EUROPEAN FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
EIC ACCELERATOR
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Supports SMEs to scale-up technological break-through innovations.
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Individual company application
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Call: 3 times a year. Next call: 05.10.2022.
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Target group: SMEs
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Potential Funding
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Grants up to €2,5 mln
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Investments up to €15 mln
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Price :
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Phase 1 : €1990
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Phase 2 : €9990 + 3,5% success fee
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EUROSTARS
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Supports international collaborative R&D and innovation projects.
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Min 2 project partners from 2 different countries
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National funding rules apply.
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Calls: twice per year. Next call: 15.09.2022
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Target group: SMEs, HEI
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Potential Funding
Average size between €500k - €1,5 mln. (No max amount of upper limit of funding)
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Price: €9990 Euros + 3,5% success fee (includes 2 partners)
HORIZON EUROPE
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EU's key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of 95,5 billion EUR.
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Scientific and technological excellence, green and digital transitions, innovation uptake
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Calls continuously published
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Consortium type of applications consisting out of HEIs, SMEs, cities,
Potential Funding
Project sizes vary from €1mln - €20mln.
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Price range: €10000 - €20000 (+ success fee)
ITEA
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EUREKA RDI cluster focused on software innovations.
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Industry, smes, HEI, and end-users collaborate in funded projects
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Areas: smart mobility, health care, smart cities and energy, manufaturing, engineering, and safety and security
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Calls: once a year. Project outline 15.11.2022, Full Proposal 13.02.2023.
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Potential Funding
​Project sizes vary between €1mln - €30 mln EUR.
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Price range: €10000 - 20000 (+ success fee)
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EIT RAW MATERIALS
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Circular economy approach, through innovation in recycling, substitution, processing, mining, and exploration.
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Connecting business with academia, research, and investment.
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Target group: academy, startups, and SMEs (upscaling).
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Calls twice a year: Booster call (200k for startups), Upscaling Call, Education Call.
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Potential Funding
​Amount of funding dependent on call e.g. €200k (Booster)- €3 mln (Upscaling).
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Price range: €4990 - €9990 (+ success fee)
BUSINESS FINLAND
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Enables companies to develop, demonstrate and evaluate solutions.
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Focuses on global market expansion.
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Promotes collaboration between companies and research groups.
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References: multiple HEI and company cases
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Potential Funding
​Amount of funding dependent on call e.g. anywhere from 5000 Euros (Innovation Voucher) up to millions of Euros.
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Average Price range: €2990 - €9990 (+ success fee)