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Open Horizons - Open Call 3
Closed, next round expectedOpen Horizons
Cascade funding call offering up to €55,000 in equity-free grants and corporate piloting for European women-led digital and deep tech startups.
- Kind
- Grant programme
- Countries
- AL, AM, BA +15
- Key fact
- Deadline 19 May 2026
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
Financial Support to Startups and Scaleups
Closed, next round expectedEIT Culture & Creativity
EIT Culture & Creativity call offering up to €500k in grants and acceleration support for European startups and scaleups in fashion, architecture, and audiovisual media.
- Kind
- Grant programme
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 12 Oct 2026
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
DeployAI Open Call to the Private Sector
Closed, next round expectedDeployAI
Open call offering up to €60,000 for European startups, SMEs, and research organisations to integrate, test, and deploy mature AI solutions (TRL 7+) onto the AI-on-Demand (AIoD) platform across three stages.
- Kind
- Grant programme
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 8 Jun 2026
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
Innovation Uptake Call
UncertainEIT Community New European Bauhaus
EIT Health grant call supporting international consortia to pilot and scale mature digital, data-driven, and AI-powered healthcare solutions across European markets.
- Kind
- Grant programme
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Ticket up to €650K
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
Quantum Grand Challenge (HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QGC-02)
Closed, next round expectedEuroHPC Joint Undertaking
EuroHPC JU challenge for European quantum startups, providing Phase 1 grants to develop technical and financial roadmaps, with top projects invited to apply for EIB Venture Debt under InvestEU.
- Kind
- Grant programme
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 29 Jan 2026
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
Transformative Healthcare Instrument Call 2026
Closed, next round expectedEIT Health
EIT Health offers grants of up to €500,000 to European healthcare SMEs to advance product development, improve commercialisation plans, and prepare for further fundraising.
- Kind
- Grant programme
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 16 Sep 2026
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
ELIAS 2nd Open Call
Closed, next round expectedELIAS
European open call providing lump-sum grants of up to €60,000 for SMEs, startups, and NGOs to develop AI and machine learning applications for sustainability over six months.
- Kind
- Grant programme
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 31 May 2026
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
EIC Accelerator Challenge: Emerging Quantum Technology Components
Closed, next round expectedEuropean Innovation Council
EIC Accelerator challenge supporting European deep tech startups in developing quantum hardware components, including fault-tolerant quantum computing, quantum sensors, and communication devices.
- Kind
- Grant programme
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 3 Oct 2024
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
IF26 Maritime Call
Closed, next round expectedEuropean Commission
EU Innovation Fund call supporting innovative low- and zero-carbon technologies, propulsion systems, alternative fuels, and port infrastructure for maritime transport.
- Kind
- Grant programme
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
IF24 Call
Closed, next round expectedEuropean Commission
EU grant call supporting net-zero technologies and cleantech manufacturing, covering small to large-scale decarbonisation and deep decarbonisation pilot projects.
- Kind
- Grant programme
- Countries
- EU-wide, IS, LI +1
- Key fact
- Deadline 24 Apr 2025
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
European Innovation Council
EIT grant call funding consortia of education providers and industry partners with up to €80,000 per project to develop practical STEM training programmes reaching at least 1,200 learners.
- Kind
- Grant programme
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 14 Dec 2026
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
AMALTEA 2nd Open Call - Call for SMEs & Start-ups: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Construction
OpenEITUM-BP26-28
Cascade funding call under the Horizon Europe AMALTEA project supporting SMEs and startups that develop innovative solutions for sustainable construction.
- Kind
- Grant programme
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 27 Jan 2027
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
European Innovation Council
The EIC provides up to €30 million in direct equity co-investment for EU, EEA-associated, and Ukrainian companies scaling up industrial capabilities in defence technologies, participating in funding rounds of €50 million or more.
- Kind
- Public investor
- Stages
- Series A · Series B · Series C+
- Countries
- EU-wide, IS, LI +2
- Key fact
- Ticket up to €30M
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
European Commission
- Kind
- Grant call
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 15 Jun 2027
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
European Commission
- Kind
- Grant call
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 16 Sep 2027
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
Access to research infrastructure services to enable R&I addressing industry needs in priority areas
UpcomingEuropean Commission
- Kind
- Grant call
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 15 Jun 2027
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
European Commission
- Kind
- Grant call
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 16 Sep 2027
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
European Commission
- Kind
- Grant call
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 22 Sep 2027
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
European Commission
- Kind
- Grant call
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 4 May 2027
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026
European Commission
- Kind
- Grant call
- Countries
- EU-wide
- Key fact
- Deadline 15 Sep 2027
- Last verified
- Verified 7 Nov 2026