Call for Proposals 2026
Horizon Europe · Cascade funding
Summary
In our view, a Polish company will not get R&D or investment funding here.
Supports higher education institutions in developing entrepreneurial talent and translating deep technology research into manufacturing and industrial applications.
- Who can apply
- The source does not say whether a company can apply. Applicants: universities.
- Amount
- €40MCall budget
- Deadline
- 13 Jan 2027 18:00 CETin 80 days
- Status
- Openopened 20 Oct 2026
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.
Description
The EIT HEI Call 2026 aims to strengthen HEIs' capacity to develop entrepreneurial talent, create the institutional conditions for innovation and knowledge valorisation, and connect research and technologies to the expertise, infrastructure, investment and markets needed to progress towards validation, commercialisation and industrial application. The Call has a strategic focus on deep-tech innovation and its translation into manufacturing and industrial applications.
Applications must be submitted through the official EIT HEI application portal (accessible here). Detailed information on the submission and evaluation process is available on the EIT HEI website and in the Call for Proposals 2026 document (accessible here).
Who can apply, in detail
- Applicant types
- University
- Purpose
- Training and people
- R&D relevance
- 2 of 3
- Poland eligible
- Yes
- Country limit
- —
- Region
- Any
- Consortium
- Unclear
- Readiness level (TRL)
- —
- Topics
- Entrepreneurial talent
- University innovation capacity
- Deep technology
- Industrial commercialisation
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026
Amounts and costs
- Call budget
- €40,000,000
Indicative topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.
Call facts
- Opens
- 20 Oct 2026
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Programme
- Horizon Europe · 2021–2027
- Call
- Call for Proposals 2026
- Types of action
- —
- Source
- ec.europa.eu
- Checked
- 25 Oct 2026
- Portal updated
- 20 Oct 2026
This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.