Creative Europe MEDIA Innovative Tools and Business Models
Creative Europe MEDIA - Innovative Tools and Business Models
Closes in 93 days
Applications close 2027-01-13.
Grants for technology and business model innovation across the audiovisual value chain, covering up to 70% of eligible costs. Project budgets commonly run to several hundred thousand euro.
You must co-fund 30%. Work out the cash you need
public · supranational
Deadline: One call a year — CREA-MEDIA-2027-INNOVBUSMOD: open 29 Sep 2026, single-stage, deadline 13 Jan 2027.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
You fund 30% yourself.
Who can apply
- Sectors: creative, deeptech
- Stage: seed and Series A
- Locally registered entity required
Companies established in a Creative Europe participating country; consortium applications are common but single applicants are eligible for some topics.
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work
Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: ec.europa.eu
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