Consulting Funding in Austria: Grants & Programs

Professional consulting can be a real lever in Austria if you want to implement your project faster and more securely – whether it’s a startup, growth, digitalization, or sustainability. At the same time, external experts, coaching, and strategy processes are often expensive. This is exactly where consulting funding in Austria comes in: many programs cover part of the consulting costs or fund consulting services as project expenses, so that you can make data-driven decisions, reduce risks, and achieve actionable results more quickly.

Typical focus areas include digitalization and IT consulting (processes, e-commerce, cybersecurity), innovation and IP topics (e.g., patents, exploitation), internationalization (market entry, export), as well as ESG, CO2, and energy efficiency consulting. For non-profit organizations and social projects, consulting funding is often embedded in larger frameworks – for example, through qualification, social innovation, or regional development – and is then co-financed as part of a project.

It is important that consulting in funding programs is usually project-related and must be “additional”: you need a clear consulting objective, defined deliverables (e.g., digitalization roadmap, ESG plan, go-to-market), a schedule, and often comparative offers. Aid regulations (e.g., de minimis) often also play a role, which is why proper documentation is crucial.

The Reflecta Funding Compass helps you find suitable funding agencies and program lines at the federal, state, and EU levels (e.g., state funding, aws/FFG contexts, ERDF/ESF+/LEADER) and prepare the next steps for a coherent application. Start now with the matching and find out which consulting funding in Austria fits your project.