EdTech Accelerator
Pays one consortium EUR 12.5 million to run a yearly accelerator that re-grants up to EUR 150,000 each to at least 20 European EdTech start-ups and SMEs.
EdTech Accelerator is a European Commission call that pays one consortium EUR 12.5 million to run a yearly accelerator re-granting up to EUR 150,000 each to at least 20 European EdTech start-ups and SMEs. This coordination and support action funds one lead consortium, which then runs at least three open calls over the project, one per year, offering financial support to third parties: at least 20 …
The Commission wants an EdTech-specific incubation and acceleration programme, mentoring, networking, consultancy, training and market access, for European EdTech start-ups and SMEs building generative-AI, robotics or extended-reality tools for education. Pilots must be tested in real schools, universities or training settings, with impact-assessment data gathered using human-centred design methods.
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