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Prizes

SPRIND Challenges

Status

Closes in 4 days

Applications close 2026-10-16.

Open now
Amount
Not published

Teams are funded in competitive stages across the challenge's duration; the amount depends on the individual challenge. No single standard figure.

Funder

Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen (SPRIND)

public · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Each Challenge has its own deadline. Open now: Recoding Medicine 16.10.2026, Next Frontier Robotics 22.10.2026, Measuring with Entanglement 09.11.2026, Engineering Microbial Consortia 16.11.2026, AI-Native Chip Design 30.11.2026.

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

Teams from all of Europe can apply; international collaborations are permitted; individual Challenge rules apply.

How to apply

  1. Pick an open Challenge and read its thematic requirements. — link
  2. Submit an application before the Challenge deadline. — link
  3. Selected teams are funded in stages and compete over several rounds.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.sprind.org/taten/challenges

"Wir finanzieren Ihre Arbeit und betreuen jedes Team individuell, sodass es sein volles Potential entfalten kann"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.sprind.org

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