With the Berliner Startup Stipendium, Science & Startups supports founders planning to implement their innovative, knowledge-driven, science- and/or technology-based business ideas in a team and develop solutions for the pressing challenges of our time:

1. Cluster 1: Sustainability x Society – Improving the Way We Live Together
2. Cluster 2: Healthcare x Prevention – Responding to Today’s Health Challenges
3. Cluster 3: Technologies x Resources – Transforming Tech for a Green Tomorrow

To foster exchange and strengthen the innovative power of our startups, in these clusters we bundle access to specific expertise, know-how, technology, event formats and likeminded teams working on similar challenges.

You have an idea that’s a fit? Your research touches on one of the cluster’s focus areas? Your idea and research make the world a better place when turned into a product or service? Science & Startups will help you along your journey!

Deadline for applications for our winter batch: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
[Please note that the last day for a mandatory initial consultation with one of our startup advisors is Friday, November 3]

Start of Incubation: Feb. 1, 2024

Book your initial consultation now!

Please note: You will learn all the details about the program during your mandatory first consultation before applying. 

Eligibility

• Knowledge-driven, science- and/or technology-based ideas
• Projects need to be innovative or represent an improvement over competing projects and/or the status quo
• Teams of 2-4 members (You are currently a solopreneur? Watch out for our next Pitching for Competences Event 
• Graduates with a university degree
• If you have already established a company, participation is only possible if the company has not yet started any economic activity
• Resident in Berlin
• You have not received a BSS, EXIST or similar scholarship before

The Science & Startups All-Inclusive Package

• Financial Support: 2,200 euros per person per month over a period of up to 12 months
• Standardized university incubation process
• Contact to potential customers and investors
• Peer learning with your fellow founders
• Access to the cutting-edge research of the universities
• Access to workshops, master classes, match-making events and networking platforms
• Intensive individual coaching and training based on your needs
• Mentoring provided by leaders in academia and business
• Co-working space on campus
• Access to labs and technical equipment as needed

Application Procedure

• Reach out to us via bss(at)science-startups.berlin
• We will get in touch, asking you to fill in a short questionnaire
• After you have sent back the questionnaire, one of our advisors will schedule an initial consultation with you
• If your idea is suitable for the program, a follow-up with the aim to prepare your written application will be scheduled
• November 3: last possible date for mandatory initial consultation for winter batch 2024
• November 8: deadline to submit your written application in digital form
• November 9 – November 20: in-depth check of application documents
• November 21: invitation for jury pitch
• November 28: jury pitches cluster Healthcare x Prevention
• November 29: jury pitches cluster Sustainability x Society
• November 30: jury pichtes cluster Technologies x Resources
• December 6: information about jury’s decision
• December 13: deadline to hand in your complete written application to the BSS team
• February 1, 2024: start of incubation & onboarding cluster (mandatory)
• February 5-7, 2024: Boot Camp (mandatory)

Supported by: Berliner Startup Stipendium “Science & Startups for Future”