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20.11.2026

£25,000 grant with no equity or repayment + over £500,000 in partner credits

United Kingdom

Founder Labs Cohort 5: a £25,000 Invest NI grant with no equity or repayment for tech start-ups in Belfast, apply by 20 November 2026

Founder Labs, a Belfast accelerator funded by Invest Northern Ireland, is recruiting Cohort 5: up to 10 scalable, tech-focused start-ups, from idea stage to first customers.

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StartupsIndividuals

13.11.2026

up to EUR 5,000 for each of the 5 winners

Ukraine

“Own Business Workshop: Advanced”: grants of up to €5,000 for internally displaced women with children in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast to grow an existing business, apply by 13 November

Child Well-being Fund Ukraine, in partnership with Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe and with expert support from SILab Ukraine, has opened applications for “Own Business Workshop: Advanced”, a one-month development programme for women-led businesses. The project is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.

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Individuals

27.01.2027

up to EUR 100,000 / 200,000 / 300,000, 60% co-funding

European Union

Creative Europe Circulation of European literary works: up to €300,000 for publishers to translate and publish European literature, Ukraine eligible, apply by 27 January 2027

The European Commission has opened the Creative Europe call for the translation, publication, distribution and promotion of European literature: novels, short stories, plays, poetry, reportage, comics and children's books.

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NGOs / CSOsSMEs / BusinessGov. Bodies

01.12.2026

40-60% of translation costs

Germany

Goethe-Institut: translation grants for publishers of German-language books, 40-60% of the translator’s fee reimbursed, apply 1 November to 1 December

The Goethe-Institut supports professional publishers outside Germany that want to translate German-language books published in print in a German-speaking country. Once the translation is published, the institute reimburses part of the translator's fee, usually 40 to 60%; licences, printing and editing are not funded.

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SMEs / Business

14.12.2026

up to EUR 80,000 per project

European Union

EIT STEM Tech Talent Induction: up to €80,000 for a consortium of an education provider and a company to train at least 1,200 people in STEM, apply by 14 December

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), through 28DIGITAL, has launched the EIT STEM Tech Talent Induction call with a total budget of €2 million.

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UniversitiesNGOs / CSOsSMEs / BusinessGov. Bodies

01.12.2026

up to EUR 100,000

European Union

European Prize for Women Innovators 2027: up to €100,000 for women founders of innovative companies, up to €50,000 for those under 35, Ukraine eligible, apply by 1 December

The European Innovation Council (EIC) and EIT have opened the 2027 European Prize for Women Innovators. It rewards founders and co-founders of companies that have brought breakthrough innovations to market.

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StartupsIndividuals

27.11.2026

30% of equipment cost, up to UAH 100,000 for legal entities and up to UAH 50,000 for sole proprietors

Ukraine

Chernivtsi region reimburses businesses 30% of the cost of generators, batteries and solar panels: up to UAH 100,000 for companies and UAH 50,000 for sole proprietors, apply by 27 November

The Chernivtsi Regional Administration has opened a new round of reimbursement for power generation and storage equipment under the regional programme for small and medium business development for 2025 to 2027.

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SMEs / BusinessIndividuals

16.11.2026

up to USD 100,000 per pilot

Ukraine

GovTech Lab Ukraine 2.0: up to $100,000 to pilot a digital solution for Ukraine’s Digital Ministry, Space Agency, NACP or Culture Ministry, startups apply by 16 November

Global Government Technology Centre Kyiv, together with the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the World Economic Forum, has opened the second intake of GovTech Lab Ukraine 2.0 with support from Switzerland (EGAP programme).

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SMEs / BusinessStartups

08.11.2026

UAH 200,000 main grant and 2 grants of UAH 150,000

Ukraine

WOMEN IN Business 2026 by UKRSIBBANK: grants of up to UAH 200,000 for women entrepreneurs and leaders of small and medium businesses in Ukraine, apply by 8 November

UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group has launched the WOMEN IN Business 2026 grant competition. There will be three winners: a main grant of UAH 200,000 and two grants of UAH 150,000 each.

