Grants

ILB offers promotional funding in the form of grants especially for projects with high capital and cost demands, such as investment or research and development as well as human resources and market development measures.

Grant (support) rates can total up to 100% of the eligible costs of a project and do not have to be repaid subject to certain conditions.

Our grant programmes for start-ups:

(If you are interested in more detailed information regarding the programmes and the application process, please click the respective links in the table.)

ProgrammeSupport subjectsSupport types
Gründung innovative 2022
  • Start-up salary:
    • personal costs for managing persons in an employment relationship
    • private withdrawals by owners
  • Innovation stimulus:
    • investments in tangible fixed assets
    • Personnel costs for new jobs
    • technical advice and development services
GrantFor each funding item EUR 30,000 to 180,000(Support rate of up to 60%)
GRW-G Growth program for small enterprises
  • Investment in tangible fixed assets
  • Wage costs for 2 years (new high-quality jobs)
  • Intangible assets (limited)
Grant(Support rate of 20% to 45%)
Meistergründungsprämie Brandenburg (Rili runs until December 31, 2026)
  • New business start-up, company takeover or active participation as managing director/managing director by master craftsmen in their main occupations
  • Newly created job or apprecticeship place for at least 12 months, connected with a new establishment or acquisition of a company (within the first 3 years of self-employment)
GrantBasic support: EUR 12,000Job: EUR 5,000 or 7,000 when the position is filled with a woman
Market- International 2026-2028
  • Active participation in internationally-oriented trade fairs, exhibitions, information events, symposia, congresses, pitches (also all in virtual or hybrid format) at home and abroad
  • Active participation in regional and national trade fairs
  • Consulting and coaching with regard to internationalization and market development abroad
GrantTrade fair: max. EUR 18,000 (subsidy rate up to 50%, for start-ups or first-time participation in measures in accordance with point 2.1 of the Rili up to 80%)Consulting/coaching: up to 20 days per start-up/SME max. daily rate: EUR 1,000 net100% for the first two consulting days for first-time funding80% funding rate for start-ups50% funding rate for SMEs that have been in existence for more than 5 years years)
Brandenburger Innovationsfachkräfte Employment of:
  • Working students
  • Innovation assistants (university graduates)
Grant- Working students: up to EUR 645 per month for up to 12 month- Innovation assistants: up to EUR 1,650 per month for up to 24 months
Brandenburger Innovationsgutschein (BIG-Digital)
  • Preparation and implementation of Digitalization measures (BIG-Digital)
GrantConsulting module: max. EUR 50,000Implementation module:max. EUR 250,000Training module:max. EUR 50,000(funding rate up to 50 %)
Brandenburgischer Innovationsgutschein 2025 - BIG (Applications accepted since September 2025)- Preliminary scientific work in the early stages of research; here, feasibility studies conducted by R&D (Small-scale BIG Transfer) - Planning-, development-, and implementation-oriented research and development activities for the development or further development of product, process, service, and organizational innovations conducted by R&D (Large-scale BIG Transfer)GrantSmall BIG-Transfer Module - Funding rate of up to 100% of total eligible expenses, max. 5,000.00 EUR, and a project duration of 6 monthsBIG Transfer Module - Funding of up to 50% of total eligible expenses, max. 15,000 EUR, and a project duration of 6 months,BIG-R&D Module - Funding rate of up to 50% of total eligible expenses, max. EUR 100,000.00, and a project duration of 24 months
Weiterbildungsrichtlinie 2026External vocational training, including examination fees, both employees of companies in Brandenburg and business owners who are also employees Grant-Funding rate up to 50 % of the total eligible expenses (minimum funding amount EUR 1.000 per application).-Funding is available at any time, even multiple times per calendar year.
ProFIT Brandenburg 2023 Individual and collaboration projects involving technologically new products, services and processes during the following phases:
  • Industrial research (grant)
  • Experimental development (loan)
  • market preparation and market launch (loan) , max. implementation period: 3 years
  • Process and organizational innovations (grant), max. implementation period: 3 years
  • feasibility studies (Grant), max. implementation period: 6 months
Loan/grant-Funding through grants is limited to a total of EUR 3 million per application. (Funding rate for total project up to 80%)-Funding through loans is limited to a total of EUR 3 million per application.
JTF-Startgeld KMU
  • SMEs in the commercial sector that are no older than three years at the time of application
  • The founder must be the main person working in the funded SME
  • Establishment of a new business premises
  • Expansion of the capacities of an existing business premises (extension)
  • Diversification (expansion of the business activity) of business premises
Grant- Startgeld Lausitz (Just Transition Fund)70 percent of the flat-rate, eligible expenses- for a maximum of 12 months, up to a total of EUR 24,360

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