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European Innovation Council Business Acceleration Services

EIC Business Acceleration Services (BAS)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

No cash award. BAS provides in-kind support: coaching, mentoring, expertise and training, access to global corporate partners, investor matchmaking and ecosystem/peer access. The official page does not state a monetary value.

Funder

European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)

public · supranational

Deadline: Open all year — Open calls for individual services are published on the EIC Community Platform on a rolling basis. 'Our services have no expiration date. You remain eligible to apply even after your project has concluded.'

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Access is restricted to: EIC awardees (Pre-Accelerator, Accelerator, Transition, Pathfinder, STEP Scale Up), EIC Accelerator Step 1 applicants, EIC Scaling Club members, Horizon Europe Seal of Excellence holders, Women TechEU awardees, and Ukrainian tech SME/start-up beneficiaries. Notably you become eligible simply by submitting an EIC Accelerator Step 1 short proposal.

How to apply

  1. Visit the EIC Community Platform to view open BAS calls and submit applications. — link
  2. Browse the EIC Service Catalogue for available partner services. — link

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EIC Accelerator, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/business-acceleration-services_en

"EIC support goes far beyond funding. It provides to the EIC top-notch innovators with access to a range of tailor-made high-quality Business Acceleration Services (BAS). ... Our services have no expiration date. You remain eligible to apply even after your project has concluded."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: eic.ec.europa.eu

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