Over €1000 billion available in grant funding from EU Commission, regional and national programs in the next decade.
Deep tech accounts for over a quarter of the European start-up ecosystem, yet women are largely underrepresented across this industry. To address this gender gap, the European Union introduced the Women TechEU, a two-year EU-funded project supporting women leading deep tech start-up companies from Europe.
Formas, the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, promotes and supports research and innovation related to Environment, Agricultural Sciences, and Spatial Planning.
The Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova), a government agency under the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise (Klimat- och Näringslivsdepartementet), promotes sustainable growth by improving the conditions for innovation as well as administrating state funding for needs-driven research.
The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket), a government agency under the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise (Klimat- och Näringslivsdepartementet), promotes sustainable growth and competitive companies all over Sweden.
PES Horisont Europa is a scheme organised by the Research Council of Norway (Norges Forskningsråd, in short RCN or NFR), providing support to the public sector, industry, and research institutions in Norway for preparing applications to the EU Framework Programme Horizon Europe.
SkatteFUNN is a tax incentive scheme administered by the Research Council of Norway (Norges Forskningsråd, in short RCN or NFR) in collaboration with the Norwegian Tax Administration (Skatteetaten), with the goal of promoting and incentivising R&D activities in Norwegian companies.
The Large Pilot and Demonstration Projects programme, managed by the Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten), funds projects that support Sweden’s transition to a sustainable energy system. The programme targets innovative solutions that are ready for large-scale demonstration and have strong commercialisation potential.
The Doctoral Networks action (DN), one out of the in total five Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) under Horizon Europe, aims to implement doctoral programmes through international and inter-sectoral partnerships of universities, research institutions, and businesses (including SMEs).
The COFUND action, one out of the in total five Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) under Horizon Europe, can grant organisations complementary funding for existing or novel doctoral or postdoctoral programmes at regional, national, or international levels through co-funding mechanisms.
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), under Horizon Europe and managed by the European Research Executive Agency (REA), have the objective to attract and retain talents in Europe.
LIFE is the sole European funding programme that exclusively funds environmental impact and climate action. The programme encompasses 4 sub-programmes.
Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector (Innovasjonsprosjekt i Næringslivet, in short IPN) are company-driven projects that incorporate extensive R&D activities.
The EU Innovation Fund (EUIF), managed by the European Climate, Infrastructure, and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and funded through the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the demonstration and market maturation of innovative low-carbon technologies.
The Innovation Contracts scheme (Innovasjonskontrakter) is a strategic support programme offered to promote the development of new products, services, and solutions with potential for international growth.
Innobooster offers support for SMEs and promising start-up companies to realise innovative projects through development and market maturation.
Horizon Europe (HEU) is the flagship EU Research and Innovation Programme, succeeding Horizon 2020 and running from 2021 to 2027, with an ambitious budget of €93.5 billion.
The Danish GUDP funding programme supports green and innovative projects across the Danish food sector. The projects are expected to develop and/or demonstrate new ways of thinking about business within the food industry through a dynamic cooperation between green and economic sustainability.
The Grand Solutions programme offers funding for Danish-led collaborative R&D projects, or close-to-market projects, typically holding high disruptive potential as well as having significant societal and/or economic value. This concerns creating value for Danish public and private companies...
The Eurostars programme, organised by Eureka, supports innovative SMEs and their partners (other SMEs, large companies, academic institutions, research institutes, and any other types of organisations) by funding international collaborative R&D and innovation projects.
The European Research Council (ERC), under the Horizon Europe programme framework, funds fundamental research across all fields. It supports investigator-driven frontier research based on scientific excellence, providing attractive and long-term funding to starting and established Principal Investigators who are working or moving to work in Europe.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the lending arm of the European Union, the mission of which is to foster sustainable development within the EU and abroad. It holds several relevant financing tools for SMEs in start-up and scale-up phases
EUopSTART is a Danish exploratory award for EU application writing, organised by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet). This programme offers support to SMEs, large enterprises, and research institutions in Denmark
The Danish Ministry of Environment (Miljøministeriet) aims to support Danish political priorities related to sustainability, environment, and health, while simultaneously create growth and new employment opportunities in Danish enterprises.
The Environmental Technology scheme (Miljøteknologiordningen) provides grants for development and demonstration of innovative products or processes that solve an environmental problem.
The purpose of the Danish EUDP programme is to strengthen R&D and demonstration efforts in energy technologies and to develop Danish business potential in this area. EUDP, short for Energiteknologiske Udviklings- og Demonstrationsprogram which translates into Energy and Technology Development ...
EIC Transition supports novel and disruptive technologies ready for the next steps towards maturation and validation. This programme targets single and consortia-based applicants who are previous recipients of pertinent EU funding (vide Requirements).
EIC Pathfinder, under the Horizon Europe framework, funds innovative and breakthrough project ideas via the European Innovation Council (EIC). These are project ideas with the potential to create new market and/or address global challenges, building on scientific discoveries or technological breakthroughs where significant ...
BioInnovation is a strategic innovation programme that promotes research, development, and innovation with the vision that Sweden will have transitioned into a bioeconomy by 2050. In other words, that the Swedish society will be based on renewable biological resources. (Deadline: 1/1/2026)
Horizon Europe Pillar II supports collaboration between companies, universities, and other institutions (legal entities) that come together in project proposals addressing grand global challenges, helping to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boost the EU’s ...
Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund (Danmarks Eksport og Investeringsfond) is a merger of the Danish Growth Fund (Vækstfonden), the Danish Green Investment Fund (Danmarks Grønne Investeringsfond), and EKF Denmark’s Export Credit Agency (EKF). Launched in January 2023...
EIC Accelerator (EICA), under the Horizon Europe programme framework, funds innovative and breakthrough project ideas via the European Innovation Council (EIC). In the Accelerator programme, funding can be given to support the whole process ranging from demonstration to market launch and break-even. (Deadline: 12/1/2026)
LIFE Programme is the European Union’s key funding instrument for environment and climate action. It supports projects that protect nature, improve resource efficiency, and promote sustainable energy transitions. Through LIFE funding, organizations can develop, test, and implement innovative environmental ...
The EEA and Norway Grants aim to reduce economic and social disparities in Europe and strengthen cooperation between donor and beneficiary countries. This program funds projects in areas such as green industry innovation, climate change mitigation, energy efficiency, and social inclusion.
