- Günther Klee
- 26.03.2024
- Digitalisierung
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Funding for digital projects in Austria
AI funding for Austrian companies
- Topic: Support for the introduction, adaptation and knowledge building in the field of AI
- Funding provider: AWS
- Location: Austria
- Duration: 31.03.2024: AI start / AI adaptation and 31.12.2025: AI knowledge
- Applicants: start-ups, SMEs or large companies
- Amount: 20.000 €
- Link: AI funding for Austrian companies
Funding object - divided into three modules
AI-Start: Funding for the first-time implementation of an artificial intelligence-based project in SMEs with up to EUR 15,000. Together with a cooperation and implementation partner, an AI project is planned, implemented and implemented at least up to a completed pilot.
AI-Adaptation: AI-Adaptation supports innovative, serious AI projects. The focus is on preparing for European regulations, standards, norms and certifications in the field of artificial intelligence. The funding amount is up to EUR 150,000 per company.
AI-Knowledge: The aim is to build up knowledge for companies in the areas of AI data strategy and AI business and innovation protection strategy. The funding takes the form of innovation consulting services from AWS, with a maximum of 20 hours, and the grant amounts to up to EUR 20,000.
Cyber Security Check 2023/2024
- Topic: Costs of technologies and advice on implementing security measures
- Funding organization: Fonds Zukunft Österreich / DIGITAL Europe (European Commission)
- Location: Austria
- Period of validity: 15.04.2024
- Applicants: SMEs (up to 249 employees and €50 million annual turnover)
- Amount: €10,000 or 40%
- Link: Cyber Security Checks
Subject of funding
The Cyber Security Check supports companies in implementing technical security measures for NIS2 and thus strengthening the security of information systems. Funding is provided for the costs of new technologies or their further development, as well as for (technical) consulting services required for the implementation of security measures.
Digital technologies 2023/2024
- Topic: Cooperative R&D projects for the development of digital technologies
- Funding organization: Austrian FFG
- Location: Austria
- Period of validity: 18.03.2024
- Applicants: universities, research and development institutions, SMEs, industrial companies, users
- Extent: 35% - 85%
- Link: Digital Technologies
Subject of funding
Cooperative F&E-Projekte for the development of new and existing digital technologies that address regulations and/or contribute to Europe's technological sovereignty. Interdisciplinary cooperation is encouraged for this purpose.
ERP loans
- Topic: Favorable financing for entrepreneurial projects in the ERP sector
- Funding agency: AWS
- Location: Austria
- Duration: ongoing
- Applicants: Companies of all sizes in industry, trade and services
- Link: ERP laons from AWS
Subject of funding
Funding is provided for projects with a range of objectives, in particular projects in the context of:
- Start-ups, business relocations and company takeovers
- Investments in product, process and service innovation
- Modernization and expansion investments with job-creating or job-securing effects
- Development of new services or business areas, or the substantial expansion of existing ones
- Establishment and expansion of technology transfer facilities (e.g. business incubators, science parks, test and inspection centers)
- Projects to create the infrastructure required for apprentice training
- Improving the financing structure of innovation or growth measures that cannot be capitalized
go-international: Digital Marketing Check
- Topic: Online advertising of products/services abroad
- Funding organization: Federal Ministry of Labor and Economic Affairs, WKO
- Location: Austria
- Validity period: 31.03.2027
- Applicants: SMEs (WKO members) with substantial added value in Austria
- Amount: 50% or max. €10.000
- Link: Digital Marketing Check
Subject of funding
Funding is provided for paid online advertisements in the target country, which are documented by evaluations from the ad manager of the selected platform, as well as for online marketing measures with a clear reference to the target country. Examples of funded costs are search engine advertising, advertising on social media platforms, and on online marketplaces.
go-international: Project business cheque
- Topic: Improving the chances of winning international tenders for the internationalization of market-ready, innovative products/processes/services
- Funding agency: Federal Ministry of Labor and Economic Affairs, WKO
- Location: Austria
- Period of validity: 31.03.2027
- Applicants: WKO members with substantial added value in Austria
- Extent: 50% or max. €10.000
- Link: Project business cheque
Subject of funding
Funding is provided for the co-financing of project-related costs for consulting (e.g. proposal writing, external data research and feasibility studies), as well as for further training and participation in events. This also includes travel costs: hotel, flight, rental car, train. In addition, further training to develop skills in the field of international, third party-financed project business is eligible for funding.
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Funding for digital projects in Upper Austria
DIGITAL STARTER 2024
- Topic: Digitalization projects (concept and implementation) to increase operational competitiveness
- Funding provider: WKOÖ & Land OÖ
- Location: Upper Austria
- Period of validity: 01.12.2024
- Applicant: SME with active WKOÖ membership
- Amount: €4,000 or €10,000
- Link: Digital Starter
Subject of funding
The funding program DIGITAL STARTER 24 is divided into the program lines DigiPROJEKT-Basis and DigiPROJEKT-Intensiv. A project can only be submitted to one of the two program lines.
Projects on the following topics can apply for DigiPROJEKT-Intensiv:
- Automation & digitalization
- Data management & artificial intelligence
- Secure IT systems & cyber security
Projects in the following areas can apply for DigiPROJEKT-Basis:
- All topics from the DigiPROJEKT-Intensiv list
- Digital market development
Funding for digital projects in Vienna
Vienna: Digitalization
- Topic: Funding for investments in digital infrastructure and digitalization measures
- Funding provider: Vienna Business Agency
- Location: Vienna
- Period of validity: 31.12.2026
- Applicants: SMEs with a place of business in Vienna
- Amount: €50.000
- Link: Vienna Digitalization
Subject of funding
Digitalization projects that are based on a comprehensible digitalization plan. The main aim is to simplify the digitalization of processes and value-added processes in the company: purchasing, logistics, production, customer administration, payment processing, shipping and returns management.
