Funding of measures to improve medical quality in the highly rated Bavarian spa towns and health resorts as well as recognized healing spring and peat spa facilities
Bavaria supports its highly rated spa towns, health resorts, as well as recognized healing spring and peat spa operations in studies and investigations to secure evidence and improve medical outcome quality. Funding of up to €500,000 per project, applications possible until 31.12.2026.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The aim of the funding is to develop scientific, empirical evidence for spa medicine and thereby evaluate patient-relevant effects (e.g., improvements in health status, quality of life, well-being, pain reduction, mobility, and satisfaction) as well as new treatment methods involving natural remedies or spa-specific procedures, and to sustainably enhance the medical quality in highly rated spa resorts, health baths, and recognized healing spring and peat spa facilities in Bavaria.
Eligible expenses
- Personnel expenses
- Material expenses
- Investment expenses
- Infrastructure measures
Non-eligible expenses
- Measures with a primarily touristic or wellness-oriented character
Eligible to apply
- Individuals
- Companies
- Public Institutions
- Non-profit Organizations
- Foundations
- Educational Institutions
Funding requirements
- Project must not have started at the time of application
- Connection to a recognized Bavarian highly rated spa or health resort municipality or healing spring/peat spa operation
- Incorporation of the natural remedy or spa-specific procedure according to the rating
- Scientifically sufficiently justified overall concept
Documents required for application
- Project description
- Financing plan
- Declaration on de minimis aid
- Planning documents for construction measures
- Preliminary decisions/building law evidence for construction measures
- Explanatory report according to template 6 for Art. 44 BayHO
- Cost calculation according to template 5 for Art. 44 BayHO or DIN 276
Evaluation criteria
- Scientific foundation and methodology
- Contribution to evidence and patient-reported outcomes
- Relevance for medical quality in health resorts
Description
The funding program of the State Ministry for Health, Care and Prevention supports highly rated spa resorts, health spas, as well as recognized healing spring and peat spa operations in Bavaria in conducting scientific studies and empirical investigations to secure evidence and improve medical outcome quality. Funding is provided to municipal and private sponsors – ranging from individual enterprises and non-profit organizations to public institutions and educational establishments – that incorporate natural remedies or spa-specific procedures according to their rating into a coherently justified overall concept. The aim is to evaluate patient-relevant effects such as health status, quality of life, well-being, pain reduction, and mobility, as well as to develop and test new treatment methods. Projects can be supported with a funding amount of up to 500,000 euros; the funding covers 50%–70% of eligible personnel, material, and investment expenses. A minimum own contribution of 10% is required. The maximum project duration is 36 months, and a minimum budget of 100,000 euros per project is a prerequisite for applications submitted by 31.12.2026.
Particularly supported are studies on the effectiveness of therapeutic, rehabilitative, preventive, and health-promoting measures in spa environments, as well as investigations into environmentally and lifestyle-related chronic diseases. Digital technologies and infrastructure measures for data collection or intervention testing are also eligible for funding, provided they are necessary for the project. Primarily touristic or wellness-oriented measures are not supported. Applications can be submitted to the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety; in addition to the project outline and financing plan, declarations on de minimis aid as well as planning documents and building law certificates must be attached in the case of construction measures. The funding aims to strengthen the medical quality in Bavarian spa resorts and health spas in the long term and to expand the future viability of Bavaria as a health location.
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