Grant directory

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Awards EU deep-tech teams up to €2.5 million in lump-sum grants across two stages.

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Funds research teams and institutions for EIG CONCERT Japan: AI-Powered Robotics Estonian in artificial intelligence and robotics.

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Funds a contractor to design and prototype a fast, semi-autonomous coastal-defence surface vessel.

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Supports development of portable anti-drone systems for critical security operations.

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Supports Egyptian and Spanish firms in joint innovation for digital solutions and market access.

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Funds deep-tech SMEs and start-ups scaling breakthrough innovations, combining EUR 0.5-12.5 million of funding with business coaching and investor support.

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Funds any deep-tech start-up or SME through the open, bottom-up strand of the EIC Accelerator 2025 call, with no fixed technology theme.

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Funds interdisciplinary research consortia pursuing high-risk, high-gain early-stage deep-tech breakthroughs with EU contributions of EUR 1 million to 4 million.

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Pays deep-tech SMEs in Horizon Europe Widening countries to mature their technology from TRL4 to TRL5/6 and get investment-ready.

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Awards EUR50,000 to a top woman leader from the EIT Community, plus EUR30,000 and EUR20,000 to two runners-up.

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Awards women-led Karnataka startups up to INR 50 lakhs in early-stage seed grant-in-aid.

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Funds one organisation to run youth-led community and entrepreneurship actions across the EU's Outermost Regions.

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Pays a postdoctoral researcher's fellowship at a host organisation in an EU Widening country to help those countries attract and keep research talent.

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Pays established research leaders up to EUR 2.5 million over five years to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk frontier research.

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Pays established research leaders up to EUR 2.5 million over five years to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk frontier research.

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Pays researchers consolidating their own independent lab up to EUR 2 million over five years for frontier research.

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Pays outstanding researchers up to EUR 7 million for a major scientific challenge a regular ERC grant couldn't fund.

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Funds existing ERC grant holders in testing the commercial or societal potential of already-funded research through a fixed EUR 150,000 top-up grant.

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Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to explore the commercial or social innovation potential of their ERC-funded research.

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Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to test the commercial or social potential of their funded research.

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Awards ERC grant holders up to EUR 10,000 for outstanding public engagement with their ERC-funded research.

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Pays early-career researchers up to EUR 1.5 million over five years to launch their own independent research team.

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Pays a group of two to four Principal Investigators up to EUR 10 million to jointly tackle a research problem none of them could solve alone.

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Awards $3,000 to one or two Education for Sustainable Development projects that any organization worldwide has run for at least three years.