EIC Accelerator
European Innovation Council (European Commission) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria
EU flagship funding for startups and SMEs with breakthrough innovations, combining a grant of up to €2.5M with optional equity of up to €10M from the EIC Fund, plus coaching and business acceleration services.
Free to start · no account needed
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About
What it offers: Grant up to €2.5M plus equity investment up to €10M.
Also: coaching and mentoring; EIC Business Acceleration Services; networking with investors and corporates.
Who can apply: Startups/SMEs established in EU member states or Horizon Europe associated countries; UK applicants may apply for grant only.
Free to apply.
Short proposals can be submitted any time; full proposals go to periodic cut-off dates set in the annual EIC Work Programme. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
How to apply: through eu funding tenders portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: proposal, deck, budget.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Grant component below EUR 2.5 million. Up to € 10 million of equity investments”
Who can apply
- Open to founders
- Startups/SMEs established in EU member states or Horizon Europe associated countries; UK applicants may apply for grant only.
What you will need
- Project proposalOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Pitch deckUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Financial summaryUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (eu funding tenders portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to European Innovation Council (European Commission) without your tap.
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