In Mönchengladbach, you can currently apply for a startup scholarship for aviation. The aim is to strengthen the role of the local airport as a competence center for alternative forms of propulsion and a research center. As a bonus, there is a rent-free apartment. The requirements for the application for founding teams of preferably two to three people are a meaningful pitch deck (max. 10 pages), a company that has been founded or is about to be founded (within the next three months) and the willingness to move to Mönchengladbach for the duration of the year in which the funding is provided. If a completed business plan is available, this can be submitted. Local and regional as well as national or international startups are addressed. In the aviation sector, innovative business models are sought that relate to drone technology, design research and development of future means of air transport, alternative propulsion systems or other innovative fields. In the area of ​​cyber security, this can involve IT monitoring, risk management, data protection, data backup or protection against cyber attacks. In the field of textile technology, innovations from the fields of new materials, technical/smart textiles, supply chains/logistics, circular economy/recycling, textile engineering or digital markets/business models are preferred. The application phase is now open and runs until July 15, 2023. Applications should be sent to [email protected] to be addressed, keyword “startup grant”. Anyone who makes it into the respective final selection will be invited to the jury meeting in Mönchengladbach in the summer. There it is then a matter of finally convincing the jury in the pitch format and securing the Startup.Starterkit.MG. The funded year for the three winning startups will start on August 1, 2023 (aviation) or October 1, 2023 (textile technology and cyber security) at the earliest. The legal process is excluded. All information is also available at www.startupmg.de.