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Attention almost always sits with the application. But the value of the funding is decided afterwards. In day-to-day project work, in drawdowns, changes, cost delimitation and evidence. The audit often comes considerably later, and then only what is traceably documented counts.

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Deutsche Firmenkredit Partner
ENTIAC
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DC Smarter
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Unternehmensgruppe Albert Weil
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The problem: the risks arise after the award

Costs are allocated incorrectly, changes go unreported, documents are missing or reporting obligations are recognised too late.

The reason is rarely bad faith. Often there is no clear responsibility between the application, the project team and accounting.

What is at stake

01

The amount paid out.

A clawback reclaims funds that you have long since committed and spent.

02

Liquidity planning.

A repayment demand usually comes once the project is closed and nobody expects any further outflow.

03

Access to future programmes.

Irregularities in evidence can count against your next application.

What this means for the other roles

Funding that might be clawed back is not a foundation for strategy. Audit-ready compliance turns public funding into a dependable part of the capital structure, one you can plan around and defend to a board or an investor without a hidden liability underneath it.

Compliance usually lands on the teams with the least time for it. We take on the documentation, the obligation tracking and the audit preparation, and we set clear roles so it does not depend on one person who happens to know how a programme works.

How we work

We do not treat compliance as follow-up work but as a fixed part of the funding strategy. The judgement that protects you is made by people. The aim is maximum funding with minimum internal effort and the highest audit security.

Classify the work correctly.

In the application, costs are allocated cleanly and work packages are structured traceably. More than anything else, this determines whether a claim survives an audit.

Translate the award decision into tasks.

After approval, conditions, deadlines and reporting obligations become specific tasks for the project team, finance and controlling.

Document continuously.

During the funded period we support drawdowns, cost delimitation and change notifications. Digital systems keep track of deadlines and reveal gaps early.

Defend the claim in the audit.

When an authority audits, we defend the claim with the documentation that is already in place.

Proof in numbers

95%

Success rate

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FAQs about funding advisory

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Every cost claimed can later be allocated unambiguously to an approved cost position, a project period and the funded purpose, with matching documents and time records. Continuously during delivery, not through reconstruction at the end.

More than most teams expect. The award is not the finish line, and that is exactly where most of the value lost after approval disappears.

Audits can take place routinely as part of the proof of use, or later through the funding body, courts of auditors or audit authorities. Interim audits are common in longer projects.

Clawback threatens above all where funds were not used for the designated purpose, conditions were not met or evidence is missing.

That depends on the programme and the award decision. Often for several years after the proof of use has been submitted or audited, frequently at least five. The specific award decision is always the authoritative source.

No. The earlier we come in, the less has to be reconstructed. Documentation can also be reset in the middle of the funded period.

Usually three functions: the project team for content and time recording, accounting for documents and cost allocation, management for changes. We take over exactly this coordination.

Many customers come to us alongside their existing advisers. The difference lies in specialisation: we understand how funding programmes work and support the entire lifecycle through to the audit.

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