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European Innovation Council Pre-Accelerator

EIC Pre-Accelerator

Status

Opens 2027-05-05

Date published by the funder.

Opens soon
Amount
€1,000,000

'Individual grants between 500 thousand and 1 million EUR.' The 2025 call awarded up to EUR 500 000 per company (70 companies, ~EUR 32.5 million total). The next call under the WIDERA work programme 2026-2027 is stated to raise this to EUR 1 million per company with a EUR 40 million budget.

You must co-fund 30%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) / European Commission, under the Horizon Europe Widening (WIDERA) work programme

public · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — 2027 call opens 5 May 2027 and closes 18 November 2027. 2025 call has closed.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

You fund 30% yourself.

Who can apply

Single SMEs established in Horizon Europe widening countries (e.g. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia) and specified associated countries. Grant covers 70% of eligible cost.

How to apply

  1. Check that your company is established in an eligible Horizon Europe Widening country or outermost region. — link
  2. Register on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal and obtain a PIC. — link
  3. Submit a single-applicant SME proposal via the Funding & Tenders Portal when the call is open. — link

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EIC Accelerator, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-pre-accelerator_en

"Individual grants between 500 thousand and 1 million EUR. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, ..."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: eic.ec.europa.eu

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