Forschungszulage consulting — we understand your tech and maximize your funding
Most Forschungszulage consultants don't understand your innovation well enough to truly take the burden off your shoulders. We do, because we're technical ourselves. We handle the entire application process — you invest less than 5 hours in calls.
Forschungszulage consulting — we understand your tech and maximize your funding
Most Forschungszulage consultants don't understand your innovation well enough to truly take the burden off your shoulders. We do, because we're technical ourselves. We handle the entire application process — you invest less than 5 hours in calls.
Our process: 4 calls to your Forschungszulage
- 01
Finance Checklist
30 min
We clarify which documents you need — as a company-specific checklist. You just forward it to your tax advisor.
- 02
Finance Review
30 min
We structure your data ourselves (employees, salaries, contractors) and clarify final questions. For you, it's just review.
- 03
Product & Innovation
45 min
We identify your innovation projects, assign employees by percentage, and discuss novelty and technical risk.
- 04
Final Review & Submission
30 min
You get an async review upfront. If everything checks out, we submit — otherwise we use call 4 as a deeper product call.
Forschungszulage without consulting — what's at stake
25% rejection rate industry-wide
The average rejection rate at the certification body is 25%. Ours is 8%.
“We don't do research.”
You probably do — in the legal sense. You don't need a lab. Software development, new algorithms, technical feasibility studies — it all counts. Most companies underestimate how much of their daily work is eligible.
Incomplete documentation
In a tax audit without bulletproof timesheets and records, you risk paying back the entire grant.
CTOs and innovation leaders are busy enough
Learning funding guidelines takes weeks. Time your team needs for product development.
Forschungszulage consulting with real technical expertise
We speak the reviewers' language
The reviewers at the BSFZ are engineers and programmers — we write applications with technical depth, not surface-level claims.
Founded by a builder, not a consultant
Erich has built multiple products as a technical founder and is a Y Combinator alumnus. He understands how innovation projects actually work.
Cross-industry experience
From AI to MedTech to mechanical engineering — we've filed successful applications across 15+ industries. Our case studies show what's possible.
Proprietary software — tech company, not traditional consulting
Pipeline system
Nothing is forgotten, no iteration loops with your CTO.
Bulletproof checks
“Company in difficulty” status is verified against commercial register data.
Timesheet integration
Import from Personio & co., digital signature with one click.
Higher success rate, less effort
Success rate
vs. 75% industry-wide
Your time investment
in calls until approval
Success-based
No payment if rejected
Want to do it yourself?
No problem — we've written comprehensive guides that explain everything:
Requirements
Who's eligible, which projects count, and which criteria the BSFZ really checks.
Calculation
Which costs are eligible, how the funding amount is composed, and what ends up in your account.
Application
Step by step through the BSFZ portal and tax office — deadlines and common pitfalls included.
FZulG law
The Research Allowance Act in a nutshell: paragraphs, definitions, and the statutory legal claim.
But: With Forschungszulage consulting you get a higher success rate, more funding, and save yourself the effort.
What our customers say
“The Forschungszulage helped us fund an entire engineering team for months — without the usual application headaches.”
Kai Klasen
CEO
“In under 5 hours of effort we secured more funding than with a previous consultancy in weeks.”
Sascha Klar
CTO
“The technical depth was decisive — the reviewers could tell someone here actually understood our architecture.”
Fabio Schmidberger
Co-Founder
“Best price-performance ratio on the market — and 100% success-based, so zero financial risk.”
Florian Bauer
Founder
“We barely had to invest time. The pipeline system asked for everything in a structured way.”
Marc Metz
CTO
Successful projects from our clients
See all case studies →
AI-powered voice documentation for nursing care. €315,000 in Forschungszulage for advancing their AI models.
FAQs
Let's figure out how much funding you're entitled to
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