Funding for BioValid: Testing and Validation of Innovative Biotechnological Processes (Module 1) Grant
Bundesregierung / Förderdatenbank
In context
This call is open to small and medium-sized businesses, large companies and research institutions and 1 other, at prototype and pilot stage. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Germany.
BioValid Module 1 provides non-repayable grants to test and validate innovative industrial biotechnology processes under more realistic conditions, bridging the gap from laboratory scale. It is open nationwide to companies, research institutions and universities, with applicants submitting a project sketch via easy-Online.
About this grant
BioValid is a federal funding programme of the Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR) that supports the testing and validation of innovative biotechnological processes, in Module 1 of the call. It is part of the Zukunftstechnologien für die industrielle Bioökonomie guideline of 20 November 2024 and the call 'BioValid – Validierung für Innovationen in der industriellen Biotechnologie' of 13 July 2026. The programme addresses the gap between laboratory-scale biotechnological innovations and their validation under more realistic conditions, so that industrial biotechnology processes can be tested and taken further. The page lists its thematic areas as research and innovation (topic-specific), agriculture and rural development, and environment and nature conservation. Supported grants are non-repayable subsidies (Zuschuss). The programme is open nationwide to companies, research institutions and universities. Applicants first submit a project sketch through the easy-Online electronic submission system, using the layout template for each module that is available under the call information. The page states that the sketch deadline for Module 1 was 7 September 2026. The page now shows the programme as active but no longer accepting applications.
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Eligibility
Eligible applicants are companies, research institutions and universities (Hochschulen) in Germany. The funding area is nationwide. Applicants must first submit a project sketch through easy-Online, following the layout template for the relevant module. Applications for Module 1 are closed as of the page date, since the sketch submission window ended on 7 September 2026.
Key requirements
- ✓Non-repayable subsidy (Zuschuss) under the Zukunftstechnologien für die industrielle Bioökonomie guideline (20 November 2024) and the BioValid call of 13 July 2026
- ✓Applicants must first submit a project sketch via easy-Online using the Module 1 layout template
- ✓Sketch deadline for Module 1 was 7 September 2026; the programme page now indicates applications are no longer being accepted
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Funding for BioValid: Testing and Validation of Innovative Biotechnological Processes (Module 1)?
- Eligibility covers organisations in DE; sme, large-company, research-institution, university. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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