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When you start your own business, you have the opportunity to apply for public funding. Find out about the various offers.

Formalities

Here you will find information about formalities related to this subject:

• Acute credit; application

  The acute loan provides support to companies experiencing liquidity and profitability difficulties in the interest of preserving jobs.

• General, technology-oriented and digital business incubators; utilization

  19 digital incubators at 28 locations, as well as another 40 or so general and technology-oriented incubators throughout Bavaria, serve as central points of contact to drive startups forward.

• Everyday skills - schools for life; application for funding for measures at non-governmental schools

  Non-governmental schools can apply for funding for practical weeks or practical modules as part of the "Everyday Skills - School for Life" concept.

• Literacy courses; application for funding
  The "ALPHA+ besser lesen und schreiben" ("ALPHA+ better reading and writing") funding program is intended to provide a financial incentive for suitable providers to run literacy courses for adults throughout Bavaria.
• Literacy courses for asylum seekers; application for funding
  The Free State of Bavaria supports literacy courses for asylum seekers as part of a model project.
• Elderly care and hospice and palliative care; application for funding for continuing education.

  The Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies for measures for further training in geriatric care and hospice and palliative care.

• Outpatient assisted living communities; application for funding for new outpatient assisted living communities.

  The Free State of Bavaria funds measures to establish and expand new outpatient assisted living communities for adults in need of care (start-up funding).

• Outpatient care services; application for municipal funding.
  District offices and independent cities can voluntarily support outpatient care services.
• Offers for support in everyday life; application for a grant

  Everyday support services are designed to provide hourly relief for people in need of care and their family members. Sponsors of recognized offers of support in everyday life can receive a grant within the framework of project funding.

• Work with relatives; application for funding

  Specialized centers for family caregivers provide advice and support, especially for psychosocial caregivers of elderly people in need of care. Their sponsors can receive a grant within the framework of project funding.

• Order guarantee; application
  Under the "Order Guarantees" program, LfA Förderbank Bayern provides default guarantees for sureties on domestic and foreign orders as well as for order-related pre-financing assumed or granted by the applicants' principal banks.
• Visual artists; application for a studio grant
  Visual artists may receive a monthly grant to cover their studio expenses for a period of two years.
• Biotechnology and genetic engineering, life science; application for funding

  The Free State of Bavaria supports cooperation projects in the field of life sciences, with a focus on biotechnology and genetic engineering, provided that they can be assigned to industrial research or experimental development.

• Biomass heating plant; application for a grant

  With the BioKlima funding program, Bavaria supports investments in new, environmentally friendly biomass heating plants.

• Guarantee; application for assumption

  Sufficient bank collateral is generally required to obtain bank loans. SMEs in particular often do not have such collateral available, so they have difficulty in meeting their capital requirements. Guarantees are intended to make borrowing possible.

• Computer game; application for funding
  The Free State of Bavaria supports the production and development of high-quality and non-violent computer and video games with funds from the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs.
• Digitalbonus Bavaria; application for funding
  With the Digital Bonus funding program, the Free State of Bavaria aims to support small businesses in equipping themselves for the challenges of the digital world. The Digital Bonus makes it possible to digitize through hardware and software and to improve IT security.
• Digital regional home projects; application for funding.

  The Free State of Bavaria promotes innovative, multidisciplinary homeland projects with a focus on digitization that have a positive impact on Bavaria's spatial development and, in particular, serve to strengthen regional identity.

• Integration of self-employed persons; application for benefits.

  If you receive unemployment benefit II and would like to become self-employed or are already self-employed, your job center can support you with necessary purchases of material goods and with free advice and training.

• Business start-up; consulting and promotion
  You can obtain information on the "Gründerland Bayern" portal and, for example, from the district administrative authorities on the consulting and funding opportunities for start-ups.
• Extended Realities; applying for a grant

  The Free State of Bavaria supports the development of XR formats that are particularly innovative and of high quality in terms of content. To strengthen the media location, the program supports the presentation of XR projects developed in Bavaria at selected festivals and conferences.

• Family care; application for funding

  Family care helps to support families in special emergency and crisis situations and to avoid the out-of-home placement of children. The sponsors of family care stations can receive a grant within the framework of project funding.

• Film and television; application for funding

  The FFF Bayern is responsible for film funding. It promotes the production of theatrical and television films. Other funding areas include screenplay, newcomer, distribution and sales funding, film theaters, series, VR, international co-productions and visual effects.

• Promotional bank; information

  The development bank of the Free State of Bavaria is LfA Förderbank Bayern. It operates in the business areas of start-up, growth, innovation, energy and environment, stabilization, infrastructure and other financing (e.g. contract guarantees).

• All-day offerings; application for the establishment and promotion of bound all-day offerings

  School funding bodies can apply for the establishment and funding of restricted all-day programs.

• All-day programs; application for the establishment and promotion of open all-day programs

  The Free State of Bavaria supports open all-day programs at schools. Open all-day programs are approved upon application by the school's sponsor.

• Health care bonus for private vocational health care schools; application.

  The sponsors of certain private vocational schools receive a class subsidy (health bonus) in addition to the statutory benefits of operating subsidy and - indirectly - the state tuition reimbursement, if they waive the collection of additional tuition.

• Commercial enterprises; application for a state guarantee

  The Free State of Bavaria provides state guarantees for loans to finance projects in the commercial sector.

• Commercial economy; application for funding.

  The Free State of Bavaria promotes investments of commercial projects of regional economic importance in the fields of industry, crafts, trade, tourism and other services.

• Information and communication technology; application for funding

  The Free State of Bavaria supports companies in research and development projects in the field of digitization and information and communication technology.

