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Lower Saxony Start-up Scholarship

Gründungsstipendium Niedersachsen

Status

Status not published

Rolling; applications are submitted through the NBank customer portal before the venture starts.

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Amount
€2,200

2.200 EUR per month for applicants with a completed degree or vocational training; 1.100 EUR per month for current students or those without a formal qualification. Maximum 10 months per funding period.

Funder

NBank – Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling; applications are submitted through the NBank customer portal before the venture starts.

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.

This is de minimis aid. It counts against the €300,000 ceiling that applies to your company across a rolling three years in this member state (Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2831). If a new award would take you over, Article 3(7) disqualifies that award in full rather than reducing it — so check your headroom before you apply, not after. Check your headroom for Germany.

Who can apply

At least 18 years old, residence and business operations in Lower Saxony, innovative, digital or knowledge-oriented business concept. The company must not be founded before approval. Cannot be combined with BAföG, SGB III benefits, or employment over 10 hours a week.

How to apply

  1. Secure mentoring from an accredited supporting institution (university, research centre, incubator or accelerator). — link
  2. Use the NBank Fördercheck for a preliminary eligibility assessment. — link
  3. Submit the application via the NBank customer portal before founding the company. — link

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · What is de minimis aid?

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.nbank.de/F%C3%B6rderprogramme/Aktuelle-F%C3%B6rderprogramme/Gr%C3%BCndungsstipendium.html

"Sie dürfen Ihr Unternehmen vor der Bewilligung nicht gegründet haben."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.nbank.de

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