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Grants

KMU-innovativ: Interactive technologies for health and quality of life

KMU-innovativ: Interaktive Technologien für Gesundheit und Lebensqualität

Status

Usually opens in April and October

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

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

Amount

Not published

Grant towards industrial research and pre-competitive development projects; the funding rate for SMEs is set in the individual Förderbekanntmachung for this technology field. No fixed ceiling published centrally.

Funder

Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)

public · national

Deadline: Closed — Ended for new applications: last opportunity to submit a sketch was the cut-off of 15 October 2025 (fourth amendment, Förderbekanntmachung runs to 30.06.2027 for already-submitted projects only).

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

Sectors: health, ai
Stage: seed, Series A and growth
R&D activity required
Locally registered entity required

SMEs per the European Commission definition, with an establishment or branch in Germany. Research institutions and universities can participate as cooperation partners.

How to apply

Check the Förderbekanntmachung for this technology field and, if useful, use the KMU-innovativ Lotsendienst advisory service. — link
Submit a Projektskizze (project outline) via easy-Online before a cut-off date. — link
If the outline is selected, submit a full formal application (förmlicher Förderantrag).
Grant decision before project start.

What you will need

Projektskizze (project outline)
Work and exploitation plan
SME self-declaration
Cost and financing plan

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.bmftr.bund.de/SharedDocs/Bekanntmachungen/DE/2026/01/2026-01-20-aenderungsbekanntmachung-kmu-innovativ.html

"Letztmalig bestand die Möglichkeit zur Einreichung einer Skizze bis zum Stichtag 15. Oktober 2025"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.bmftr.bund.de

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