September 5, 2025

Funding Program “Creative Connection”

Stuttgart is focusing on creativity with the innovative funding program “Creative Connection”: The Economic Development Agency of the state capital Stuttgart (Wirtschaftsförderung der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart) supports creative minds and pioneering projects that network and sustainably strengthen the creative industries in Stuttgart.

Creative Connection, Wirtschaftsförderung der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart

Exciting events, innovative project ideas, innovation labs, training opportunities, or networking meet-ups for the creative industries – the funding program “Creative Connection” aims to help bring new ideas to life and put them into practice. Its goal: to connect Stuttgart’s creative economy, increase its visibility, and make it future-proof. With grants of up to €3,000, innovative ideas and exciting events can be realized.

Eligible initiatives include, for example:

A networking event where architecture meets game design
A talent initiative bringing together young creatives and Stuttgart-based agencies
An innovation lab on artificial intelligence for creative professionals
A hackathon for creative entrepreneurs
A trade fair booth for creative start-ups
A cross-innovation festival for corporates and creatives
A learning expedition to an AI congress

The funding is open to companies from commercial industries and liberal professions, universities, colleges, associations, and institutions with their own legal form. Private individuals are not eligible to apply.

Apply now! The current call for proposals runs until September 30, 2025. Further information: https://www.stuttgart.de/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsfoerderung/foerderprogramme/foerderprogramm-creative-connection/

September 9, 2023

New Funding Program for Gamification and Animation Media

The Ministry of Economics, Labor and Tourism Baden-Württemberg has launched a new funding call.

With the funding program “KMU-Transfer KREATIV – Gamification und Animation Media“, the Ministry of Economics promotes the cooperation of companies from the fields of gamification, animation media and other 3D technologies with companies from other industries. The funding program is intended to support SMEs in improving existing business models or making them more resilient, opening up new product developments and markets, and strengthening innovation and competitiveness. Companies from Baden-Württemberg with up to 250 employees are eligible to apply.

“With the new funding program, we are supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in the application of gamification, animation and other 3D technologies to make them fit for the future,” said Minister of Economic Affairs Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut.

Applications can be submitted from now until November 10, 2023. More information on the funding program and the application documents can be found here (in German): https://wm.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/service/foerderprogramme-und-aufrufe/liste-foerderprogramme/kmu-transfer-kreativ-gamification-und-animation-media