🚀 Do you have a high-impact innovative technology, product, service, or business model that could create new markets or disrupt existing ones in Europe and even worldwide?

💡 Are you a start-up or an SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) with the ambition and commitment to scale up?

💶 Are you looking for substantial funding, but the risks involved are too high for private investors to cover the full amount needed?

If your answers to the above questions are ‘yes,’ then the EIC Accelerator may be the right funding scheme for you.

What is the EIC Accelerator?

The EIC Accelerator supports companies (principally SMEs, including start-ups) to scale up high-impact innovationswith the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.
It provides a unique combination of:

• Grant funding
• Investment funding
• Business Acceleration Services

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Funding Overview

The total indicative budget for this call is EUR 634 million:

• EUR 384 million allocated to EIC Accelerator Open (for projects outside predefined topics)
• EUR 250 million allocated to EIC Accelerator Challenges (for projects matching predefined topics)

🔗 Learn more: EIC Accelerator Details

Apply here

Deadline for Applications: 2025-10-01