EIT Manufacturing BoostUp! competition
EIT Manufacturing BoostUp!
Usually opens in March and June
Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.
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Pan-European competition with regional heats and a European final, in Create / Grow / Expand categories. Winners receive cash prizes (historically in the EUR 10,000-50,000 range per category) plus access to EIT Manufacturing's industrial network. Equity-free.
You must co-fund 0%.
EIT Manufacturing
ppp · supranational
Deadline: One call a year — Annual competition; regional heats usually run in spring/summer with the European final in autumn.
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: manufacturing
- Stage: idea stage, pre-seed, seed and Series A
- Locally registered entity required
Start-ups, scale-ups and innovators with manufacturing-related solutions from EIT Manufacturing's regional coverage.
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work
Source. https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/ · not human-checked
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found
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