Startup Europe, …IE-2027-01-CONNECT-01

Startup Europe

Announced, not yet open · HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions · HORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-01

Next cut-off

15 Sept '27

in 374 days

Per grant

€2.0M

the call's own average

Grants expected

projects that will be funded

Funding rate

100%

the full cost of the action

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

Increasing the market footprint of European startups in strategic digital technologies and deep tech[1] innovation, including but not limited to Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Computing, Cybersecurity, Next Generation Internet, Blockchain, Internet of Things, Metaverse, Energy, Greentech, AgriTech, and Fintech;
Better connection of startups and scaleups, including European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and European Innovation Council (EIC)-supported startups and Seal of Excellence holders, to relevant local and/or European ecosystems, communities, and potential new markets;
A scaling up of capabilities in matching technology solutions developed by highly innovative European Union (EU)-funded digital and deep tech startups with investment and growth opportunities in collaboration with other initiatives such as: the EIC, the EIT and the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs), InvestEU, the Digital Europe Programme, Women TechEU, public and private buyers, or investors and corporate innovation ventures.

In pursuit of the above outcomes the projects are expected to prioritise:

Startups and scaleups that have already achieved market-product fit or scale ups that have raised at least a round of financing (seed or later); and
Startups and scaleups established in ‘moderate’ or ‘emerging’ innovator countries and/or regions; or
Women-led startups and scaleups[2].

Scope:

Trimmed here, the full scope, expected outcomes and award criteria are on the official topic page ↗.

What applying costs you

Item	Estimate	Note
Drafting effort	6–8 weeks	single submission
Partner search	4–8 weeks	runs in parallel, and it is the part that slips
Time to first payment	6–9 months	cut-off → evaluation → grant agreement

Item

Estimate

Note

Drafting effort

6–8 weeks

single submission

Partner search

4–8 weeks

runs in parallel, and it is the part that slips

Time to first payment

6–9 months

cut-off → evaluation → grant agreement

These are Bemzu's estimates from the call's structure (the number of stages and whether a consortium is required) not figures published by the Commission. Only the co-financing share is read from the call itself.

Where these conditions come from

Two kinds of row. Most are the sentence we read the condition from, quoted out of the call itself. Some say plainly that they are not a quotation but the programme's own rule for this type of action, the EU portal publishes a table of contents where the conditions should be, so for a Research and Innovation Action the rate comes from the rulebook rather than from the fiche.

Condition	Quoted from the call, or the rule behind it
Consortium size	Not quoted from this call — Coordination and Support Actions under the Horizon Europe rules are at least one legal entity established in a Member State or Associated Country — a consortium is common but not required.
Funding rate	Not quoted from this call — Coordination and Support Actions under the Horizon Europe rules are funded at 100% of eligible costs.

Condition

Quoted from the call, or the rule behind it

Consortium size

Not quoted from this call — Coordination and Support Actions under the Horizon Europe rules are at least one legal entity established in a Member State or Associated Country — a consortium is common but not required.

Funding rate

Not quoted from this call — Coordination and Support Actions under the Horizon Europe rules are funded at 100% of eligible costs.

Startup Europe

In context of Horizon Europe

What this call funds

What applying costs you

Where these conditions come from

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