Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation

A home for
people with radical new ideas

The Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation SPRIND finances groundbreaking technologies and topics
that have the potential to fundamentally improve our lives.

Themes

7/30/2026

EUROPE MUST RETHINK SPACE EXPLORATION

From publicly funded space exploration to the Orbital Economy. A strategy for sovereignty, prosperity and security.

Recoding Medicine

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7/23/2026

We need breakthrough innovations to unlock Europe's fragmented health data for AI and to prove its value through concrete medical applications. Apply by October 16, 2026.

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Next Frontier Robotics

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8/16/2026

We need technological breakthroughs to unlock the next S-curve of multi-purpose robotics made in Europe. Applications are open until October 22.

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7/26/2026

Mission: Deutschland, was geht?

We need breakthrough innovations for the biggest bureaucratic challenges. We're looking for concrete solution approaches that transform, replace, or completely reimagine administrative processes.

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Projects

Innovations and the minds behind them.

Challenges and Funken

Our calls for pioneers with worldchanging ideas.

Strategic Projects

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SPRIND.SOCIETY stands for the courage to think radically differently. We support groundbreaking innovations that create new markets and solve societal challenges. This courage is also needed in government and society.

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SPRIND Podcast

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Der Buchdruck, Antibiotika und das Internet – das sind Innovationen, die unser Leben sprunghaft verändert haben. Doch was sind die Sprunginnovationen unserer Zeit? Wie entstehen sie? Und wer treibt sie voran? In unserem Podcast suchen wir gemeinsam mit Moderator Thomas Ramge nach Antworten auf diese Fragen und sprechen mit Menschen, die Neues neu denken.

#133 Jonas Funke (24.8.2026)

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Wie können DNA-Nanopartikel die medizinische Diagnostik radikal besser machen? Was hieße das für die Früherkennung von Krebs oder Demenz? Und wie können Biotech-Startups und Big Pharma gut zusammenarbeiten? Unser Host Thomas Ramge spricht mit Dr. Jonas Funke, Co-Gründer und CTO von Ultrabright Biotech.

#132 Ivor van Dartel (10.8.2026)

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Wann fliegt der erste elektrische Passagierjet von München nach Zürich oder Berlin? Wieviel wird ein Ticket kosten? Und warum kann der nächste große Anlauf eines deutschen E-Flugzeug-Startups gelingen? Unser Host Thomas Ramge spricht mit Ivor van Dartel, Luftfahrt-Ingenieur und Gründer von Vaeridion.

magazin

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Whether at events, as part of our projects and challenges or in the podcast. We talk to people with outstanding ideas - and listen carefully.

8/24/2026

PODCAST: Jonas Funke

Listen to the new episode of SPRIND podcast: Our host Thomas Ramge talks to Dr. Jonas Funke, co-founder and CTO of Ulrabright Biotech.

7/30/2026

EUROPE MUST RETHINK SPACE EXPLORATION

From publicly funded space exploration to the Orbital Economy. A strategy for sovereignty, prosperity and security.

7/17/2026

TEN TEAMS SELECTED FOR NEXT FRONTIER AI

SPRIND supports European teams in developing new approaches for the next generation of artificial intelligence.

7/7/2026

VOTING BEGINS FOR CITIZEN HACKATHON

Nearly 28,000 citizens reported during the first half of the year what frustrates them most about bureaucracy and government agencies. Until July 19, all interested parties can help decide what the federal administration should tackle first.