EIT Climate-KIC ClimAccelerator
Status not published
Individual ClimAccelerator programmes open their own calls, mostly in the first half of the year. EIT Climate-KIC restructured its entrepreneurship offering; check the organisation's open calls page for the currently running accelerators.
Delivered as a network of thematic and geographic ClimAccelerator programmes run by local partners. Equity-free grants have historically ranged in the low tens of thousands of euro per venture, but each local accelerator sets its own terms.
ppp · supranational
Deadline: One call a year — Individual ClimAccelerator programmes open their own calls, mostly in the first half of the year. EIT Climate-KIC restructured its entrepreneurship offering; check the organisation's open calls page for the currently running accelerators.
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: climate, energy, agri, mobility
- Stage: idea stage, pre-seed and seed
Programmes are typically restricted to teams based in the EU Member State or region hosting the individual ClimAccelerator.
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work
Source. https://www.climate-kic.org/programmes/
"Climate entrepreneurship is listed among EIT Climate-KIC focus areas; specific accelerator calls are published under the organisation's open calls section."
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found
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