Platforma Startowa Unicorn Hub – edycja II
Fundusze Europejskie dla Polski Wschodniej · National call
Summary
In our view, a Polish company will not get R&D or investment funding here.
Individuals or teams apply for product-innovation incubation; selected founders establish Eastern Poland startups that may receive grants for eligible external development services.
- Who can apply
- Companies cannot apply. Applicants: individuals.
- Amount
- up to PLN 32.2K per project
- Deadline
- 10 May 2027in 197 days
- Status
- Openopened 18 Mar 2024
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.
Description
The description is on the provider's page.
Who can apply, in detail
- Applicant types
- Individual
- Purpose
- Research and innovation
- R&D relevance
- 2 of 3
- Poland eligible
- Yes
- Country limit
- Selected startups must register and operate in Eastern Poland, including Mazowieckie outside excluded Warsaw metropolitan areas
- Region
- Any
- Consortium
- Single applicant
- Readiness level (TRL)
- —
- Topics
- Product innovation
- Startup incubation
- MVP development
- Business idea development
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 24 Oct 2026
Conditions
Facts we extracted from the source documents. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.
- Applicant restriction
- An individual or team with a product-innovation idea may apply; following selection, a capital company/startup must be registered and operate in Eastern Poland (including Mazowieckie outside the Warsaw metropolitan area exclusions). The person/team application stage and post-selection company condition are distinct.
- Application restriction
- The exact PARP row lists this operator programme from 18 March 2024 through 10 May 2027. The operator rules describe nine incubation rounds but do not bind the current specific round window or a round-specific allocation in this packet.
- Other condition
- Grant costs are based on market rates; normally at least three offers are compared, with documented single-supplier/rights exceptions. The operator may deem some or all requested expenses ineligible, ineffective or excessive, recommend less, and makes the final grant decision.
- Other condition
- The reviewed rules and grant agreement define a financial grant for eligible services, not a salary schedule or general payroll allowance. They specify no employee job titles, eligible payroll, salary rates, headcount, or FTE; this is not a general hiring prohibition for the startup.
- Other condition
- The project targets 270 startups; no more than 70% are to receive a recommendation to apply for Component IIa. This is an overall project recommendation share, not an employment quota, grant intensity, or a per-round award cap.
Amounts and costs
- Eligible cost
- The grant may fund services unavailable within the project partnership that serve MVP development or business-idea development; the approved individual incubation plan specifies the budget and eligible scope.
- Ineligible cost
- Administrative costs related to implementing the grant cannot be charged to the grant; grant spending must concern development of the startup idea.
- Ineligible cost
- The startup funds VAT and other expenses not foreseen for grant financing from its own resources.
- Expected contribution per project
- PLN 32,180
Average individual grant for a startup, net of VAT, under this programme’s project rules. The individual amount is based on an approved incubation plan/budget and operator decision; this average is not a guaranteed award or maximum.
Personnel and services
Other role
Service the grant can fund
Source documents
Call facts
- Opens
- 18 Mar 2024
- Provider
- Fundusze Europejskie dla Polski Wschodniej
- Source
- parp.gov.pl
- Checked
- 24 Oct 2026
- Review status
- Partial review
- Independent QA
- No published hold
- Reviewed
- 23 Oct 2026
This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.