Through WIPANO (Knowledge and Technology Transfer through Patents and Standards), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is supporting SMEs that actively participate in standardization bodies.

Who can apply for funding?

All companies that have a maximum of 1,000 employees at the time of application, do not exceed an annual turnover of EUR 100 million, and have their registered office, a permanent establishment or a branch in Germany, are eligible for funding under the “de minimis” regulation.

What is being funded?

Working with standards using the so-called LP 2 for standards searching and standards management (such as Perinorm, Standards Ticker, DIN-Mitteilungen) or the DITR data service with a maximum of 10,000 EUR. Projects will last no more than 36 months.

Important information

Within the last three years, the company must not have been active in national, European and international standardization bodies (e.g. DIN/ DKE, CEN/ CENELEC and ISO/ IEC). Applications are submitted via the electronic form system easy-Online. Under “BMWi” and “WIPANO” select the funding area “Normung - Unternehmen” (Standardization - Companies). Applications are being accepted until 30.06.2023.

"Standards Ticker/doc" is an update service for your collections of standards and technical rules.

It is simple and straightforward to use. You select the standards you want and need; our Standards Ticker team will keep an eye on them for you. We are also happy to help you decide which standards should be in your collection.

You will receive a monthly status update with the most important bibliographic information on your documents, such as new editions, replacements or withdrawn standards.

This way your collection stays up-to-date.

Almost all national and international collections available via the DIN Media Webshop.

In addition, you can specify in your standards selection whether or not information on drafts should also be monitored and updated.

The easy-to-use tool “Your Standards Ticker” allows you to view and manage your selection of documents online. Furthermore, you can easily add new standards to your collection through the webshop – and, of course, remove them again.

Every six months we send you information about documents that are similar to those in your collection. The Standards Ticker is therefore always one step ahead of you and helps you to identify documents that could be of interest.