Overview of Funding Programmes

The five most important funding institutions

Funding programmes of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture

Agricultural Policy Strategy 2035: 75 Projects
Bilateralen research cooperation and knowledge transfer for international and sustainable forestry management: 11 Projects
Climate Protection Measure Humus: 31 Projects
Core funding: 1872 Projects
Decision Support project: 375 Projects
Digitalization in Agriculture: 154 Projects
ERA-Net: 95 Projects
Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture: 1275 Projects
Federal Rural Development Scheme: 5 Projects
Federal Scheme for lifestock husbandry: 135 Projects
Inventories, Surveys: 47 Projects
Pilot and demonstration projects: 190 Projects
Program to promote innovation: 2729 Projects
Research and Innovation Program Climate Protection in Agriculture: 30 Projects
Research Cooperation for Global Foodsecurity: 94 Projects
Research projects in agriculture for environmental protection: 60 Projects
Research Projects International: 23 Projects
Strategy for protein crops: 165 Projects

Funding programmes of the German Research Foundation

Collaborative Research Centre: 197 Projects
Emmy Noether Programme: 7 Projects
Excellencecluster: 1 Projects
Heisenberg Programme: 8 Projects
International Research Training Groups: 15 Projects
Major Equipment: 3 Projects
Package Request: 49 Projects
Priority Programme: 128 Projects
Research appliances: 7 Projects
Research Fellowship: 36 Projects
Research Grants: 810 Projects
Research Training Groups: 31 Projects
Research Unit: 183 Projects
Transregional Collaborative Research Centres: 29 Projects
Walter Benjamin-Programm: 6 Projects
Workshop for Early Career Investigators: 0 Projects

Funding programmes of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Agricultural systems of the future: 58 Projects
alternative methods to animal testing: 19 Projects
ANIHWA ERA-NET – Animal Health and Welfare: 1 Projects
Bio Team Biosphere Research - Integrative and Application-Oriented Model Projects: 0 Projects
BioChancePLUS: 18 Projects
Biodiversität und Global Change: 15 Projects
Bioeconomy international: 17 Projects
BioEnergie 2021 - Research for the use of plant biomass: 24 Projects
Bioenergy - Process-oriented research and innovation: 8 Projects
Biological Safety Research: 22 Projects
Biomass energy use: 25 Projects
Competence networks in the agri-food research: 108 Projects
Emerging and Major Infectious Diseases of Livestock (EMIDA): 3 Projects
Ethical, legal and social aspects of modern life sciences: 8 Projects
FHprofUnt: 9 Projects
FONA (Research for Sustainable Development) - Economics of climate change: 2 Projects
FONA (Research for Sustainable Development) - Regional Science Service Centers: 21 Projects
FONA (Research for Sustainable Development) - Research for Climate Protection and Protection against Climate Impacts: 13 Projects
Functional genome analysis in the animal organism: 25 Projects
Functional genomics of microorganisms GenoMik Plus / GenoMik industry: 0 Projects
Funding Measures for Cooperation with Central, Eastern and South Eastern European Region: 0 Projects
Genome Analysis of the Plant Biological System: 87 Projects
Global Biodiversity Information Facility: 1 Projects
Global Change in the Hydrological Cycle: 8 Projects
Global Food Security: 56 Projects
Health Research: Research for People: 5 Projects
Ideas competition 'New Products for the bio-economy': 9 Projects
Improved breeding techniques for complex traits for livestock: 48 Projects
IngenieurNachwuchs (young engineers): 1 Projects
Innovation Groups for Sustainable Land Management: 14 Projects
Innovative Plant Breeding within the Cultivation System: 33 Projects
Integrated Water Resource Management: 0 Projects
klimazwei - Research for Climate Protection and Protection from Climate Impacts: 5 Projects
KMU-innovativ: Bioökonomie: 13 Projects
Materials Innovations for Industry and Society: 1 Projects
National Research Strategy BioEconomy 2030: 0 Projects
Plant basis of life - from genomic analysis to product innovation: 101 Projects
Plant Biotechnology of the Future: 54 Projects
Plant Breeding Research for Bioeconomy: 87 Projects
PLANT KBBE - transnational research in the context of plant genome research: 27 Projects
Preparatory Measures for International Cooperation: 2 Projects
Promotion of nutrition research: 10 Projects
R&D at Universities of Applied Sciences: 0 Projects
Research for Sustainable Development: 28 Projects
Research on Biodiversity in the atlantic rainforest of Brazil: 3 Projects
Risk management of extreme floods: 0 Projects
RURAGRI - transnational research linking agricultural, rural and sustainable development aspects: 2 Projects
SME innovative: Information and communication technologies: 3 Projects
SME innovative: resource and energy efficiency: 17 Projects
SME-innovative: Biotechnology - BioChance: 20 Projects
Soil as a Sustainable Resource for the Bioeconomy: 38 Projects
Soil as a Sustainable Resource for the Bioeconomy – BonaRes: 90 Projects
Sustainable forest management: 33 Projects
Sustainable forest management and optimized utilization of lignocellulose-containing raw materials: 4 Projects
Sustainable land management: 0 Projects
Sustainable Land Management, module A: 29 Projects
Sustainable Land Management, module B: 58 Projects

