IBB Business Team GmbH
ProNTI
Bundesallee 21010719 Berlin
- Telephone: 030 / 2125-2359
- Email: pronti@ibb-business-team.de
Programme to promote non-technical innovation (ProNTI) in SMEs
The “Programme to promote Non-Technical Innovation (ProNTI)” by the Federal State of Berlin aims to strengthen the innovative power of Berlin’s economy beyond technical and technology-oriented developments. Complementing funding for primarily technology-oriented research and development, the ProNTI programme opens up the focus to include non-technical innovations (NTIs), as called for in the joint Berlin-Brandenburg Innovation Strategy 2025 (innoBB 2025) in order to adopt a broader approach towards innovation.
Innovative SMEs and social economy SMEs
Grants for non-technical innovations
Grant of up to EUR 140,000 per project
Support, for instance, in the validation of innovation projects
Innovation activities in the form of individual projects in Berlin involving at least one non-technical innovation.
Validation project phase
Pioneering project phase
Commercialisation project phase
Funding is provided in the form of partial financing and as a non-repayable grant.
Funding through grants is limited to:
Each applicant company must generally contribute their own reasonable share. This means that the maximum basic funding rate for SMEs that have been in existence for less than five years is 75% of total eligible expenditure. On the other hand, SMEs older than five years can receive funding of up to no more than 50% of total eligible expenditure.
Companies must submit their applications online to IBB Business Team GmbH. Access to the electronic application and administration system is only possible at www.ibb-business-team.de .
Applicants must enter all the necessary identification and authentication data in the electronic application and administration system, as well as a description of the project or measure in terms of content, and support this information with meaningful documentation.
IBB Business Team GmbH
ProNTI
Bundesallee 21010719 Berlin