Funding Advice
Take advantage of government funding!
With our funding advisory services, we guide you through the vast and confusing array of government grants available from the EU, the federal government, and the federal states. We find the right funding program for your innovation project, prepare the application documents for signature, and support you with all administrative requirements. Take the shortest route to attractive funding grants with us.
Free initial consultation and funding research
In a free initial consultation, we determine the individual funding potential of your innovation idea. We clarify the funding requirements and check whether the necessary framework conditions are met. Together with you, we develop a concept for a successful and funding-worthy innovation project. We prepare all necessary application documents until they are ready for signature – including current market data and state-of-the-art research.
We are happy to support your project throughout its duration and clarify any queries from the project sponsor. We handle the necessary controlling, schedule and report management, and support you in recording, optimizing utilization, and invoicing project expenditures.
You develop innovations, we create the framework
In addition to the tried and tested, often suitable and sought-after innovation funding programs, ZIM and WIPANO, we also support numerous other programs such as KMU-innovativ, go-Inno or, for example, the NRW program Mittelstand Innovativ & Digital.
We are also happy to support you with topic-specific funding programs, for example for key technologies such as lightweight construction, nanotechnology, new materials, or with open-topic programs for SMEs that aim to promote cooperation, transfer, and validation.
WIPANO – Patent Funding
The funding program „Knowledge and Technology Transfer through Patents and Standards“ – WIPANO for short – was relaunched by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) in 2024 to promote patents, norms, and standards for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As an experienced and qualified WIPANO service provider, ATHENA Technologie Beratung supports the program with a complete package for all phases – from the identification and evaluation of ideas, to the protection of inventions, to the successful commercial commercialization of innovations.
ZIM – Innovation Program for SMEs
The „Central Innovation Program for SMEs“ (ZIM for short) is the technology-neutral, cross-sector funding program of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) for market-oriented innovation support for small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany. The federal government is providing approximately €627 million for this in 2024. As an experienced and qualified ZIM consulting firm, ATHENA Technologie Beratung supports you with a complete package to quickly and successfully submit ZIM applications. We prepare the application documents for you, ready for signature, and handle all formalities.
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