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SMEs / BusinessIndividuals

16.02.2027

up to EUR 10,000,000 per project, 100% of costs

European Union

EDIP Ukraine Support Instrument: up to EUR 10 million to scale production of unmanned and counter-unmanned systems, apply by 16 February 2027

The European Commission is accepting proposals for the topic Unmanned systems and counter-unmanned systems under the Ukraine Support Instrument of EDIP. The money is for ramping up production rather than R&D: joint EU-Ukraine production lines, expansion of production and test capacity, and scale-up of Ukrainian…

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SMEs / Business

02.02.2027

EUR 10,000,000 to 12,500,000 per project

European Union

Horizon Europe: EUR 10 to 12.5 million for a pilot facility processing critical raw materials, Ukraine named as a priority partner, deadline 2 February 2027

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-16 funds the development and demonstration of a pilot-scale facility that integrates processing and refining technologies for better recovery of raw materials, critical ones in particular, from low-grade and complex ores and extractive waste.

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UniversitiesResearch Inst.SMEs / Business

02.02.2027

around EUR 200,000 per project

European Union

Horizon Europe Proof of market: EUR 200,000 to test the market for Horizon project results, 24 grants, deadline 2 February 2027

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-49 offers small grants to test the market potential of results from Horizon Europe Cluster 4 or Horizon 2020 LEIT projects. Around EUR 200,000 per project, a budget of EUR 4.7 million and 24 grants expected; the funding rate is 70%, up to 100% for non-profit entities.

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UniversitiesSMEs / BusinessStartups

up to USD 1,500,000

United States

DIV Fund: grants of up to USD 200,000 to pilot and up to USD 1.5 million to scale innovations with proven social impact, rolling applications

DIV Fund accepts applications year-round and funds development innovations that have already been tested in a real-world setting. Grants come in three stages: pilots of up to USD 200,000, testing and positioning for scale of up to USD 500,000, and scaling of up to USD 1.5 million.

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UniversitiesNGOs / CSOsSMEs / BusinessStartups +1

10.11.2026

up to EUR 30,000,000 per project, 100% of costs

European Union

EDIP Ukraine Support Instrument: up to EUR 30 million to scale production of missiles, ammunition and loitering munitions, apply by 10 November

The European Commission has extended to 10 November 2026 the deadline for the topic Missiles, ammunition and bombs under the Ukraine Support Instrument of EDIP.

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SMEs / Business

16.11.2026

up to EUR 30,000, up to 100% of costs

European Union

EIT Culture & Creativity Spark: up to EUR 30,000 and nine months of incubation for creative-tech teams in fashion and architecture, apply by 16 November

EIT Culture & Creativity has opened the New Ventures in Creative Tech (Spark) call for teams that have not yet incorporated a company around their concept. Selected concepts receive up to EUR 30,000 with no co-funding, an in-person startup sprint and a nine-month online incubation programme with mentors.

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StartupsIndividuals

16.11.2026

up to EUR 60,000 per company, up to EUR 180,000 per experiment

European Union

BattleVerse: up to EUR 60,000 for defence startups and SMEs to run a six-month experiment in AI, simulation and drone swarms, apply by 16 November

The BattleVerse consortium, funded by the European Defence Fund, has launched its first open call for experiments. SMEs and startups established in and controlled from the EU, Norway or Ukraine can apply: Ukraine is named explicitly in the rules.

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SMEs / BusinessStartups

04.11.2026

up to USD 100,000

Ukraine

UNICEF Venture Fund: up to USD 100,000 for startups building femtech solutions for women and girls, apply by 4 November

The UNICEF Venture Fund has opened the second call for its Femtech Ventures portfolio. Selected companies receive up to USD 100,000, 12 months of technical mentorship and access to UNICEF's network.

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SMEs / BusinessStartups

6 energy independence programmes for condominiums, households and business in Ukraine: up to UAH 4 million

Six state and donor programmes that help Ukrainian homes and companies get through winter on their own power: generators, solar plants, batteries and heat pumps. All six accept applications on a rolling basis, so it makes sense to apply before the cold season rather than after the first outages.

