Funding programs in Germany
“Digital now” BMWi
Bundeswirtschaftsministerium Federal Ministry of Economics
Information from the homepage “The funding for 2020 has been exhausted. Quotas from 2021 will be lost.” According to telephone information, only 5% of applications are selected. The processing time is then 2 – 3 months. Our recommendation: Funding through the following regional programs has a better chance of success.
“Digital bonus” Baden-Württemberg
State loan BW
Bonus for hardware and software purchases, services, further training measures in the context of digitalization, ICT security
“Digital bonus” Bavaria
Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy.
to develop, introduce or improve products, services and processes, through ICT hardware, ICT software, migration and porting of IT systems and IT applications, introduction or improvement of IT security
“Brandenburg Innovation Voucher (BIG)” Brandenburg
Ministry of Economics and Energy of the State of Brandenburg (MWE)
Promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the state of Brandenburg, including craft businesses. For scientific studies, small R&D projects, digitalization measures and advice.
“DIGI grant” Hesse
Hessian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport and Regional Development
Promotion of small and medium-sized commercial enterprises and freelance professions in the specific introduction of new digital systems and the improvement of IT security.
“Digital bonus” Lower Saxony
N.Bank Lower Saxony
SMEs and small freelance planning offices, funding amount of at least 2,500 euros and a maximum of 10,000 euros, investments in digitalization, services, processes, to improve IT security
"Mittelstand.innovativ - innovation and digitalization voucher" North Rhine-Westphalia
State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Innovation and digitization vouchers are funded for the development and realization of ideas in SMEs in North Rhine-Westphalia: digitization checks or recording the level of IT security, implementation of digitization measures
“Innovation loan RLP funding program” Rhineland-Palatinate
Investment and Structural Bank Rhineland-Palatinate (ISB)
For innovative SMEs, small-mid-cap companies and freelancers with at least 2 complete annual financial statements, low-interest investment and working capital financing up to €2 million, for investments and working capital
“DigitalStarter” Saarland
The funding program for the digitization of small and medium-sized companies in Saarland. Expenses for the development, introduction or improvement of products and processes are supported
and services through information and communication technology, expenses for improving IT security, which are related to the above. Expenses related services including the migration of previous ones
“Saxony-Anhalt DIGITAL” Saxony-Anhalt
Investment Bank Saxony-Anhalt
Promoting the development of new, innovative digital products and production processes, business models and business processes, digital marketing and sales strategies, setting up and increasing IT security
“Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Directive – Electronic Commerce (E-Business)” Saxony
Saxon Development Bank (SAB)
Grants for planning, conception and preparation of projects, technical implementation, acquisition of software and hardware necessary for its use, introduction of the solutions developed, including training, consulting services, new acquisition of project-specific software and hardware
Funding programs for Austria
Vienna Digital
Who: Small and medium-sized companies that have been operating in Vienna for at least a year
What: Costs for hardware and software as well as external services
Funding criteria: Traceability of the digitalization strategy, quality of the digitalization concept, further development of the company, business relevance
Submission: Ongoing online with the online funding application. The funding application must be submitted before the start of the project.
50% funding in Lower Austria with Digi investment
The state of Lower Austria promotes the digital transformation of its companies in all sectors.
Who: All company locations in Lower Austria, NEW: No more restrictions on company size
What: Investments in hardware and software, training and internal personnel costs
Funding rate: 50%
Upper limit: New: increased to €70,000
Examples of digitalization measures
Digitalization in sales
The product data in the company is unstructured and therefore prevents future-oriented projects.
By introducing a PIM in compliance with industry standards, interfaces to suppliers and customers can be implemented quickly and easily.
New sales channels are opened up and data exchange between companies is simplified.
Digitalization in purchasing
The process from the requirement request to delivery is currently done manually using paper and/or email.
The entire process is digitalized using procurement management software.
After implementation, the company saves around EUR 47 in process costs per order.
Digitalization in operations
The ERP and warehouse management software are outdated.
The introduction of a new merchandise management network networks the company and acts as middleware for various isolated solutions that are tailored to the company.
Processes are optimized and the networking of manufacturers, dealers and retailers is promoted.