Bewilligung eines Gründungsstipendiums beantragen

If you want to set up your own innovative, commercial business, you may be eligible for a grant under certain conditions. be supported.

The scholarship is designed to help you as a founder to further develop your business idea in an innovative area of technology or in relation to new innovative, digital, creative or sustainable services, business models or production methods and make it a success. You will also be supported with coaching and networks of start-ups and players in the start-up ecosystem to prepare for a successful market launch.

The grant is awarded as part of project funding on application in the form of a non-repayable grant as a fixed amount for an approval period of up to twelve months. The grant is provided as a lump-sum subsidy based on the expenses required to implement the start-up project, which may also include living expenses. The grant is paid directly to you as the individual founder. Funding is provided for expenses in the form of personal grants for a maximum of three founders per start-up team. The amount of the grant is 1,000 euros per month per founder. The maximum amount of funding for the individual founder is a total of 12,000 euros. Within a start-up team, funding is limited to a maximum of 36,000 euros.

• Business plan/pitch deck
• Evaluation matrix business plan/pitch deck
• Identity card person 1 front side
• Identity card person 1 back
• Signed deminimis declaration person 1
• Person 1 Commercial or trade register entry for UG Holding
• Identity card person 2 front
• Identity card person 2 back
• Signed deminimis declaration person 2
• Person 2 Commercial or trade register entry at UG Holding
• Identity card person 3 front
• Identity card person 3 back
• Signed deminimis declaration person 3
• Person 3 Commercial or trade register entry for UG Holding
• Commercial or trade register entry

Prerequisite for possible funding:

• The existence of a reasoned vote by a jury in text form as well as mandatory participation in project-accompanying start-up support by an accredited, regional start-up network.
• The funding of one founder for several start-up projects is excluded.

• If you have already received a grant under this funding program, you will not be eligible for a new grant.

The start-up grant cannot be awarded if you are simultaneously receiving a benefit in accordance with:

• § Section 137 of the Third Book of the German Social Security Code of March 24, 1997 (BGBl. I p. 594, 595) in the currently valid version
• in conjunction with §§ 93, 94 of the Third Book of the Social Code or § 7 of the Second Book of the Social Code in the version of May 13, 2011 (BGBl. I p. 850, 2094) in the respective applicable version
• in conjunction with § 16 b of the Second Book of the Social Code or in accordance with § 16 of the Sixth Book of the Social Code in the version dated February 19, 2002 (BGBl. I p. 754, 1404, 3384) in the respective applicable version
• in conjunction with Section 49 (3) No. 6 of the Ninth Book of the Social Code dated December 23, 2016 (BGBl. I p. 3234) in the respective applicable version

is claimed. This includes, for example, ALG I and II, parental allowance, citizen's allowance, start-up grant from the Employment Agency Phase I, short-time working allowance, etc.

A simultaneous combination with another scholarship or funding program to finance your living expenses is excluded.

The cumulation rules in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014 and Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No. 1407/2013 must be observed.

A simultaneous combination with an employment relationship in your main occupation is excluded. Paid secondary employment of no more than 20 hours per week is permitted.

There are no costs.

Applications can only be submitted after a mandatory initial meeting with an accredited and certified start-up network.

• The start-up network will check the plausibility of the business plan/pitch deck and send you the application link if the result is positive.
• You can apply to the Business + Innovation Center Kaiserslautern GmbH, which accepts applications, using the application form.

The ISB (approval authority) is responsible for the decision on approval and all further processing, including amendment and revocation of the grant notification. This also includes the recovery and collection of the benefits to be reimbursed, including the determination and collection of the interest to be reimbursed.

• In your application, you must provide information on when and how much de minimis aid you have received in the current calendar year and in the two previous calendar years, regardless of who granted the aid.
• You must also state which applications for aid are currently pending. The information must be designated as subsidy-relevant within the meaning of Section 264 of the German Criminal Code. Enclose a "de minimis" certificate with the grant notification.
• This certificate must be kept by the company for ten years and submitted to the European Commission, the Federal Government, the state administration or the granting authority within one week or a longer period specified in the request.
• If the certificate is not submitted within the deadline, the condition for approval will no longer apply retroactively and the aid plus interest will be reclaimed.
• The certificate must be submitted in future applications as proof of past de minimis aid.
• The General Auxiliary Conditions for Grants for Project Funding (ANBestP - Part I Annex 3 to Section 44 (1) LHO of the VV-LHO), as amended, must be made an integral part of the grant notification. In deviation from point 1.4 of the ANBest-P, the grant can also be requested three months in advance. Interest will not be charged if the grant is not used immediately.

If no project progress is determined by the supervising start-up network, it will inform you of this in text form to the approval authority. The same applies if a founder leaves the project prematurely or your company as a whole is discontinued. In these cases, the approval authority will generally revoke the grant with effect from the time the event occurs

In the case of companies that have not yet been founded, the approval period does not begin until the company is founded, which must be completed within three months of approval. The funds can only be paid out after the corresponding proof has been submitted to the ISB.

An interim report - agreed with the start-up network - must be submitted halfway through the funding period.

Proof of use must be submitted to the ISB no later than two months after the end of the approval period.

• In deviation from point 7.2 of the ANBest-P, the proof of use consists of a factual report signed by the accredited start-up network
• This contains a description of the economic development of the company and its prospects and a confirmation from you that the funds granted were used economically and sparingly for the implementation of the start-up project.

Due to the application period of three months, it can take up to six months (including the application period) before a positive decision is made by the ISB.

Objection

Further information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notification of your application for a start-up grant.

• Start-up grant approval
• Mandatory initial interview with an accredited and certified start-up network
• After a positive result, apply to the Business + Innovation Center Kaiserslautern (bic KL) using the application form
• Scholarship for max. 12 months in the amount of € 1,000.00 per month
• Responsibility: Application to bic KL and approval, payment, proof of use by Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz (ISB)

• Accredited and certified start-up network
• Business + Innovation Center Kaiserslautern GmbH
• Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz (ISB)

• Accredited and certified start-up network
• Business + Innovation Center Kaiserslautern GmbH
• Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz (ISB)