EU · in EnglishOpen until 16 December 2027

Short proposal (HORIZON-EIC-2027-ACCELERATOR-01)

The official English text of the call comes from the European Commission's Funding & Tenders portal.

Source: ec.europa.eu source last read: 14 November 2026

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Submission opens: 10 November 2026
Submission deadline: 16 December 2027397 days left

What is it about?

Az EIC Accelerator pályázat olyan innovatív kkv-knek és kisvállalkozásoknak szól, amelyek gyors növekedésre és nemzetközi terjeszkedésre készülnek. A támogatás kombinált finanszírozást nyújt: részben vissza nem térítendő támogatást, részben pedig tőkebefektetést az EU-tagállamokban vagy társult országokban működő vállalkozások fejlesztéséhez. A pályázat célja a technológiai innovációk piaci bevezetésének felgyorsítása és a startupok, illetve kis- és középvállalkozások skálázása, hogy versenyképesek legyenek a globális piacon.

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Eligibility and submission conditions

"> General conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout To be an eligible applicant to EIC Accelerator, you must apply as one of the following eligible entities: a single company classified as a SME, and established within a Member State or an Associated Country (see Annex 2); or a single company classified as a small mid-cap (up to 499 employees) established in a Member State or an Associated Country, but only for “investment component only” support or for “blended finance” in exceptional cases for rapid scale up purposes; or one or more natural persons (including individual entrepreneurs) or legal entities, which are either: a. from a Member State or an Associated Country intending to establish an SME or small mid-cap (as defined above) in a Member State or Associated Country by the time of signing the EIC Accelerator grant agreement or, in case the equity only is awarded, at the latest at the date of signature of the investment agreement; b. intending to invest in an SME or small mid-cap established in a Member State or an Associated Country; they may submit a proposal on behalf of that SME or small mid-cap, provided that a prior agreement exists with the company.

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