European Startup and Scaleup Hubs pilot

At a glance

This grant offers funding for “European Startup and Scaleup Hubs pilot”. The notice gives 5 January 2027 as the deadline.

Key facts

Each fact is from the official notice, last checked 14 November 2026, 05:51 (UTC+01:00).

Status

OpenOfficial notice · checked 14 Nov 2026, 05:51 (UTC+01:00)

Deadline

5 January 2027 (in 52 days)Official notice · checked 14 Nov 2026, 05:51 (UTC+01:00)

The call

As the source publishes it. The official call is authoritative; Inteliwert does not assess eligibility.

Programme

Horizon Europe (HORIZON) (43108390)

Call

Interconnected Innovation Ecosystems (2027.2) (HORIZON-EIE-2027-02)

Topic

HORIZON-EIE-2027-02-CONNECT-01

Type of action

HORIZON-COFUND HORIZON Programme Cofund Actions

Submission

Open

Deadline model

single-stage

Opens

6 October 2026

Deadlines

5 January 2027

Budget as published

€40,000,000 (budget years 2026, 2027)

Expected grants

2

Contribution per grant

€20,000,000 to €20,000,000

Applicant types

The source publishes no applicant types as data; the official call says who may apply.

Eligibility, in the source’s words

2. Eligible countries

described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.

Official call

3. Other Eligibility Conditions

A hub participating as a beneficiary must be represented by a single legal entity (for instance an umbrella organisation representing a science and technology park or an innovation cluster or district, an accelerator or a venture builder embedded in an innovation ecosystem) or several legal entities representing the relevant actors of the innovation ecosystem supporting startups (e.g. research and higher education institutions, corporates, public authorities, capital providers). The consortium should consist of a network of at least ten (10) hubs from at least ten (10) different Member States or Associated Countries. For Member States and Associated Countries with an overall population not exceeding 35 million[[ The most recent available data from Eurostat at the time of opening of the call will be used as reference (Population on 1 January by age and sex)]], participation is limited to a single hub in the given consortium. For Member States and Associated Countries with an overall

Official call

Official call · checked 14 Nov 2026, 05:51 (UTC+01:00)

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Timeline

1. 14 November 2026, 05:51 (UTC+01:00): Original notice Notice, version 3f117b6166413471. Official notice

Official documents

No documents found in the indexed notice.

Questions and answers

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