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EIC Pre-Accelerator

Funds early-stage start-ups in European widening countries with readiness and acceleration support.

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EIC Pre-Accelerator is the European Innovation Council’s readiness grant for start-ups in Horizon Europe widening countries. It focuses on technology readiness, business readiness, and investment readiness for single SMEs that are registered in the widening-country group named by the call, with associated-country and outermost-region carve-outs. The program sits below the Accelerator in the EIC st…

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.

Last verified: 28 May 2026Source: eic.ec.europa.eu