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Databases and funding advisory services in the Free State

  • Federal funding database

    Filtering by AI and eligible research institutions and universities

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  • The funding guide

    Bayern Innovativ navigates through the funding jungle

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  • Funding advice

    The Bavarian Research Alliance advises on EU funding for research and innovation

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    Research Funding for Agentic and Secure AI

    Research funding for new AI technologies: The Amazon Research Awards 2026 support projects on agentic AI, security, hardware optimization, and multimodal perception with financial resources and AWS credits.
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  • BAIOSPHERE x SSC

    The Speinshart Scientific Center for AI and SuperTech (SSC) is a meeting place for everyone who wants to advance AI in Bavaria – open, excellent, cooperative. Accommodation, meals, and facilities are financed.

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    Selected Bavarian funding programs

    The Free State of Bavaria offers ideal conditions for the development of AI projects – with access to capital, talent, and pilot markets. Now discover the funding finder for Bavaria!

    Nationwide funding programs

    Numerous funding programs are available at the federal level to support AI research. A central contact point is the Federal funding database. Various filters allow targeted research for funding opportunities by region (e.g. Bavaria), target group, fields such as digitalization or artificial intelligence, as well as by type of funding . The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space also provides funding in the field of AI with the program "Future of Value Creation" .

    Additionally, the Learning Systems Platform provides an overview of current calls for funding in the field of AI and data-driven technologies. For scientific projects, organizations such as the German Research Foundation (DFG) as well as the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provide relevant funding programs and cooperation opportunities.

    EU funding programs

    With GenAI4EU the European Union specifically promotes generative AI "Made in Europe".

    COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) promotes international research and innovation networks and enables the establishment of interdisciplinary collaborations in all areas of science and technology.