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EIC Accelerator
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European Innovation Council (EIC) · Blended · Can apply alone · 30 eligible countries
€500k–€17.5M
Per project
5.0%
Historic success rate
8-12 weeks
Typical prep time
Rolling
Continuously open
What this call funds
This scheme backs individual startups and scale-ups working on breakthrough or deep-tech innovations, giving them a grant of up to €2.5M plus the option of an equity investment of up to €15M. It's designed to help promising companies get through the risky commercialisation phase and scale up in the market.
Who wins this
A single deep-tech, healthtech, cleantech or AI/ML startup or SME based in an eligible country that has a breakthrough innovation ready to scale and needs both grant funding and equity investment.
The call in detail
- Full-proposal cut-offs
- 2 Sep 2026 · 4 Nov 2026
- Stage
- Seed · Series A · Series B
- Sectors
- Deep Tech · HealthTech · CleanTech · AI/ML
- 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
- Not required. You can apply on your own.
- Eligible applicants
- SME, startup
- Submission
- Multiple cut-offs (rolling call with several deadlines)
- Also required
- Applicants must be based in an EU member state or an associated country; funding combines a grant of up to €2.5M with optional equity investment up to €15M.
- Funding type
- blended
- Typical prep time
- 8-12 weeks
Could you win this call?
We read your site to see what you build.
Who has won calls like this
Real projects funded under calls like this
VIPER · Makesense Technology Limited · United Kingdom
€2.5M
2026
Paramorph · Inephany Ltd · United Kingdom
€2.4M
2026
DIABEACON · INREDA DIABETIC BV · Netherlands
€2.5M
2026
Pregnolia Dx · PREGNOLIA AG · Switzerland
€2.2M
2026
SpacEAAL · AdapTronics SRL · Italy
€2.5M
2026
Vascascope · Cortirio Limited · United Kingdom
€2.5M
2026
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