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SMEs / BusinessIndividualsCommunities

7 programmes for Ukrainian businesses and veterans

Seven government and donor programmes for Ukrainian businesses and veterans that are accepting applications now. Amounts range from UAH 100,000 to start a business to UAH 16 million to restore processing production, and three programmes run with no deadline.

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SMEs / BusinessStartupsIndividuals

27.01.2027

7 startup grants and accelerators: up to USD 220,000

Seven programmes where Ukrainian startups can get money, acceleration or cloud resources this autumn. Deadlines run from 21 October 2026 to 27 January 2027, and amounts range from EUR 10,000 in a bootcamp to USD 220,000 of support in the Techstars accelerator. All seven are open to Ukrainian teams.

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SMEs / BusinessStartupsIndividuals

01.12.2026

Around EUR 4.5 million per project, topic budget EUR 18 million

Horizon Europe: EUR 4.5m for geothermal assessment

The European Commission accepts proposals for topic HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-06, Resource assessment for deep sedimentary and basement reservoirs, until 1 December 2026. The topic budget is EUR 18 million, the indicative EU contribution runs around EUR 4.5 million per project, and the Commission plans to support up to 4 projects.

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UniversitiesResearch Inst.NGOs / CSOsSMEs / Business +2

02.02.2027

€6,000,000 – €7,500,000

EU

Advanced materials: a call on critical raw material substitution

A call for advanced materials that cut Europe’s dependency on critical raw materials opens on 22 September 2026. The deadline falls on 2 February 2027, the topic budget is EUR 36 million, and the contribution per project runs from EUR 6 to 7.5 million.

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UniversitiesResearch Inst.SMEs / Business

04.03.2027

€1,500,000 – €4,500,000

EU

Excellence Hubs: a WIDERA call for Widening countries

The Excellence Hubs call opened on 2 September 2026 with a deadline of 4 March 2027 at 17:00 Brussels time. The topic code is HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-04-WIDENING-01, the action type is CSA, and the procedure runs in a single stage.

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UniversitiesResearch Inst.SMEs / BusinessGov. Bodies

$1,000 – $350,000

USA

Cloud credits for startups 2026: AWS, Google, Microsoft and Cloudflare compared

A bootstrapped Ukrainian startup with a live product can collect around $18,000 in cloud credits this month without a single investor on its cap table. A venture-backed one can reach several hundred thousand dollars across four providers. The difference between those two numbers is not the quality of the product.

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StartupsSMEs / Business

04.11.2026

up to €2,500,000

EU

EIC Accelerator 2026: €2.5M grants, last cut-off 4 November

€634 million, six cut-offs and a proposal template cut from roughly 50 pages to 20. That is EIC Accelerator in 2026, the largest single funding line the European Innovation Council runs for start-ups and SMEs.

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SMEs / BusinessStartups

up to €250,000

Germany

German grants for Ukraine: what changed by September 2026

Updated on 7 September 2026. The previous version of this roundup came out in April and covered nine programmes. Since then, three of them changed status, one window closed for good, and one of the largest fellowship schemes stopped accepting applications altogether because it ran out of capacity.

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UniversitiesResearch Inst.IndividualsNGOs / CSOs +1

$10,000 – $350,000

USA

Cloudflare for Startups: up to $350,000 in credits for tech startups

Cloudflare has restructured its startup programme into three tiers, from $10,000 to $350,000 in credits, and raised both the entry level and the ceiling. The base tier no longer requires any outside funding: a bootstrapped company with a live product and a working website qualifies.

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StartupsSMEs / Business

22.09.2026

EU

LIFE 2026: 31 open calls and EUR 601.5 million

LIFE is the only European Union funding instrument devoted entirely to the environment and climate policy. It began back in 1992, and since then it has co-financed thousands of projects across nature conservation, the circular economy, emission reduction and clean energy.

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Gov. BodiesSMEs / BusinessUniversitiesResearch Inst. +1

20,000–2,500,000 UAH

Ukraine

Veteran Business Grants in Ukraine 2026: The Complete Guide

Veteran business grants in Ukraine are not one programme in 2026 but at least five different types of grant provider, with rules that do not translate between them.

