As a start-up, there are numerous scholarships, competitions and funding programmes to participate in. Our coaches have already helped numerous start-ups to apply!
EXIST Entrepreneurial Scholarship
The EXIST start-up grant from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is a nationwide funding programme. It is supported by the European Social Fund.
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UNIKAT Crowdfunding
UNIKAT Crowdfunding is the first crowdfunding website initiated by a university in Germany. It offers project starters from a wide range of fields (art, film, music, design, inventions, prototyping, start-ups, etc.) the opportunity to present their ideas and get them financed with the help of numerous supporters.
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UNIKAT Ideas Competition
Your chance to present and promote your own innovative product or business ideas or research results with potential for exploitation.
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Hesse Ideas
The 6-month scholarship programme for university members or graduates from Hessian universities who are interested in starting a business and who are in the early stages of developing an innovative, knowledge-based entrepreneurial business idea.
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AI Startup Rising | hessian.AI
Science Park Kassel is a central partner of hessian.AI's AI Startup Rising initiative and will actively shape new approaches to startup support in the field of artificial intelligence in the coming years. The programme includes master classes and competitions.
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Promotion North Hesse - Business Plan Competition
The nationwide business plan competition promotion North Hesse has been supporting young entrepreneurs in the founding phase since 1999 / 2000 and is one of the longest running business plan competitions in Germany.
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Hessian Founder Award
The Hessian Founder Award honours entrepreneurs, start-ups and successors as well as students or employees of universities in Hesse.
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