EIT Water (Knowledge and Innovation Community)
EIT Water
Closed for now
EIT Water was formally launched in November 2025; its first start-up calls are expected as the community stands up its co-location centres. Watch eit.europa.eu and the EIT Water community site.
Newest EIT Innovation Community, designated in 2025 to address water resilience. Its start-up-facing instruments (acceleration, incubation, business creation calls) are being rolled out; funding amounts are not yet published as standing figures.
EIT Water / European Institute of Innovation and Technology
ppp · supranational
Deadline: annual_call — Business creation calls are expected to follow the standard EIT pattern of annual calls once the community's first business plan is in force.
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, agri, energy
- Stage: idea, pre_seed, seed
- Locally registered entity required
Water resilience, water treatment, water reuse and water-in-industry innovators in the EU and Horizon Europe associated countries.
Source. https://www.eit.europa.eu/our-activities/call-for-eit-communities/eit-water — checked 2026-08-14
"EIT Water Launched: New Innovation Community to Tackle Europe's Water Challenges"