Grant
EIC Pre-accelerator - Widening
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The EIC Pre-accelerator - Widening provides grants between 300,000 and 500,000 EUR alongside business acceleration services for early-stage deep-tech SMEs in Horizon Europe Widening countries. It aims to advance technologies from TRL 4 to TRL 5/6 and prepare companies for follow-on investment and EIC Accelerator funding.
Key facts
- Organiser
- European Innovation Council / European Commission
- Deadline
- November 18, 2027
- Opens
- May 5, 2027
- Amount
- €500,000 · Grant
- Equity
- None
- Entry fee
- Free to apply
- Open to
- Albania, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia and 14 more
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Deeptech and hardware
- Application languages
- English
Verified on September 28, 2026 against the official page.
Facts are summarised from the official page and can change without notice. Always confirm the rules and deadline there before you apply.