Welcome to our weekly update of grants and new funding options for European and UK tech startups!

European funding

EIC Accelerator closing on March 13, 2024 – +€650 million for deep tech startups

EIC Pathfinder Open  closing on March 7, 2024 – €136 million for breakthrough technologies at low TRLs

Innovation Fund closing on April 9, 2024 – €4 billion for decarbonisation technologies
Eurostars closing on March 14, 2024 – +€100 million for international collaborative R&D projects

BIM-based processes and digital twins for facilitating and optimising circular energy renovation (Built4People Partnership) closing on November 20, 2024 – €50 million for innovation partnerships in the building industry

Approaches and tools for security in software and hardware development and assessment closing on November 20, 2024 – €60 million for innovation projects in software security

Size & weight reduction of cell and packaging of batteries system, integrating lightweight and functional materials closing on September 5, 2025 – €39 million for innovation projects in battery systems 

UK funding

IUK Smart grant closing on April 24, 2024 – 25M£ for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovations

APC25: Industrialising net zero automotive technology closing on March 13, 2024 – £25 million for late-stage R&D projects that help accelerate the UK towards a net zero automotive future

UK-Germany bilateral collaborative research and development closing on June 3, 2024 – £4 million for collaborative projects in emerging technologies

Farming Innovation Programme: Large R&D partnerships Round 3 closing on March, 13 2024 – £7.8 million for large R&D partnership projects, from the industry-led R&D Partnerships Fund, a part of the Farming Innovation Programme.

Canada-UK Critical Minerals: Sustainability and Circularity closing on April, 3 2024 – £5.4 million for joint R&D projects focused on driving circularity in critical minerals.

CLIMATES: Supply chain innovations for rare earths, strand 1 closing on March 15, 2024 – £4 million for collaborative research and development projects. This funding is from Innovate UKs Circular critical materials supply chains (CLIMATES) programme.

Other interesting updates!

Eatable Adventures – new VC fund with over 30M€ to boost the agri-food sector in Spain and Italy.

Plural – new VC fund with over 400M€ for AI, frontier tech and climate tech startups.

2C Ventures – new VC fund with over 50M€ for early-stage cleantech businesses in Estonia and the New Nordic region.