Are you seeking funding for your venture? We fund development proposals related to digitalisation, neighbourhood business, research and development, the media, business locations, or internationalisation. Talk to our funding experts to find the right opportunity for you and your business.
If your development proposal pursues climate and environmental objectives or promotes employment, diversity, or digitalisation in Vienna, you can earn additional points in your funding assessment.
Our tip: Book a consultation with our experts as soon as possible so you can make the best possible use of the funding we provide. Together, we'll identify the best funding for your ideas and strategy. You can also join us at our events and workshops to build meaningful connections with new cooperation partners and stakeholders.
Current funding
Filter through our funding.Ideas competition Culture & technology: Festival Focus
What?
We are looking for creative digital projects in the fields of extended reality (XR), artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain or animation.
Max. funding
5 x 10,000 euros production support, 2 x 5,000 euros special digital literacy prize, special prizes SXSW 2025, 1,000 euros women's bonus
Digitalisation Funding
What?
Costs for the acquisition of hardware and devices, costs for the training and professional development of your employees, or consultations in connection with your digitalisation proposal, as well as costs for software and licenses.
Max. funding
50,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Street-Level Business Revitalisation Funding
What?
Structural modifications and material investment costs, including the purchase of technical equipment and machines such as heating or ventilation systems.
Max. funding
35,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Vienna Neighbourhood Initiative Funding
What?
All non-personnel costs, and lease costs (for up to a maximum of six months) if the applicant leases a vacant space.
Max. funding
10,000 euros per year
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Healthcare Funding
What?
Payroll costs, consultations and development work, tangible and intangible investment costs, such as licenses or machines, consumables, and structural modifications.
Max. funding
600,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Innovation Funding
What?
Personnel costs, consulting and development costs, patent costs, investments for required machines and equipment, costs for intellectual property rights and licenses, structural modifications or materials for prototypes.
Max. funding
300,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
International Market Entry Funding
What?
Costs for personnel, travel, the acquisition of licenses and concessions which allow you to operate abroad, or other service costs.
Max. funding
50,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the awarded funding amount can be paid up front.
Creative Industry Market Entry Funding
What?
Payroll costs, external service costs, training, marketing and distribution services, as well as machine acquisition costs, software, and intellectual property rights.
Max. funding
50,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Creative Industry Project Funding
What?
Payroll costs, non-personnel and material costs, costs for external services, including consultations, training, marketing and distribution, travel expenses, and investments in new machines.
Max. funding
200,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Vienna Quality of Life Funding
What?
Payroll costs, consultation costs, the purchase of machines, devices, or licenses, and the acquisition of intellectual property rights, as well as structural remodelling.
Max. funding
150,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Media Project Funding under the Vienna Media Initiative
What?
Costs for training and professional development, courses and consultations, internal payroll costs, and travel expenses.
Max. funding
100,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Media Start Funding under the Vienna Media Initiative
What?
Costs for training and professional development, courses and consultations, internal payroll costs, and travel expenses.
Max. funding
10,000 Euro per project
Neighbourhood Business Funding
What?
Structural remodelling, non-personnel and material costs, consultation costs, training and professional development, marketing costs, the acquisition of technical equipment and machines, licenses, concessions, and payroll costs.
Max. funding
75,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Neighbourhood Business Energy Funding
What?
Costs for construction, acquisition of equipment, machinery, hardware and software, costs for topic-specific consulting, training, and takeover costs within the industry.
Max. funding
25,000 euros per year
Production Funding
What?
Acquisition of new equipment and machines, investments in structural modifications, internal payroll costs, as well as costs for professional development and training, non-personnel, and material costs.
Max. funding
200,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Business Location Funding
What?
Structural modifications, the purchase of building structures, and costs such as architectural services.
Max. funding
500,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
U-Bahn (Subway) Support Funding
What?
Lease payments, including running costs and maintenance, the purchase of new devices and machines, structural modifications, non-personnel and material costs, consultation and qualification costs, and leasing additional commercial space in the vicinity.
Max. funding
10,000 euros for lease costs, 7,000 euros for initiative projects.
Vienna Planet Fund
What?
Payroll costs, costs for training and professional development, equipment, machines, licenses and trademarks, consumables, and structural modifications.
Max. funding
250,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Understanding Science Funding
What?
Payroll costs, external services such knowledge procurement, acquisition costs for machines or equipment, licenses or intellectual property rights, travel expenses for invited guests, including moderators or speakers.
Max. funding
60,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Funding competition Culture & Technology: Focus Festivals
What?
Costs for the acquisition of hardware and devices, costs for the training and professional development of your employees, or consultations in connection with your digitalisation proposal, as well as costs for software and licenses.
Max. funding
50,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Startup Grant
What?
The Startup Grant provides founders with financial support over a period of 6 months, so they can focus entirely on their development proposal.
Max. funding
8,000 euros per person, no more than 3 people.
Media Start Funding under the Vienna Media Initiative
What?
Costs for training and professional development, courses and consultations, internal payroll costs, and travel expenses.
Max. funding
10,000 Euro per project
Creative Industry Project Funding
What?
Payroll costs, non-personnel and material costs, costs for external services, including consultations, training, marketing and distribution, travel expenses, and investments in new machines.
Max. funding
200,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Innovation Funding
What?
