Deadline: 30 June 2025
Do you want to develop a new product or technology? If yes, then now is your chance to apply for the Innovation Funding Program to support SMEs and Startups!
They support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from all sectors in developing innovative products, technologies, and services.
Funding Information
- Maximum funding amount: 300,000 euros per project.
- Minimum project size: 30,000 euros.
- Women’s bonus: €10,000. Start-up bonus: €5,000. You will receive the women’s bonus if the project is verifiably led by a qualified woman. If a company is founded as part of the project, they will pay out a start-up bonus.
- Duration: 2 years.
Eligible Activities
- They support your new product or the introduction of a new technology: Use their innovation funding for:
- Personnel costs
- External services: consulting and development costs, certifications, initial patent application
- Investments: construction measures, machinery, equipment, patents and intellectual property rights, costs for prototype construction, trial and test series.
Eligibility Criteria
- Existing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-up companies. Project partners include universities, universities of applied sciences, associations, non-university research institutions, and educational and social institutions.
Application Requirements
- A fully completed funding application and application confirmation are required.
- They also require a de minimis declaration, the latest annual financial statements or income and expenditure statement, and CVs from the project management team.
For more information, visit Vienna Business Agency.
