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Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) — EXIST · Deutschland

EXIST Women — support for women founders from universities

Programm — aktuelle Runde prüfen

Hinweis: apply at a participating university or research institution.

Programmübersicht

Helps women with a first start-up idea at universities and research institutions to develop it, take first steps towards a start-up and prepare follow-on funding such as the EXIST Business Start-up Grant.

Wer kann sich bewerben?

Women interested in founding, at a participating German university or research institution; the idea can still be at an early stage.

Antragstellerkategorien sind nur ein Ausgangspunkt. Über die Antragsberechtigung entscheidet die offizielle Ausschreibung.

So bewerben Sie sich

1. Find a participating university or research institution and apply there.
2. During the programme of up to ten months, build an individual start-up roadmap with next steps.
3. Funding: €2,000 material costs per founder; some participants also receive a stipend of up to 3 months (criteria set by the institution; amount by status).
4. Prepare a follow-on application, for example EXIST-Gründungsstipendium or EXIST-Forschungstransfer.

✓ Checked against the official call text on 2026-11-15 (exist.de, programme page EXIST Women).

From the call text

Who can apply

Women interested in founding, from participating universities and research institutions; a first idea is enough.

Company stage

Very early: the idea can be at the very beginning; programme of up to ten months.

Single applicant or consortium

Individual participants.

Where applicants must be based

At a participating university or research institution in Germany.

Where to apply

Apply at a participating university or research institution.

Offizielle Quellen

Offizielle Ausschreibungsseite · EXIST Women

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