Funding finder · which pigeonholes still have post in them
Most of the programmes you remember have ended. Here is what was still open on 4 Nov 2026.
Pick a region, a company size and the kind of project. The wall shows how many programme families fit, which were open, suspended or ended on the last check date, and which body runs each one. It lists; it does not apply for you.
The pigeonhole wall
Drag the brass sash to your planned start; families that end before that month fade. Arrows move one month, Shift six. Tap a hole to pick its region and project type.
Where and who
Country or region
Länder programmes are the ones that changed most in 2026.
Company size (EU SME definition)
What the project is
Keys: 1 to 6 pick the region, Q W E the size, A S D F the project type.
Result
Open families
4
on the last check date
Suspended
0
paused, may reopen
Ended
2
or ending before your start
Best grant rate
35 %
published, for this size and type
C
Grade
One open grant with a published rate, or only loans, advisory or tax instruments, fit this cell.
Four envelopes are still in the DE data pigeonhole and none of them is a federal digitalisation grant; two are loans, one is energy money, one is a tax rule.
Germany (federal only; pick a Land), medium company, data infrastructure project, start Feb 2027: 4 open families, 0 suspended, 2 ended. No federal digitalisation grant existed on 2026-11-04; what remains federal is energy-linked (EEW Module 3 covers metering and EMS software) or loans.
In this pigeonhole
OPENEEW Module 1–6 (energy and resource efficiency)BAFA / KfW 295 · grant · 35 % · VERIFIEDlast checked 2026-11-04
Every entry carries the date it was last checked and the official page. Rates, caps and dates change with each budget; the PDF is built from the table as checked, not from memory. Nothing here is a promise of eligibility.It lists; it does not apply for you.
Every fitting family with its official page, as a PDF by email
The page shows counts, names and stamps. The PDF adds the official page, end date and notes for each family, the ended list for your region and what a first application asks for.
In the full report
Each fitting family in fullFunding body, instrument (grant, loan, loan surety, tax, advice), rate band where published, end date, official URL and the date it was last checked.
The ended list for your regionEvery ended family for the region, with end dates, so nobody chases a closed portal.
Cumulation notesWhich kinds of aid are commonly combined for one project, and where the same cost cannot be funded twice.
What a first application asks forThe documents most programmes want first: de-minimis statement, SME declaration, dated quotes.
Your contactsA blank sheet for your own Land bank, house bank and chamber contacts.
Your email, company and role are used to build the list and send the PDF you ask for. They are stored on EU servers, not passed to anyone else and not used for anything else without your separate consent. Details in theprivacy policy.
How the wall is filled, and what is an estimate
One region, one size band, one project type, one start month. Every status comes from the programme table as checked on the date shown; nothing is looked up about your company.
table version 2026-11-04 (programme families, not individual calls)
status OPEN, SUSPENDED or ENDED as read on the official page on the
check date; a budget exhausted for the year counts as ENDED
fit region x size band x project type, from the published eligibility
sash a family with a published end month before your start shows
ENDS BEFORE START and fades; no published end date, no fade
rate shown the highest published grant rate for your size and type;
loans, loan sureties, tax rules and advice carry no rate here
grade (house) A three or more open grant families with a published rate
B two
C one, or only loans or advice open
D none of these; tax rules and sureties never count
confidence VERIFIED read on the official page on the check date
SECONDARY chamber, bank or ministry-adjacent page, or press
UNVERIFIED not confirmed; a figure is left out, not guessed
not in scope EU-level calls, municipal grants, Swiss cantonal programmes
(pointer only), Länder other than the six listed
Germany no federal digitalisation grant for SMEs was open on 2026-11-04;
Digital Jetzt has ended and has no successor
The table holds programme families, not single calls. One family can run several calls a year; the PDF links the page where they are announced.
Status, rate and end date are read from the official page or, where marked SECONDARY, from a chamber, bank or ministry-adjacent page. Where neither confirmed a figure, it is left out.
Size bands follow the EU SME definition: staff headcount and turnover or balance sheet, counted with linked and partner companies.
A data infrastructure project here means sensors, gateways, metering and the software that stores and shows the data, wherever it runs: on prem, your own cloud, or both.
The grade and the family grouping are house conventions for orientation. Eligibility is decided by the funding body, case by case.
The table is due for a re-check on 2027-02-04. After that date the page says so above the result.
Sources
BAFA, Bundesförderung für Energie- und Ressourceneffizienz in der Wirtschaft (EEW) and EBN, bafa.de — checked 2026-11-04
An orientation from a checked list, by Crius Software. The wall is filled on our server from the programme table; the page holds no programme table. It is not advice on eligibility and not an application. Questions:priyas@criussoftware.com