Funding is provided for the costs of external services:
- Development and implementation of digital solutions
- Training and qualification measures
- Consultancy costs in the course of implementation
Costs of tangible and intangible investments:
- Capitalizable investments in tangible assets for the realization of the digitalization project
- Software and licenses
The purchase of standard software and hardware, as well as web shops, as a single measure is not eligible for funding.
Funding for digital projects in Carinthia
Carinthia: Financing for technology-oriented companies
- Topic: Funding for the establishment and growth of competitive, technology-oriented and/or innovative SMEs
- Funding provider: Carinthian Economic Promotion Fund
- Location: Carinthia
- Period of validity: 30.06.2024
- Applicants: SMEs with a place of business in Carinthia
- Amount: €400.000 (loan)
- Link: Financing for technology-oriented companies
Subject of funding
All costs associated with the establishment of a new company and the first phase of growth. These include, for example:
- Investments in intangible and tangible assets
- Personnel costs & material costs
- Consultancy costs
Carinthia: Digitalization, information and communication technologies
- Topic: Funding for innovative products, processes or (technological) services
- Funding provider: Carinthian Economic Promotion Fund
- Location: Carinthia
- Period of validity: 30.06.2024
- Applicants: SMEs in Carinthia
- Amount: €100.000
- Link: Digitalization and ICT
Subject of funding
The KWF offers grants to innovative SMEs for internal development costs, personnel costs, external development and consulting costs and investments.
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Funding for digital projects in Styria
Styria: Cyber!Sicher
- Topic: Promoting IT security in companies
- Funding provider: Styrian Business Promotion Agency (SFG)
- Duration: ongoing
- Applicants: SMEs (including the restaurant and hotel industry) with headquarters in Styria
- Amount: €15.000
- Link: Cyber!Sicher
Subject of funding
The SFG offers a grant for consulting, investment and training projects to improve cyber security. Projects that do not include awareness-raising measures for employees are excluded.
Styria: Funding campaign for websites/web shops in the food trade
- Topic: New creation or expansion of websites and/or web shops
- Funding provider: Provincial committee of the food trade
- Location: Styria
- Duration: 31.12.2024
- Applicants: Active member companies of the Styrian Chamber of Commerce
- Amount: €350 per member and year
- Link: Funding program of the Styrian Chamber of Commerce
Subject of funding
Funding is provided for external costs incurred in setting up a new website and/or web shop and for external costs incurred in optimizing and/or expanding an existing website and/or web shop.
Styria: Funding campaign by the Styrian Chamber of Commerce
- Topic: Funding for advertising, online presence, participation in trade fairs, training and further education
- Funding provider: Regional committee for mail order, internet and general trade
- Location: Styria
- Duration: ongoing
- Applicants: Active members of the regional committee
- Amount: €550 per year and per company
- Link: Funding program of the Styrian Chamber of Commerce
Subject of funding
The following measures are eligible for funding:
- Courses for industry-specific training and further education measures or higher qualification of employees (including apprentices)
- Measures in connection with an online presence or participation in regional apps
- Participation in trade fairs, exhibitions or your own trade fair stand as an individual exhibitor and exhibition rental – nationally and within the EU
Styria: Funding campaign by the provincial committee for the building materials, iron, hardware and timber trade
- Topic: Funding for training and further education, internet, [...]
- Funding provider: Provincial committee of the building materials, iron, hardware and timber trade
- Location: Styria
- Duration: ongoing
- Applicants: Active members of the regional committee
- Amount: €600 per company
- Link: Funding program of the Styrian committee for the building materials, iron, hardware and timber trade
Subject of funding
In the area of digitalization funding, the creation of a new homepage or web shop, a system conversion or a data security check is funded. The funding criterion is a link to the homepage of the building materials, iron, hardware and timber trade.
Funding for digital projects in Tyrol
Tyrolean Digitalization Funding
- Topic: Grant for small and large-scale digitalization projects and Tyrolean companies
- Funding provider: Tyrolean provincial government, Department of Business Location, Digitalization and Science
- Location: Tyrol
- Period of validity: 30.06.2028
- Applicants: Companies based in Tyrol that are classified as commercial enterprises
- Amount: €120,000 or €200,000
- Link: Digitalization funding
Subject of funding
The funding program focuses on the following:
- Planning
- Implementation
- Qualification
Depending on the financial scope of the project, funding must be applied for as a “small project” or a “large project”. The aim is to support the introduction (not the development) of the latest digital technologies, including the development of qualifications and skills (planning and implementation phases, as well as training and further education measures). The digitalization funding is an open funding instrument for all sectors.
Tyrol: flagship projects in the field of digitalization
- Topic: Demonstration projects that have a positive impact on the development of the economic, working and living environment in Tyrol
- Funding provider: Tyrolean provincial government, Department of Economic Development, Digitalization and Science
- Location: Tyrol
- Period of validity: 30.06.2028
- Applicants: sole proprietorships, registered partnerships and corporations, cooperatives, associations, etc.
- Amount: 200.000 €
- Link: Lighthouse projects for digitalization
Subject of funding
In this context, a flagship project is understood to be a unique project in the context of digitalization that is of particular importance for a specific region or has a supra-regional claim.
Selection criteria have been defined in three areas:
Inhaltliche Kriterien
- Novelty of the project
- Feasibility in terms of content
- Development and implementation intensity
Economic criteria
- Ability to finance the project
- Promotion of companies: economic performance of the applicant
General criteria
- Comprehensibility of the project and cost planning
- Sustainability of the project
- Increase in know-how
- Regional relevance and supra-regional significance