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Find similar grantsEIC Accelerator Challenges 2025 is sponsored by European Innovation Council (EIC). Provides funding for start-ups and SMEs developing breakthrough technologies in predefined areas, including advanced materials and scaling up.
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EIC Accelerator Challenges 2025 - European Innovation Council EIC Accelerator Challenges 2025 EIC Accelerator Challenges The EIC Accelerator Challenges calls are open to proposals in predefined topics that have been identified in areas where breakthrough technologies or game-changing innovations developed by start-ups or SMEs can have a major impact on EU objectives.
In 2025 support for start-ups in semiconductor technologies and quantum technologies will be pursued in particular through STEP Scale Up. The total budget for EIC Accelerator Challenges for 2025 is EUR 250 million . The total indicative budget per challenge is EUR 50 million.
Is your project dealing with a different topic? Then go to the EIC Accelerator Open. List of EIC Accelerator Challenges Acceleration of advanced materials development and upscaling along the value chain Scaling SMEs belonging to the whole value chain of advanced materials and addressing one or more of these four key application areas: energy, mobility, electronics, construction.
Biotechnology driven low emission food and feed production systems Radically decreasing greenhouse gas emissions and the wider environmental footprint of the food production system requires further action on several fronts.
GenAI4EU: Creating European Champions in Generative AI To support start-ups and SMEs committed to bringing transformative AI-driven solutions to market, to safeguard human autonomy and enhance human expertise thus providing significant added value to decision-making processes, services or industrial workflows.
Innovative in-space servicing, operations, robotics and technologies for resilient EU space infrastructure To support companies developing cost-effective, scalable and resilient solutions to service and/or augment satellite capabilities, perform in-orbit refuelling, contribute to space debris reduction, and protect EU space infrastructure Breakthrough innovations for future mobility To support cost-effective and scalable deep tech breakthroughs that will help deliver reductions in mobility-related emissions.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Start-ups and SMEs from EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated countries, with a focus on advanced materials development. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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