Subsidies

What are subsidies?

Subsidies are regulated by private law. The city is not obliged to grant them. Subsidies are therefore voluntary support from the City of Innsbruck. They can, but do not have to, consist of a monetary payment. A distinction is made between the following types:

• Annual subsidies are intended as support for recurring and ongoing costs, such as operating, personnel or set-up costs.
• Individual and project subsidies support one-off, clearly definable projects, purchases and costs (including IIG rent reimbursement).

Subsidies are governed by the subsidy regulations:

Who are my points of contact for my grant application?

• Families (Service Unit Generation support and projects )
• Women, Equality and Queer (Service Unit Women, equality and queer )
• Integration/Migration (Service Unit Strategy and integration )
• Children and young people (Service Unit Generation support and projects )
• Operational funding for private early years education and childcare facilities, as well as infrastructure and projects in early years education (Service Unit Education service centre )
• Church affairs (Service Unit City Archives/City Museum )
• Culture (Service Unit Cultural development and promotions - Cultural subsidies )
• Property (Service Unit Real estate )
• Agriculture and forestry (City Department Forest and nature )
• Older people & the running of senior citizens’ centres (Service Unit Generation support and projects )
• Social affairs and health (Service Unit Inpatient care and social subsidies - Social subsidies )
• Sport: Innsbruck sports clubs that belong to a Tyrolean specialist association, or the three umbrella organisations, can apply for funding for events, sports facilities or day-to-day sports operations (Service Unit Promotion of sport and development of sports facilities )
• Education and Training (City Department School and education )
• Economy (Service Unit Investments and the Economy - Economy and Tourism )

To get an overview of which subsidies are granted, for example, you can look at the subsidy checker to see the subsidies granted in previous years.

Where & how do I submit a subsidy application?

You can submit all subsidy applications online:

The signature is provided by ID Austria.

Alternatively, you can use a handwritten (statutory or company) signature and then upload the document. In this case, you must also add a valid official photo ID (driver's license, ID card, passport).

What do I need for my application?

• ID Austria
• if signing by hand: a printer and scanner or camera, and a copy of a valid official identity document (passport, driving licence or identity card)
• if the grant applicant is a legal entity:
  A document showing who is authorised to represent the organisation. For associations, this is the current extract from the register of associations; for a limited liability company (GmbH), a current extract from the commercial register, etc.
• The grant applicant’s IBAN
• Documents/proposal detailing the intended use of the funds
• Financial plan broken down by:
  • Income (excluding other grants)
  • Staff costs
  • Operating costs
  • other grants applied for or already awarded, and the resulting share for the City of Innsbruck
• Statistical data, such as: club members, visitor numbers, …
• For cultural grants:
  • General and sector-specific funding guidelines apply to the awarding of grants in the cultural sector .
  • Criteria for 3-year funding agreements
• For cultural subsidies: General and sector-specific funding guidelines apply to the awarding of subsidies in the cultural sector.
• Any other documents, such as brochures and catalogues

Further information on the requirements and the process can be found in the Subsidy Regulations of the City of Innsbruck:

What is the process for my grant application?

1. You submit the grant application.
2. This is followed by a formal check in the Service Unit Subsidies, cost and performance accounting
   • Is the application correct and complete?
   • Are the contact details correct?
   • Have the ‘correct’ people signed it?
   • Is the bank account in the club’s name? etc.
3. If the application is correct, it is forwarded to the relevant department (Sport, Culture, Social Affairs, etc.) for a substantive review and to agree on the grant amount (= the department’s proposal).
4. A decision-making body will then decide on the award of the grant:
   • For official proposals of up to 3,000 euros, the decision is made by the relevant political officer.
   • For amounts over 3,000 euros, a Political Committee of the Municipal Council (e.g. the Culture Committee, the Committee for Social Affairs and Housing Allocation, etc.) deliberates.
   • The decision is then made as follows:
     • up to 15,000 euros in the City Senate
     • for amounts over 15,000 euros, by the Municipal council
     • Please note: Grant amounts are totalled over the course of a calendar year.
5. The application is returned to the relevant department.
6. You will receive a written reply and, where applicable, a payment.
7. You must submit the supporting documents by 30 June of the following year at the latest.

How and when do I submit the supporting documents?

Information on the required supporting documents is set out in the letter of acceptance you have received. The documents must be received by 30 June of the year following the grant payment at the latest. The supporting documents form is provided for this purpose.

Your letter of approval also explains how you should submit the supporting documents. In principle, you will need the following documents:

• A completed and signed grant statement
• Invoices issued to the grant recipient for the amount of the grant (submission of supporting documents is only required upon request)
• For travel: travel invoices with travel tickets
• Overall statement in the form of an income and expenditure statement or balance sheet
• Proof of logo usage. Please ensure the logo is used correctly.
• Invoices must be issued in the name of the grant applicant.

What are the most important deadlines?

In principle, subsidy applications can be submitted until October 31 of the current year. Applications for the following year can be submitted from September 1 . The earlier you apply, the better!

Deadlines for submitting grant applications to Kulturamt :

• Culture Committee on 8 July – deadline 14 June 2026
• Culture Committee on 30 September – deadline 30 August 2026

Deadlines for submitting subsidy applications to the Sportamt :

• Political Committees on 9 March - submission deadline: 16 February 2026
• Committee on 30 June - submission deadline: 8 June 2026
• Committee on 15 September - deadline: 24 August 2026
• Committee on 25 November - deadline: 29 October 2026

Deadlines for subsidy applications for health subsidies:

• see deadlines for the Sports Office

Submission deadlines for the Committee for Social Affairs and Housing Allocation:

• Political Committee meeting on 20 January – Submission deadline: 30 December 2025
• Political Committee meeting on 12 March – Submission deadline: 19 February 2026
• Political Committee meeting on 19 May – Submission deadline: 28 April 2026
• Political Committee meeting on 1 July – Submission deadline: 10 June 2026

Committee for Education, Society and Diversity:

• Political Committee meeting on 3 February 2027 – Submission deadline: 7 January 2027
• Political Committee meeting on 8 April 2027 – Submission deadline: 15 March 2027
• Political Committee meeting on 1 July 2027 – Submission deadline: 3 June 2027
• Political Committee meeting on 20 September 2027 – Submission deadline: 26 August 2027
• Political Committee meeting on 25 November 2027 – Submission deadline: 27 October 2027

The subsidy areas covered relate to [ Service Unit Women, equality and queer , [ Service Unit Generation support and projects and [ Service Unit Education service centre ] Service Unit Education service centre

Which subsidies have been granted so far?

In the subsidy checker you can view the subsidies granted in previous years.