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EIT HEI Initiative: Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education

EIT HEI Initiative

Status

Usually opens in October and February

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Opens soon

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
€1,250,000

Call for Proposals 2026 pre-announced: up to EUR 1.25 million per project (CfP 2025 offered up to EUR 2 million). Funds higher education institutions, not start-ups directly.

Funder

EIT (implemented by EIT RawMaterials on behalf of the EIT Community)

ppp · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — New Call for Proposals to launch in Q4 2026; deadline to be announced.

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
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Applicants are higher education institutions in consortia (min. 3 HEIs from 3 countries plus non-HEI partners). Start-ups benefit indirectly via university support services.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://eit-hei.eu/funding-support/funding-opportunities/

"The EIT Higher Education Initiative (EIT HEI) will launch its new Call for Proposals in Q4 2026 to support higher education institutions (HEIs)... Up to EUR 1.25 million per project. Deadline: To be announced."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: eit-hei.eu

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