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EIC Accelerator 2026 - Short proposal
European Innovation Council (EIC) · The funder's page →
Money per projectup to €2,500,000
Deadline17 Dec 202648 days left
How they chooseCompetition
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1Does it fit you
7 conditions
What this call funds: research
Countries that may apply: European Union — any member state, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine
Consortium: you may apply alone
Legal form of the applicant: sole traders may apply
Who may apply: a commercial company may apply
Company size stated by the funder: Startup, SME; small mid-cap (up to 499 employees), but only for exceptional cases for rapid scale up purposes
Sector of the call: Research
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2Money and deadline
up to €2,500,000
Deadline 17 Dec 2026 · 48 days left. One deadline for everyone — all applications are compared with each other.
Payment: pays up front
How applications are chosen: competitive
3What you will need to give
8 short checks · about 4 minutes
8 short checks · about 4 minutes
· Is your innovation based on cutting-edge science or technology (deep tech)?
· Do you have a patent, a patent application or your own technology?
· Do you already have paying customers?
· Does your work involve any of these?
· What is your technology readiness level (TRL) today, from 1 to 9?
· How many people work with you today?
4The application
12 pages maximum
The funder's form has 3 questions
12 pages maximum, including the cover page
Limit taken from Standard application form (HE EIC Accelerator stage 1 - short proposal)
The funder's form has 3 questions
5After you get the money
2 conditions
«A requirement exists in the grant agreement for all EIC beneficiaries to inform the Agency in cases where the Intellectual Property generated by EIC projects is proposed to be transferred to an entity in a non-associated third country.»
The funder can ask the money back — read what it says