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Accelerators

Merck Accelerator

Merck KGaA Accelerator

Status

Status not published

Annual or biannual themed calls across healthcare, life science and electronics

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Amount
€50,000

Historically up to EUR 50,000 equity-free funding plus three months at the Merck Innovation Center in Darmstadt

Funder

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — Annual or biannual themed calls across healthcare, life science and electronics

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
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

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Source. https://www.merckgroup.com/en/research/innovation-center/accelerator.html

Not yet re-checked against the official page — this record was extracted on 14 August 2026 and may be out of date. Check the source before you rely on it.

Source: www.merckgroup.com

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