Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

Whether federal, state or local, we offer a list of grants for a wide variety of areas.

Formalities

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

• Agricultural funding programs; application for funding.
  With the multiple application (MFA), farms in Bavaria apply for support measures and compensation payments.
• AIDS prevention and psychosocial AIDS counseling centers; application for funding

  The Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies for the expenses of the psychosocial AIDS counseling centers and for projects to prevent the immunodeficiency disease AIDS. In addition, further training measures for specialist staff and volunteers in AIDS work are funded.

• 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.

• Application-oriented research and development; application for funding
  The Bavarian Research Foundation provides grants to support application-oriented, technology-oriented research projects that are carried out in cooperation between science and industry.
• 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.
• Mountain, cave, and water rescue; request for reimbursement for investments
  The Free State reimburses those carrying out mountain and cave rescue and water rescue for the necessary costs of acquiring capital equipment for use in the rescue service.
• 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.
• Bioeconomy production facilities; application for funding.

  Companies that invest in production plants for the material use of biogenic raw materials with a positive climate effect can apply for funding in the BayBioeconomy Scale-Up funding program.

• 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 covering their capital requirements. Guarantees are intended to make borrowing possible.

• Monument preservation; application for funding from the district
  Monument preservation is one of the central tasks in the cultural work of the districts. They are the point of contact for monument owners and award grants.
• 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.

• European affairs, international relations and development cooperation; application for funding

  Through the Bavarian State Chancellery, the Free State of Bavaria promotes measures in the areas of European affairs, Bavaria's international relations and development cooperation.

• 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.
• 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).

• 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, handicraft, trade, tourism and other services.

• Fiber optic connections and WLAN infrastructure for public schools, planned hospitals and town halls; application for funding

  The Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies for the installation of fiber optic connections and WLAN infrastructure for public schools, planned hospitals and town halls.

• Cross-border cooperation between Bavaria and Austria; application for funding

  Cross-border cooperation in the Austrian-Bavarian border region is funded by the INTERREG VI-A program Bavaria - Austria 2021-2027.

• Cross-border cooperation between Bavaria and the Czech Republic; application for funding

  European Territorial Cooperation (INTERREG) is an objective of EU structural funding financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The "Bavaria-Czech Republic" program promotes cross-border cooperation in the by-cz border region.

• Inter-municipal cooperation; application for funding

  The Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies for new exemplary inter-municipal cooperation projects.

• 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.

• Cultural promotion; application for a grant from the district
  The districts promote regional art and cultural projects and award prizes for commitment in the cultural sector.
• 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 elements of nature that are worthy of protection.
• LIFE program; application for funding
  The LIFE program is the EU's financial instrument for the environment.
• Regular bus service; application for funding

  The procurement of regular buses may be subsidized to the extent that they are necessary to maintain and improve regular services pursuant to Section 42 of the Passenger Transportation Act.

• Local public transport; application for infrastructure funding.

  The Free State of Bavaria promotes measures to improve local public transport (ÖPNV).

• Local public transportation; application for complementary infrastructure funding from the Hardship Fund.

  The Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies in accordance with Art. 13c Para. 2 BayFAG for the construction or expansion of transport facilities for general local public transport (ÖPNV) and urban railroads (S-\Bahnen), insofar as this is also eligible for subsidies under BayGVFG/GVFG.

• Private vocational school; grant application.

  An operating subsidy is granted for the necessary personnel and school expenses of private - state-approved or state-recognized - vocational schools.

• 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.

• Urban development; application for funding for renewal measures
  The Free State, the Federal Government and the EU provide funding to cities and municipalities for the implementation of urban renewal measures. Under certain conditions, the subsidies can also be passed on to third parties by the cities and municipalities together with their own share.
• Addiction prevention and addiction support; application for funding
  The Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies for measures and projects in the field of addiction prevention and addiction support.
• Tourism; information about promotions by the municipality

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

• Transport technologies and logistics concepts; application for funding

  The Free State supports pilot projects and demonstration projects to accelerate the introduction of new transport technologies as well as innovative logistics concepts and individual measures to optimize (rail) freight transport.

• 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.