The Free State of Thuringia supports small and medium-sized companies with innovative investments in tangible and intangible assets.

They receive funding in the following areas

• Acquisitions of capitalized and operationally used tangible and intangible assets,
• Services in connection with the acquisition of intangible or tangible assets.

Funding is available for investment projects that lead to innovation, at least for the company.

The investment project must be either:

• a new production process that leads to competitive and future-relevant new products/services, or
• a process innovation that optimizes established products or makes them more cost-effective or resource-efficient, or
• a new business model or new organizational process/structure that increases the company's performance/productivity,

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Contributions to the digitalization of the company can also be funded, provided they fit in with the points of the innovation projects.

You will receive the funding as a grant:

• for expenditure of EUR 30,000 to EUR 50,000, you will receive a grant of EUR 10,000
• for expenditure of EUR 50,000.01 to EUR 100,000, you will receive a grant of EUR 20,000
• for expenditure of EUR 100,000.01 to EUR 150,000, you will receive a grant of EUR 30,000
• for expenditure of EUR 150,000.01 to EUR 200,000, you will receive a grant of EUR 40,000
• for expenditure of EUR 200,000.01 to EUR 250,000, you will receive a grant of EUR 50,000

Expenditure excluded from the grant includes

• Purchase of land and real estate,
• Own work,
• Assets that are financed through leasing, installment plan or supplier loans,
• training, further training, stock and consumables and
• Value-added tax if the company is entitled to deduct input tax.