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Grants

European Innovation Council Accelerator

EIC Accelerator

Status

Status not published

Short applications can be submitted at any time; full proposals have fixed cut-offs. 2026 full-proposal cut-offs: 7 January, 4 March, 6 May, 8 July, 2 September and 4 November 2026.

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Amount

€2,500,000

Up to EUR 2.5 million grant for technology development and market readiness, combined with an optional EIC Fund equity investment (typically EUR 0.5-10 million, and up to EUR 15 million in some cases) through 'blended finance'.

Funder

European Innovation Council (European Commission / EISMEA)

public · supranational

Deadline: cutoff — Short applications can be submitted at any time; full proposals have fixed cut-offs. 2026 full-proposal cut-offs: 7 January, 4 March, 6 May, 8 July, 2 September and 4 November 2026.

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

major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Up to 249 employees
Sectors: deeptech, health, climate, ai, space, energy, manufacturing
Stage: seed, series_a, growth
R&D activity required
Locally registered entity required

Single SMEs (including startups and small mid-caps for the investment component) established in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe associated country. Technology must be at TRL 5-8 for the grant.

How to apply

Submit the short application (pitch deck, video and form) at any time via the EIC AI platform
If successful, submit a full proposal before one of the published cut-offs
Face-to-face (or remote) jury interview for shortlisted companies
Grant agreement preparation and, for blended finance, EIC Fund due diligence

What you will need

Short application form
Pitch deck
Video pitch
Full business plan (Annex)
Company financials

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities_en — checked 2026-08-14

"EIC Accelerator: Scale-Up Grants & Investments for scaling up business. Deadlines: 7.01.2026 | 4.03.2026 | 6.05.2026 | 8.07.2026 | 2.09.2026 | 4.11.2026"