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IndividualsSMEs / BusinessStartups

15.11.2026

up to CHF 350,000

Ukraine, Switzerland

Innovate Cities & Infrastructure: ETH Zurich Grants Open to Ukrainian Partners

ETH Zurich, jointly with the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), has opened the call under the Innovate Cities & Infrastructure programme. The programme funds interdisciplinary applied research that pairs research groups from ETH-Domain institutions with practice partners in order to develop evidence-based solutions for sustainable urban development, resilient…

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UniversitiesResearch Inst.NGOs / CSOsSMEs / Business +1

up to CHF 10,000

Ukraine, Switzerland

REMARKET: cash-back grants up to CHF 10,000 for business

Micro, small and medium enterprises in five Ukrainian regions can recover up to 10% of an investment loan, capped at CHF 10,000. That compensation comes from a new component of the REMARKET project called Access to Finance, or cash-back grants. The logic runs in reverse compared with a classic grant.

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SMEs / Business

31.12.2026

Ukraine, Lithuania

Lithuania: CPVA business partnership grants for Ukraine

Lithuania’s Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid Fund is accepting applications for its Business Partnerships Programme in Ukraine. The K1 call opened on 24 June 2026 and runs until 31 December 2026 at 17:00 Lithuanian time. The configuration here is rare.

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SMEs / BusinessNGOs / CSOsUniversities

100,000–2,500,000 UAH

Ukraine

Vlasna Sprava 2026: full guide to the updated programme

New intake stage expected. The current Own Business 2.0 (Vlasna Sprava 2.0) intake stage in Diia ran until 27 October 2026. The next stage has not been announced yet; we will update this card as soon as applications reopen. The conditions below are the current programme rules.

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SMEs / BusinessStartupsIndividuals

27.08.2026

Ukraine, EU

HELIOS digest 3: 10 Horizon Europe calls

The HELIOS project, coordinated by Lviv Polytechnic National University, has published the third issue of its grant opportunities digest. The issue holds 10 calls across five programmes: Horizon Europe, the European Research Council, the European Innovation Council, the Chips Joint Undertaking and COST.

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UniversitiesResearch Inst.SMEs / BusinessIndividuals

€1,200 – €30,000

Ukraine, Netherlands +1

European Cultural Foundation: donor analysis 2026

When Erasmus launched in 1987, the European Commission did not administer it. Until 1994 the European Cultural Foundation ran its implementation through the Erasmus Bureau. That foundation is a private body from Amsterdam, established in 1954, and its first president was Robert Schuman.

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NGOs / CSOsIndividualsOther

01.10.2026

Ukraine, Poland +1

Polish grants for Ukraine: what is open in August 2026

Updated on 10 August 2026. The previous version of this roundup came out in April, and six of those seven programmes have since closed. So we checked every deadline against the official pages and rewrote the piece. Right now 6 items are open or about to open.

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NGOs / CSOsUniversitiesResearch Inst.Individuals +1

02.09.2026

Ukraine, EU

Healthcare grants 2026: 8 open calls with verified dates

As of 10 August 2026, healthcare funding offers 8 calls with confirmed deadlines. The nearest one closes on 2 September, while the furthest closes on 8 October. And we checked every one of them against the donor official pages.

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UniversitiesResearch Inst.SMEs / BusinessNGOs / CSOs +1

20.09.2026

Ukraine, Switzerland

Swiss grants for Ukraine 2026: the open calls

The Swiss Federal Council allocated 5 billion francs to Ukraine through to 2036. Of that, 1.5 billion belongs to the cooperation programme for 2025 to 2028, while 500 million goes specifically to projects involving the Swiss private sector. This ranks among the largest bilateral packages Ukraine has received from anyone.

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SMEs / BusinessUniversitiesResearch Inst.NGOs / CSOs +1

27.08.2026

Ukraine, EU +1

AI development grants 2026: 16 calls with open deadlines

The Horizon Europe work programme for 2026-2027 sets aside roughly EUR 2,023 million for topics that encourage the development of artificial intelligence. That figure excludes the Digital Europe Programme, the European Innovation Council and EuroHPC.

