Can My Company Receive Funding from the EU?

To see if the project is eligible for funding in one of the 13 topics, please read What Types of Industries Receive Funding?.

More information and FAQs by the European Commission can be found here.

Your company can apply with a project proposal if:

• It registered in an EU-28 country such as
  • Austria, Italy, Belgium, Latvia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Croatia, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Malta, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Denmark, Poland,  Estonia, Portugal, Finland, Romania, France, Slovakia, Germany, Slovenia,  Greece, Spain, Hungary, Sweden,  Ireland, United Kingdom.
• or in one of the associated countries such as
  • Iceland, Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,  Montenegro,  Serbia, Turkey,  Israel, Moldova,  Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Ukraine, Tunisia, Georgia, Armenia.
• It is an SME defined as a < 250 headcount, < €50 million turn-over and < €43 million balance sheet.
• You have three task leaders for the technical, commercial and financial aspects of the project
• Your technology is at the Technology Readiness Level 6 which means that it has been tested in the relevant environment and has proven its efficacy

These tips are not only useful for European startups, professional writers, consultants and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) but are generally recommended when writing a business plan or investor documents.

Deadlines: Post-Horizon 2020, the EIC Accelerator accepts Step 1 submissions now while the deadlines for the full applications (Step 2) under Horizon Europe are:

The Step 1 applications must be submitted weeks in advance of Step 2. The next EIC Accelerator cut-off for Step 2 (full proposal) can be found here. After Brexit, UK companies can still apply to the EIC Accelerator under Horizon Europe albeit with non-dilutive grant applications only - thereby excluding equity-financing.

Contact: You can reach out to us via this contact form to work with a professional consultant.

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EU, UK & US Startups: Alternative financing options for EU, UK and US innovation startups are the EIC Pathfinder (combining Future and Emerging Technologies - FET Open & FET Proactive) with €4M per project, Thematic Priorities, European Innovation Partnerships (EIP), Innovate UK with £3M (for UK-companies only) as well as the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants with $1M (for US-companies only).

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