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EIT Culture & Creativity start-up support

EIT Culture & Creativity Accelerator

Status

Closes in 18 days

Applications close 2026-10-30.

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Amount
€900,000

Innovation Projects call: up to EUR 10.5M total, up to 11 projects. Stage 1 selected applicants receive EUR 20,000 to build a Business Development Plan; stage 2 implementation up to 18 months with up to EUR 900,000 per project.

You must co-fund 0%.

Funder

EIT Culture & Creativity

ppp · supranational

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Innovation Projects call, stage 1 closes 30 Oct 2026; stage 2 application form shared with selected applicants mid-Dec 2026 and open until 15 Mar 2027.

Your odds
Not published

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Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Single legal entity (startup, scale-up or SME) in fashion, architecture or audiovisual media, established in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe associated country, with a technically validated prototype/solution at TRL7.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://eit-culture-creativity.eu/latest-news/2026-09-25-eit-culture-creativity-opens-eur105m-take-europes-creative-innovations

"Applications close on 30 October 2026 for stage 1. The application form for stage 2 will be shared with selected applicants in mid-December 2026 and will be open until 15 March 2027."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: eit-culture-creativity.eu

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