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Nabór UE: EIC Accelerator 2026 - Short proposal

A chance to grant and invest for deep tech startups ready to scale. You will learn how to prepare a short proposal to stand out in the eyes of the EIC committee and accelerate the acquisition of funding.

When Thursday, 17 December 2026
Time 01:00
City online

Scope:

EIC Accelerator supports companies (mainly SMEs, including start-ups) in increasing the scale of innovation with a high impact, which can contribute to the creation of new markets or distort existing ones. Acceleration of the EIC is a unique combination of grants and investments and business acceleration services (see IP/10/73). Section VII of the EIC 2026) work programme.

The EIC Accelerator focuses in particular on innovation based on scientific discoveries or technological breakthroughs ("deep technology") and in which substantial funding is needed over a long period of time before it is possible to generate profits ("patient capital"). Such innovation often has difficulty attracting funding because the risks and times involved are too high. EIC Accelerator funding and support is intended to enable such innovators to attract the full amounts of investment needed to scale up in a shorter time.

The EIC accelerator supports later stages of technology development and increases scale. The technological element of your innovation must therefore be tested and approved in the laboratory and other relevant environment (e. "Software" specially designed or modified for the "use" of equipment specified in 1C001. a. 2. at least the level of technological readiness completed (5). The EIC Accelerator aims to support companies in which EIC support will act as a catalyst to suppress other investors needed to increase innovation.

Applicants to the EIC Accelerator may submit applications by:

  • EIC Accelerator Open - which has no pre-defined thematic priorities and is open to proposals in any field of technology or application
  • EIC Accelerator Challenges - in pre-defined areas of new and strategic technologies.

For more information, see the EIC 2026 work programme.

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Scope: 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 grant and investment funding and Business Acceleration Services (see Section VII of EIC Work Programme 2026). The EIC Accelerator focuses in particular 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 (‘patient capital’). Such innovations often struggle to attract financing because the risks and time period involved are too high. Funding and support from the EIC Accelerator is designed to enable such innovators to attract the full investment amounts needed for scale up in a shorter timeframe. The EIC Accelerator supports the later stages of technology development as well as scale up. The technology component of your innovation must therefore have been tested and validated in a laboratory and other relevant environment (e.g., at least Technology Readiness Level 5 completed). The EIC Accelerator looks to support companies where the EIC support will act as a catalyst to crowd in other investors necessary for the scale up of the innovation. Applicants to EIC Accelerator can submit proposals through: • EIC Accelerator Open - which has no predefined thematic priorities and is open to proposals in any field of technology or application • EIC Accelerator Challenges - in predefined areas of emerging and strategic technologies. For further information please see the EIC Work Programme 2026.