ten additional Forschungsvereinigungen, widening the technology coverage.

How to apply

  1. Identify the Forschungsvereinigung (industry research association) covering your sector. — link
  2. Propose a research topic and join the project-accompanying committee.
  3. The Forschungsvereinigung submits the proposal to AiF on the applicable submission date. — link

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.igf-foerderung.de/

"Die Förderrichtlinie der Industriellen Gemeinschaftsforschung wurde ... bis zum 31. Dezember 2027 verlängert"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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