• Innovation vouchers for small businesses and craft enterprises; application for funding
  The Free State of Bavaria promotes research and development services for small companies/handicraft enterprises in the field of general technologies.
• Cinema; application for funding within the framework of the Future Cinema Program

  If you would like to invest in your cinema, you can apply for funding under certain conditions.

• Hospital investments; application for funding

  The Free State of Bavaria promotes the necessary investments of the hospitals included in its hospital plan (acute inpatient hospital care).

• Bavarian Cultural Fund; application for funding

  The Free State of Bavaria operates project and investment funding in the arts sector and project funding in the education sector.

• Short-term care places; application for funding for the creation of short-term care places in full inpatient care facilities.
  The Free State of Bavaria promotes the provision of short-term care places in inpatient care facilities.
• Agriculture and forestry; funding guide

  The funding guide provides detailed information on all funding programs and compensation payments in agriculture, forestry and food.

• Rural area; application for funding from the EU LEADER funding program

  With the LEADER program, the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry supports rural regions according to the motto "Citizens shape their homeland". LEADER promotes innovative projects that contribute to strengthening rural areas.

• Landscape conservation and nature parks; application for funding
  The Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection grants subsidies for measures to maintain, preserve and develop protected areas and individual components of nature that are worthy of protection.
• Agriculture; application for compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas

  In the less-favored areas, farmers receive a compensatory allowance for income disadvantages due to natural unfavorable site conditions or other specific production disadvantages.

• LIFE program; application for funding
  The LIFE program is the EU's financial instrument for the environment.
• Medical technology, life science; application for funding
  The Free State of Bavaria supports cooperation projects in the field of life sciences, with a focus on medical technology, provided that they can be attributed to industrial research or experimental development.
• Lunch-time supervision at elementary and special schools; application for funding

  The Free State of Bavaria funds groups of midday care to support reliable care for children after the scheduled end of classes.

• Non-governmental museums; application for a grant

  The Free State of Bavaria awards grants for projects in the field of non-governmental museums via the Landesstelle für die nichtstaatlichen Museen.

• Non-governmental theaters; application for funding.

  Under certain conditions, the Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies for institutional support of professional and nationally significant theaters and other institutions in the field of performing arts.

• Care in the social local area; application for funding

  The Free State of Bavaria promotes the comprehensive and needs-based expansion of the nursing care structure so that people in need of care can remain at home in their familiar surroundings - in their local social environment - for as long as possible.

• Nursing bonus for private vocational schools in certain training areas; application.

  In addition to the statutory benefits, the sponsors of certain private vocational schools receive an operating subsidy and - indirectly - tuition reimbursement with an additional subsidy (class subsidy) if they waive the collection of additional tuition.

• Private substitute schools; application for tuition reimbursement.

  The Free State of Bavaria grants tuition reimbursement for students at private alternative schools in accordance with Art. 47 BaySchFG.

• Private special schools; application for funding.

  The Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies to the sponsors of private special schools for the necessary school expenses as well as compensation for the necessary personnel expenses. As an alternative to the reimbursement of personnel costs, state teachers and other personnel are assigned to them.

• Private elementary and secondary schools; application for a special grant for transportation of students with severe disabilities.

  School board-approved private elementary and middle schools may receive special transportation subsidies for students with documented severe disabilities.

• Private elementary and secondary schools; application for a grant for construction measures.

  School board-approved private elementary and middle schools may receive grants for construction.

• Private elementary and secondary schools; application for a grant for school expenses.

  Private elementary schools and middle schools approved by the school supervisory authority receive state funding upon application by the school authority. Lump-sum grants are awarded for the necessary school expenses.

• Private schools for the sick; application for funding.

  The Free State of Bavaria supports the sponsors of private schools for the sick with regard to their material and personnel expenses. The assignment of state personnel is also possible.

• Private secondary schools; application for an operating grant.

  School authorities of private secondary schools, grammar schools, independent Waldorf schools (from grade 5) and schools of the second educational path receive an operating subsidy for personnel expenses and school expenses in accordance with Art. 38 and Art. 45 Para. 1 of the Bavarian School Financing Act.

• Private secondary schools; application for utility allowance.
  School boards of private secondary schools, grammar schools, independent Waldorf schools (from grade 5), and second-chance schools receive a pension allowance for the pension expenses incurred for their teachers in the previous year.
• Private secondary schools; grant application.

  School boards of private secondary schools, grammar schools, independent Waldorf schools (from grade 5), as well as schools of the second educational path receive a subsidy of 65% of the operating subsidy according to Art. 38 Bavarian School Financing Act after the statutory waiting period.

• Cable car; application for funding

  The Free State of Bavaria promotes the technical renewal and modernization of ropeways in small ski resorts, including ancillary facilities required for operation.

• Technology-oriented business start-up; application for a grant
  The Free State of Bavaria supports research and development (R&D) projects of founders in the field of general technologies, provided that they can be assigned to industrial research or experimental development.
• Tourism; information about promotions by the municipality

  Find out about the subsidies in the field of tourism by the municipality.

• Apply for a favourable loan for investments by companies and freelancers

  If you need financing for investments or working capital for your commercial enterprise, you can apply for a favourable loan with repayment-free periods under certain conditions.

• Economic development; information on municipal funding opportunities

  Counties and municipalities can support investment projects of foreign or domestic investors in the region.

• Economic development; information on government funding opportunities

  Economic development serves to create new jobs and maintain existing ones. Start-ups and medium-sized companies are supported in their future investments by means of public development loans and grants.

• Housing subsidies; application for a state guarantee.
  The Free State of Bavaria provides state guarantees to finance the construction, acquisition and modernization of housing.