Personnel expenditure

• Company establishment and development
• Investment and working capital for the development and market launch of products, services and processes

Today's founders are tomorrow's employers. There is always room at the top. In order to support the creation of jobs and the development of human resources, ILB supports start-ups and young companies through a number of promotional programmes.

Our promotional programmes for personnel expenditure:

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

Core programmes

Programme	Support subjects	Support types
Brandenburger Innovationsfachkräfte 2022 (Expires on June 30, 2022)	Employment of: Working students Innovation assistants (university graduates)	Grant - Working students: up to EUR 620 per month - Innovation assistants: up to EUR 1.650 per month
Weiterbildungsrichtline 2022	External vocational training, including examination fees, for employees of companies based in the federal state of Brandenburg	Grant -Funding rate up to 50 % of the total eligible expenses (minimum funding amount EUR 1.000 EUR per participant and application). -Funding can be granted twice per grantee in a calendar year. The start of the measure is decisive.
Gründung innovativ 2022	Investment in tangible fixed assets Personnel costs for managing directors in an employment relationship Personnel costs costs for newly created positions Technical development services not provided by the company itself External consultancy services	Grant €25,000 to €150,000 (support rate of up to 50%)
ProFIT Brandenburg(Expires on 31.12.2022)	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 feasibility studies (Grant), max. implementation period: 6 months	Loan/grant Loan: for market preparation and market launch up to EUR 300,000 per project partner Grant: for Industrial research up to EUR 400,000 per project partner (support rate for the overall project: up to 80%)
GRW-G Wachstumsprogramm für kleine Unternehmen	Investment in tangible fixed assets Wage costs for 2 years (new high-quality jobs) Intangible assets (limited)	Grant (Support rate of 20% to 45%)

Other suitable programmes

Programme	Support subjects	Support types
Frühphasenfinanzierung	Company establishment and development Investment and operating equipment for the development and market launch of products, services and processes	Equity financing Participations/junior loans for small enterprises in Brandenburg and during the seed and start-up phases (€1.2 million max.)
Wachstumsfinanzierung	Company development and growth Investment in fixed and intangible assets as well as working capital	Equity financing Active investments and/or participation-like investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Brandenburg during the growth and expansion phase within the scope of co-investments with private investors (€7,6 million max.)
Brandenburg-Kredit Gründung (based on ERP-Förderkredit KMU or KfW-Förderkredit großer Mittelstand)	within 5 years after foundation: Investments, working capital, stock of goods Start-up Company acquisition and participation	Loan - up to 25 million euros per project - Application via the principal bank
Mikrokredit Brandenburg	Start-ups, acquisitions or active participation Primary or sideline business Start-ups Consolidation measures during the first 10 years after establishment Business equipment and business-related capital goods	Loan €2,000 to €25,000