EQUA-Stiftung supports research and knowledge exchange focused on family-owned businesses and entrepreneur families, especially where academic work can improve understanding of succession, governance, family dynamics, and ownership capabilities. Its funding appears to target university chairs, research institutes, dissertations, post-docs, and related stipends in Germany and Europe, often through academically grounded projects with strong relevance to practice. The discovered grantees suggest a particular interest in the psychology, ethics, sustainability, and multi-generational challenges of family firms.
Primarily research funding and stipends for academic projects; support is likely application- or nomination-based through universities and institutes, with project-specific amounts rather than standardized grant sizes. Typical support includes dissertation and post-doc funding, with patronage-style scholarship contributions starting at around €100/month and full sponsorships around €1,500/month.
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Applicants should frame proposals around family-business research with clear academic rigor and practical relevance to ownership, succession, governance, or next-generation development. Based on the program description, strongest fits are dissertations, post-docs, and university-affiliated research projects; outreach through academic supervisors or relevant chairs may be important, and funding is likely tailored case-by-case rather than via a broad open grant competition.
Current and upcoming funding from EQUA-Stiftung that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Lehrstühle, (Universitäts-)Institute, Forschungsprojekte und wissenschaftliche Arbeiten, die sich dem Thema Familienunternehmen bzw. Unternehmerfamilie widmen; besonders interdisziplinäre Vorhaben.
Who can apply: Universitäre Lehrstühle bzw. Professuren mit Fokus auf Familienunternehmen/Unternehmerfamilien.
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