Horizon Europe European Innovation Ecosystems, SCALEUP strand
European Innovation Ecosystems - SCALEUP
Status not published
Annual EIE calls; SCALEUP topics appear alongside CONNECT topics in the same work programme.
Supports the scale-up of innovation ecosystems and instruments such as Women TechEU and innovation procurement support. Budgets per topic are published in the EIE work programme; many actions include financial support to third parties passed on to start-ups.
You must co-fund 0%.
European Commission (EISMEA), Horizon Europe Part 10
public · supranational
Deadline: annual_call — Annual EIE calls; SCALEUP topics appear alongside CONNECT topics in the same work programme.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: deeptech, any
- Stage: seed, series_a
- Locally registered entity required
Consortium-based. Deep-tech scale-ups can be direct partners in some topics and cascade beneficiaries in others.
Source. https://eismea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/european-innovation-ecosystems_en — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked