Scholarships
Gründerstipendium.NRW [Founders' Scholarship]
Are you a HUB member and do you need professional coaching for the implementation of your start-up idea? Then apply for a Gründerstipendium.NRW [Founders’ Scholarship]! We organise and accompany you through the selection process. Members of our top-class jury are:
- Dr. Ansgar Schleicher, S-UBG
- Rolf Geisen, Alabon Business Development GmbH
- Sven Pietsch, Innoloft GmbH
- Max Eckel, RWTH Innovation Entrepreneurship Center
| Application deadlines | Day of the jury meeting | |
| 01 May 2021, 23:55 | 18 May 2021, 14:00 – 16:30 | |
| 01 July 2021, 23:55 | 21 July 2021, 14:00 – 16:30 | |
| 01 September 2021, 23:55 | 21 September 2021, 14:00 – 16:30 | |
| 01 November 2021, 23:55 | 18 November 2021, 14:00 – 16:30 |
Are you interested? Then apply here:
If your application is successful, we will provide you with a coach free of charge for one year. The coach will first define a coaching plan with milestones with you. The digitalHUB also supports you in the acquisition of capital. Find out more here on the official website.
EXIST-Gründerstipendium [Founder Scholarship]
In cooperation with the RWTH Innovation GmbH (formerly Transfer- und Gründerzentrum [Transfer and Business Incubation Centre] of RWTH Aachen University), we support your application for the EXIST-Gründerstipendium. Are you studying, have you graduated or did you graduate less than five years ago? Then you are eligible for this funding as an individual founder or in a team of up to three people. It secures your personal livelihood while you develop your start-up idea and work out your business plan – for a maximum of one year.
- Founders with a doctorate: 3,000 euros/month
- Graduates with a university degree: 2,500 euros/month
- Technical staff: 2,000 euros/month
- Students: 1,000 euros/month
- Child supplement: 100 euros/month per child
- Material expenses: up to 10,000 euros for individual start-ups (max. 30,000 euros for teams)
- Coaching: 5,000 euros
You can find out more about the requirements and further information on the programme website and at the RWTH Innovation GmbH.
HUB scholarship
With a great idea and a convincing pitch, you can get one of the digitalHUB scholarships: One FlexDesk each in the digitalCHURCH & one year of HUB membership at the same time. This includes access to our start-up community, start-up coaches, other founders, potential customers, mentoring and much more.
Apply in the next round! After a preliminary selection, you will present your business model to the jury. Members are our main sponsors who award the HUB scholarships:
Our general sponsors:
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