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UniversitiesResearch Inst.SMEs / BusinessStartups +2

155,000–1,000,000 UAH

Ukraine, EU

Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (UCF): Donor Analysis 2026

3,207 funded projects and almost UAH 2.5 billion invested over nine years. That is the record of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (UCF), a state grantmaker that a dedicated law created in 2017. Right now the foundation runs three open calls.

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NGOs / CSOsSMEs / BusinessGov. BodiesCommunities +1

Ukraine, Netherlands

Netherlands Grants for Ukraine 2026: What Is Open Now

The Netherlands remains one of the EU’s more active bilateral donors for Ukraine. In 2026 it added another EUR 30 million to its reconstruction facility, and it funds work from energy to justice.

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NGOs / CSOsIndividualsSMEs / Business

Ukraine

Grants for Craft Producers and Small Business 2026

Craft cheese, handmade ceramics, a small bakery, a woodworking shop, a local clothing brand. Small producers in Ukraine usually run on their own working capital, and they rarely reach cheap credit.

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SMEs / BusinessStartupsIndividuals

€1,000 – €100,000

Ukraine, EU +1

House of Europe: Donor Analysis and Grant Lines 2026

House of Europe has funded Ukrainians since 2019. The European Union pays for the programme, and Goethe-Institut Ukraine runs the calls. So far the team has offered more than 40 competitions for cultural managers, educators, youth workers, social entrepreneurs and media professionals.

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IndividualsNGOs / CSOsSMEs / BusinessGov. Bodies +1

up to €300,000

Ukraine

Energy grants for Ukrainian business in 2026

Ukrainian companies pay for backup power twice: first for the equipment, then for the fuel that keeps it running. Diesel gensets, batteries, cogeneration units and rooftop solar all drain working capital that most micro, small and medium enterprises simply do not hold.

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SMEs / BusinessStartupsIndividuals

28.08.2026

Japan, Ukraine

Japanese grants and scholarships for Ukraine 2026

Japan is one of Ukraine’s largest donors, with more than 10 billion dollars in support since 2022. Almost all of it moves through government channels, so it takes the form of macro-financial budget support, equipment delivered through JICA, demining, and energy reconstruction.

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Research Inst.IndividualsUniversities

€25,000–35,000

Ukraine, Poland +3

International Visegrad Fund: grants for Ukraine 2026

The International Visegrad Fund distributes 11 million euros a year for regional cooperation across Central and Eastern Europe. For Ukrainian organisations, it is one of the few donors with a simple, clear application process, and Ukrainian applicants take part on equal terms with partners from Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary.

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NGOs / CSOsGov. BodiesUniversitiesResearch Inst. +1

31.07.2026

USA, Ukraine

US grants for Ukrainians: open calls in 2026

6 US programs currently accept applications directly from Ukrainians, and each one has a concrete, open submission date. This roundup is for scholars, faculty, and journalists who live and work in Ukraine (not the diaspora abroad). The map of US funding for Ukraine changed sharply in 2025.

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Research Inst.UniversitiesIndividuals

01.08.2026

up to $1,000,000

Ukraine, Global

STDF grants: up to US$1M for SPS standards in trade

The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) has opened applications for grants of up to US$1,000,000. This money supports projects that help developing countries strengthen food safety, animal and plant health, and compliance with international sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements. The deadline is 1 August 2026.

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Gov. BodiesNGOs / CSOsSMEs / BusinessOther

€992–2,300 per month

Ukraine, Germany

DAAD: donor analysis and its programmes for Ukraine

DAAD is the world’s largest organisation for international academic exchange. Since 1925 it has supported roughly 3 million students and researchers, and every year it awards more than 140,000 scholarships and grants.

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Research Inst.IndividualsUniversities

28.10.2026

€10,000,000–€30,000,000

Ukraine, EU

EIC STEP Scale Up Defence: up to €30M for defence firms

On 1 July 2026, the European Innovation Council (EIC) opened the EIC STEP Scale Up Defence call. Because the rules name Ukraine directly, Ukrainian companies can apply on equal terms with firms from EU countries. The investment size runs from €10 to €30 million in company equity.

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SMEs / BusinessStartups

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