EIC 2027 funding opportunities : Technologies & Companies (multiple calls with different deadlines)

  • Action type: Strategic technologies & scaling up companies
  • Opening date: 10 November 2026
  • Closing time: 1 September 2027 00:00 (Europe/Brussels)
  • Total budget: € 1 800 000 000
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Scope

Check the deadline for each call individually

EIC Pathfinder (€248 million) for multi-disciplinary research teams to undertake visionary research with the potential to lead to technology breakthroughs (grants up to €4 million).

EIC Transition (€92 million) to turn research results into innovation opportunities, following up on results generated by EIC Pathfinder, European Research Council Proof of Concept, Horizon Europe Pillar 2 (societal challenges) collaborative projects and Research Infrastructures projects (grants up to €2.5 million).

Advanced Innovation Challenges (€25 million) to support high-risk, demand-driven deep tech innovation with transformative potential especially in areas where there is extensive research but lack of commercial uptake (€300,000 lump sum)

EIC Accelerator (€578 million) for start-ups and SMEs to develop and scale up innovations with the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones (grants below €2.5 million, investments from €0.5 to €10 million).

The EIC Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) Scale Up (€290 million), which will provide additional equity funding to promising companies (SMEs, start-ups, spin-offs and small mid-caps) driving innovation in critical areas to help them secure larger private co-investment rounds of €50 million or above for further scaling their businesses (investments from €10 to €30 million).

EIC STEP Scale Up Defence call (€100 million) with up to €30 million in direct equity financing to accelerate the scale-up of industrial capabilities on, among others, air and missile defence, drones and counter drones, and other critical defence technologies.

Scaleup Europe Fund (€400 million) with equity investments above €30 million up to several hundred million euro. Implemented by EQT, external fund manager

In each case, the direct financial support to innovators is complemented with access to a wide range of Business Acceleration Services providing access to leading expertise, corporates, investors and ecosystem actors.

Remarks

Information days
Potential applicants can join the EIC information days:

EIC funding opportunities on 19 November
EIC Accelerator Challenges on 20 November

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