Personnel costs, consulting and development costs, patent costs, investments for required machines and equipment, costs for intellectual property rights and licenses, structural modifications or materials for prototypes.
Max. funding
300,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Vienna Quality of Life Funding
What?
Payroll costs, consultation costs, the purchase of machines, devices, or licenses, and the acquisition of intellectual property rights, as well as structural remodelling.
Max. funding
150,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Vienna Planet Fund
What?
Payroll costs, costs for training and professional development, equipment, machines, licenses and trademarks, consumables, and structural modifications.
Max. funding
250,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Startup Grant
What?
The Startup Grant provides founders with financial support over a period of 6 months, so they can focus entirely on their development proposal.
Max. funding
8,000 euros per person, no more than 3 people.
Healthcare Funding
What?
Payroll costs, consultations and development work, tangible and intangible investment costs, such as licenses or machines, consumables, and structural modifications.
Max. funding
600,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Creative Industry Project Funding
What?
Payroll costs, non-personnel and material costs, costs for external services, including consultations, training, marketing and distribution, travel expenses, and investments in new machines.
Max. funding
200,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Media Project Funding under the Vienna Media Initiative
What?
Costs for training and professional development, courses and consultations, internal payroll costs, and travel expenses.
Max. funding
100,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Media Start Funding under the Vienna Media Initiative
What?
Costs for training and professional development, courses and consultations, internal payroll costs, and travel expenses.
Max. funding
10,000 Euro per project
Funding competition Culture & Technology: Focus Festivals
What?
Costs for the acquisition of hardware and devices, costs for the training and professional development of your employees, or consultations in connection with your digitalisation proposal, as well as costs for software and licenses.
Max. funding
50,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Creative Industry Market Entry Funding
What?
Payroll costs, external service costs, training, marketing and distribution services, as well as machine acquisition costs, software, and intellectual property rights.
Max. funding
50,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Digitalisation Funding
What?
Costs for the acquisition of hardware and devices, costs for the training and professional development of your employees, or consultations in connection with your digitalisation proposal, as well as costs for software and licenses.
Max. funding
50,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Street-Level Business Revitalisation Funding
What?
Structural modifications and material investment costs, including the purchase of technical equipment and machines such as heating or ventilation systems.
Max. funding
35,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Vienna Neighbourhood Initiative Funding
What?
All non-personnel costs, and lease costs (for up to a maximum of six months) if the applicant leases a vacant space.
Max. funding
10,000 euros per year
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Neighbourhood Business Energy Funding
What?
Costs for construction, acquisition of equipment, machinery, hardware and software, costs for topic-specific consulting, training, and takeover costs within the industry.
Max. funding
25,000 euros per year
Production Funding
What?
Acquisition of new equipment and machines, investments in structural modifications, internal payroll costs, as well as costs for professional development and training, non-personnel, and material costs.
Max. funding
200,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Neighbourhood Business Energy Funding
What?
Costs for construction, acquisition of equipment, machinery, hardware and software, costs for topic-specific consulting, training, and takeover costs within the industry.
Max. funding
25,000 euros per year
Neighbourhood Business Funding
What?
Structural remodelling, non-personnel and material costs, consultation costs, training and professional development, marketing costs, the acquisition of technical equipment and machines, licenses, concessions, and payroll costs.
Max. funding
75,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Innovation Funding
What?
Personnel costs, consulting and development costs, patent costs, investments for required machines and equipment, costs for intellectual property rights and licenses, structural modifications or materials for prototypes.
Max. funding
300,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Vienna Quality of Life Funding
What?
Payroll costs, consultation costs, the purchase of machines, devices, or licenses, and the acquisition of intellectual property rights, as well as structural remodelling.
Max. funding
150,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Vienna Planet Fund
What?
Payroll costs, costs for training and professional development, equipment, machines, licenses and trademarks, consumables, and structural modifications.
Max. funding
250,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Healthcare Funding
What?
Payroll costs, consultations and development work, tangible and intangible investment costs, such as licenses or machines, consumables, and structural modifications.
Max. funding
600,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Neighbourhood Business Funding
What?
Structural remodelling, non-personnel and material costs, consultation costs, training and professional development, marketing costs, the acquisition of technical equipment and machines, licenses, concessions, and payroll costs.
Max. funding
75,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Understanding Science Funding
What?
Payroll costs, external services such knowledge procurement, acquisition costs for machines or equipment, licenses or intellectual property rights, travel expenses for invited guests, including moderators or speakers.
Max. funding
60,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
Business Location Funding
What?
Structural modifications, the purchase of building structures, and costs such as architectural services.
Max. funding
500,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
International Market Entry Funding
What?
Costs for personnel, travel, the acquisition of licenses and concessions which allow you to operate abroad, or other service costs.
Max. funding
50,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the awarded funding amount can be paid up front.
Creative Industry Market Entry Funding
What?
Payroll costs, external service costs, training, marketing and distribution services, as well as machine acquisition costs, software, and intellectual property rights.
Max. funding
50,000 euros per project
Prepayment
Up to 50% of the approved funding amount can be paid up front.
U-Bahn (Subway) Support Funding
What?
Lease payments, including running costs and maintenance, the purchase of new devices and machines, structural modifications, non-personnel and material costs, consultation and qualification costs, and leasing additional commercial space in the vicinity.
Max. funding
10,000 euros for lease costs, 7,000 euros for initiative projects.