Funding programmes of the European Commission

Biomass Research Platform: 1 Projects
EC - Collaborative projects (larg-scale integrated projects): 30 Projects
EC - Collaborative projects (small or medium-scale focused research actions): 82 Projects
EC - Coordination and support actions: 8 Projects
EC - Corodination Actions: 12 Projects
EC - Erasmus+: 1 Projects
EC - European Cooperation in Science and Technology: 8 Projects
EC - FP6 Funding: 14 Projects
EC - FP7 Funding: 65 Projects
EC - Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Actions: 60 Projects
EC - Integrated Projects: 18 Projects
EC - Network of Excellence: 21 Projects
EC - Specific Support Actions: 34 Projects
EC - Specific Targeted Research Projects: 19 Projects
EIT Food: 1 Projects
ELER European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability - project funding Baden-Württemberg: 62 Projects
ELER European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability - project funding Bayern: 55 Projects
ELER European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability - project funding Brandenburg: 30 Projects
ELER European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability - project funding Hessen: 35 Projects
ELER European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability - project funding Lower Saxony: 88 Projects
ELER European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability - project funding Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: 23 Projects
ELER European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability - project funding North Rhine-WestphaliaHessen: 21 Projects
ELER European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability - project funding Palatinate: 24 Projects
ELER European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability - project funding Sachsen: 25 Projects
ELER European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability - project funding Saxony-Anhalt: 16 Projects
ELER European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability - project funding Schleswig-Holstein: 50 Projects
ELER European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability - project funding Thüringen: 48 Projects
ERA-Net BiodivERsA: 3 Projects
FP4-FAIR Funding: 1 Projects
Marie Curie Actions: 9 Projects
EU Funding: 214 Projects
European Crop Protection Association: 1 Projects
European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural productivity and Sustainability: 2 Projects
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund: 21 Projects
European Regional Development Fund: 29 Projects
European Research Area Network on Sustainable Animal Production: 0 Projects
Eurostat Funding: 1 Projects
Food Safety - Forming a European platform for protecting consumers against health risks: 6 Projects
Future of Business Programme: 3 Projects
Interreg B - North Sea Region Programme Area 2014-2020: 0 Projects
INTERREG IIIA - Programmes of cross-border cooperation: 9 Projects
INTERREG IIIC - Programme of interregional co-operation in Europe: 1 Projects
INTERREG IV A - Programmes of cross-border cooperation: 35 Projects
INTERREG IV B - Programme of transnational cooperation in Europe: 3 Projects
INTERREG IV C - Programme of interregional co-operation in Europe: 4 Projects
Interreg South Baltic: 1 Projects
INTERREG V Upper Rhine - Programmes of cross-border cooperation: 2 Projects
INTERREG V-A Program 'Austria-Bavaria 2014-2020': 1 Projects
NRW-EC R&D at Universities of Applied Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia: 0 Projects
Operational Program North Rhine-Westphalia 2014-2020 for the European Regional Development Fund: 2 Projects
Operational programme European fisheries fund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 20 Projects
Operational Programme of the Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): 3 Projects
Operational Programme of the Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern European Social Fund: 4 Projects
Sustainable management of soil and groundwater under the pressure of soil pollution and soil contamination: 1 Projects

Funding programmes of the Federal Ministry for Economics Affairs

Central innovation programme for small and medium-sized companies: cooperation module: 40 Projects
Central innovation programme for small and medium-sized companies: network projects: 6 Projects
Energy saving and energy efficiency: 2 Projects
BMWi - Energy-Optimised Construction research initiative: 2 Projects
Funding of research and development non-profit external industrial research institutions in East Germany: 4 Projects
International Technology Cooperation Network: 0 Projects
PROgramm promote the increase in medium-sized enterprises INNOvation competence: 6 Projects
Promotion of innovative networks (InnoNet): 2 Projects
BMWi - Secure mobile information technology in SMEs and public administration: 6 Projects
Transfer of research and development results (R & D) through norms and standardization: 1 Projects

Federal Funding Advisory Service on Research and Innovation

The Federal Funding Advisory Service on Research and Innovation is the central point of contact for any questions concerning research and innovation funding in Germany.

Who provides funding and how? Is there a financial support for my project? Where can I apply? These and other questions are answered by the Federal Funding Advisory Service on Research and Innovation individually and directly by phone or by e-mail to beratung@foerderinfo.bund.de. The consulting services are providedfree of charge.

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