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EIC Pathfinder
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European Innovation Council (EIC) · Grant · Needs partners · 30 eligible countries
€4M
Up to, per project
8-10 weeks
Typical prep time
Rolling
Continuously open
What this call funds
This programme funds early, high-risk scientific research aimed at breakthrough deep-tech discoveries, usually before a company even exists or during its very first R&D steps. It supports collaborative teams exploring radically new technology ideas rather than product commercialisation.
Who wins this
A multi-country consortium of research organisations and deep-tech innovators exploring a scientifically ambitious, early-stage breakthrough technology.
The call in detail
- Stage
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Sectors
- Deep Tech
- Eligible countries (30)
- Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, Poland, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland
- Partners
- Required. You apply as a consortium — a group of organisations applying together.
- Also required
- Applicants must be based in one of the listed eligible countries, typically forming a small multi-country research consortium.
- Funding type
- grant
- Typical prep time
- 8-10 weeks
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Who has won calls like this
Real projects funded under calls like this
NOAH · UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT · Netherlands · 5 partners
€4M
2027
BRICKS · FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA · Italy · 5 partners
€3.8M
2026
SCALAR · UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART · Germany · 4 partners
€4M
2026
COBRAS · UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART · Germany · 3 partners
€4M
2026
GLIOGEN-X · Siena Imaging s.r.l. · Italy · 5 partners
€4M
2026
SPECTRA · CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB · Sweden · 6 partners
€4M
2026
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