SPRIND Next Frontier Robotics
SPRIND’s Next Frontier Robotics Challenge funds European teams developing next-generation robotics across a four-stage, 36-month challenge. Two tracks: integrated platforms, and novel hardware components. Funding is an individual fixed-price contract based on the team’s own cost estimate.
Funding
Up to €7.2M per team
Maturity
TRL 3–7
Deadlines
22 Oct 2026, 18:00 CEST
Best for
European teams building integrated robot platforms or breakthrough robotic hardware.
Issuing agency
SPRIND — German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
What wins SPRIND Next Frontier Robotics
Your free readiness check is benchmarked against exactly these.
- Up to €7.2M per team, non-dilutive
- No co-financing required
- Two tracks: integrated platforms or hardware components
- 36 months across four stages
Mission control
Meet the coaches
We ship grants. We support you on your path to ACCEPT — the only outcome that counts.
Cynthia Jurytko
EIC & Innosuisse Jury Member
Senior Advisor, DeepTech Scale-ups
“Swiss startups lose millions in missed grants every year. We fix that.”LinkedIn
Dr. Klaus Fuchs
Managing Director, Rockstar Recruiting
former Director for Industry Collaboration, ETH AI Center
“Stop guessing what evaluators want. We show you — then help you win.”LinkedIn
Backed by a wider team of advisors and a European network of consortium partners — so we can also broker the right co-applicants for your collaborative proposal.
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