EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application

Due: Dec 17, 2025

$12,500,000

Description

The EIC Accelerator supports companies (principally SMEs, including start-ups) to scale up high impact innovations with the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones. The EIC Accelerator provides a unique combination of funding from EUR 0.5 to EUR 12.5 million and Business Acceleration Services. The EIC Accelerator focuses on innovations building on scientific discovery or technological breakthroughs (‘deep tech’) and where significant funding is needed over a long timeframe before returns can be generated (‘patien...

Award Ceiling$12,500,000Award Floor$500,000

Eligible Applicants- Organization- Other- Small Business

Additional Eligibility Information

To be an eligible applicant to EIC Accelerator, you must apply as one of the following eligible entities:a single company classified as a SME, and established within a Member State or an Associated Country; or a single company classified as a small mid-cap (up to 499 employees) established in a Member State or an Associated Country, but only for exceptional cases for rapid scale up purposes; or one or more natural persons (including individual entrepreneurs) or legal entities, which are either: from a Member State or an Associate...

Funding Typegrant

Grantor Contact Informationhttps://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/contact_enOther Grantor InformaitonThe European Commission is the EU's main executive body, serving as a crucial institution of the European Union. It plays a pivotal role in proposing legislation, upholding EU treaties, and ensuring that Member States apply EU law and policies. The Commission is responsible for managing the EU's budget and negotiating international agreements on behalf of the European Union. Led by President Ursula von der Leyen for the 2024-2029 mandate, the Commission consists of 27 Commissioners, each tasked with specific policy priorities. Its primary functions include developing EU strategy, translating policies into concrete initiatives, and working across various domains such as competitiveness, security, social fairness, quality of life, democracy, and global engagement. The Commission acts as a key driver of European integration, working to build a sustainable, digital, and inclusive future for EU citizens, businesses, and stakeholders.

Additional informationApplicants from the United Kingdom can apply to the EIC Accelerator, but can only request and receive funding in the form of “grant only.” Specific conditions for proposal evaluation and award are detailed in Section IV and Annex 2 of the EIC Work Programme 2025. Additional URLs:

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/funding-tenders-opportunities/display/OM/Online+Manual

https://culture.ec.europa.eu/resources/creative-europe-desks

https://eic.ec.europa.eu/document/download/5e1eb75f-e437-477f-9ee9-ef54ff6387fd_en?filename=EIC%20Work%20Programme%202025.pdf

Supporting Linkhttps://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502&order=DESC&pageNumber=4&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate

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