Innovation

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DEP Call 10: Accelerating Best Use of Technologies (DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10)

HaDEA listing for DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10, a Digital Europe open call with two topics: health-data interoperability under EHDS and broader safer internet coverage, with a single-stage deadline on 1 October 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: €24.4 million total across topics: €14.4m for EHDS and €10m for NETWORKSICs Deadline: Oct 1, 2026 Location: Europe

Digital Energy Challenge Call for Projects 2026: Tech Accelerator and Partnership Tracks

Historical reference for the closed Digital Energy Challenge 2026, an AFD-managed program that offered up to €150,000 for Tech Accelerator projects and up to €400,000 for a Nigeria Partnership project, including expert support.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to €150,000 for Tech Accelerator; up to €400,000 for Partnership Deadline: Historical reference Location: Africa and Nigeria

DKK 5 Million in Danish Innovation Grants: Complete Guide to the Innobooster Program

Non-dilutive support from Innovation Fund Denmark for risky, knowledge-based development in Danish SMEs.

Status: Rolling Type: Grant Amount: DKK 200,000 - 5,000,000 Deadline: Rolling or ongoing Location: Denmark

DRIVE35 Scale-Up: £5M to Manufacture the Future of EVs

Grant funding for UK businesses to run feasibility studies that reduce the risk of scaling manufacturing of zero-emission vehicle technologies in the UK.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Share of up to £5 million total; project requests allowed from £150,000 to £750,000 Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

EDA Tech Hubs FY2025 Implementation Grants: Historical Application Guide

Historical reference for the closed FY 2025 EDA Tech Hubs Implementation Grant competition, which offered approximately $220 million to a limited group of already designated Tech Hub consortia.

Status: Historical Type: Prize Amount: Approximately $220 million total Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

EIB InnovFin Energy Demonstration Projects

Historical EIB financing facility for first-of-a-kind energy demonstration projects that reduced risk before commercial deployment.

Status: Historical Type: Loan Amount: EUR 7.5m; EUR 75m in loans, guarantees or quasi-equity; up to 15-year tenor Deadline: Historical reference Location: European Union

EIC Accelerator - European Innovation Council - European Commission

EU blended finance program supporting high-risk, high-impact innovation by startups and SMEs. Short proposals are accepted year-round; the next full-proposal cut-off is 2 September 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Grant lump sum below €2.5M plus equity investment of €1M–€10M (higher under STEP ScaleUP) Deadline: Sep 2, 2026 Location: Europe and Global

EIC Women Leadership Programme 2026-2027: EU Leadership, Mentoring, and Coaching Support for Women Innovators

The EIC Women Leadership Programme is a free leadership and networking programme with mentoring, coaching, and skills training for women in the EIC/EIT ecosystem; it does not provide direct cash awards.

Status: Rolling Type: Fellowship Deadline: Rolling or ongoing Location: European Union

EIT EdTech Conference Open Call 2026

Closed EIT Urban Mobility call that sought one organisation or consortium to design, organise and deliver the EIT EdTech Conference in 2027 and 2028.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to EUR 600,000 for two editions; at least 10% co-funding required Deadline: Historical reference Location: European Union, Horizon Europe associated countries and Brussels

EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Innovation Open Call (2026-2028)

A multi-beneficiary EU-anchored call for urban mobility projects with up to €2 million per project, a total call budget of €60 million for 2026-2028, and staged deadlines through 2027.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Up to €2,000,000 EIT funding per project; up to €60,000,000 total call budget (2026-2028) Deadline: Sep 29, 2026 Location: Europe and EU and associated countries