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HORIZON EUROPE – EIC – EIC Transition 2026 – 2026

HORIZON EUROPE – European Innovation Council aims at supporting breakthrough innovations from the laboratory right through to market launch, with three schemes offering funding and support solutions for prizewinners.

2026-09-16
100 million euros
Open

Call synthesis

Call reference HORIZON-EIC-2026-TRANSITIONOPEN
Programme HORIZON EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors All sectors Justice, Security, Defence Other Research & Innovation Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries Large company (> 250 employees) Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees)

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Call reference

HORIZON-EIC-2026-TRANSITIONOPEN



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Priorities and funded actions

Some Horizon Europe budgets are structured in response to policy ambitions (“destinations”) and deployed through calls for proposals targeting more specific thematic/sector (“Topics”). Thus, your application must be linked to a topic of a call for proposals.

Various categories of projects are eligible:

  • RIA, Research and Innovation Actions: Basic and applied research / Technology development and adoption / Testing and validation of a prototype in the laboratory;
  • IA, Innovation Actions: Prototypes, tests, demonstrations, pilot projects, market placement. These actions may include limited R&D activities;
  • CSA, Coordination and Support Actions: Networking, studies & conferences, communication, studies for new research infrastructures;
  • MSCA, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions / ERC individual grants: Training networks for researchers, Individual grants for experienced researchers, Staff exchange – mobility for researchers and non-scientific staff.

In addition, calls specify the categories of eligible beneficiaries:

  • Collaborative projects, composed of a coordinator and several partners organisations (consortium);
  • Single-beneficiary projects, involving a single organization;
  • Individual scholarships, open to natural persons in their own name with their home institution.

TOPICS:

Open

  • HORIZON-EIC-2026-TRANSITIONOPEN : EIC Transition Open

Additional information

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 100 million euros
  • Budget per topic:
    • HORIZON-EIC-2026-TRANSITIONOPEN: 100 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 500.000 euros and 2.5 million euros
  • Funding rate: 100% of the total eligible costs

This grant is a lump sum grant.