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Call for Proposals: EIC Pathfinder Funding Programme

Deadline: 29-Oct-25

The European Innovation Council is accepting applications for its Pathfinder Funding Programme.

The EIC Pathfinder is a funding programme under Horizon Europe that offers support to research teams by:

  • funding research to develop the scientific basis to underpin breakthrough technologies
  • supporting the earliest stages of scientific, technological or deep-tech R&D
  • aiming to build on new, cutting-edge directions in science and technology to disrupt a field and a market or create new opportunities
  • realising innovative technological solutions to identify, develop and scale up breakthrough technologies and disruptive innovations in Europe
Types of Grants
  • EIC Pathfinder Challenges:
    • For projects that match any of the predefined thematic areas of the Pathfinder Challenges.
  • EIC Pathfinder Open:
    • For projects in any field of science, technology or application without predefined thematic priorities.
Funding Information
  • Grants of up to 3 to 4 million euro to support early stage development of future technologies (e.g. various activities at low TRL 1-3), up to proof of concept.
    • EIC Pathfinder Challenges:
      • The overall budget for the EIC Pathfinder Challenges in 2025 is €120 millions.
      • grants of up to EUR 4 million or more if duly justified
    • EIC Pathfinder Open:
      • The overall budget for the EIC Pathfinder Open in 2025 is €142 million
      • grants of up to EUR 3 million or more if duly justified
Eligibility Criteria
  • Consortia from EU Member States and countries associated to the Horizon Europe programme:
  • Consortia of at least three different independent legal entities
  • At least one legal entity established in a Member State
  • At least two other independent legal entities, each established in different Member States or Associated Countries
  • Additionally, single applicants, small and larger consortia (two partners) for EIC Pathfinder Challenges only.
Requirements
  • Your proposal must meet all the following essential characteristics:
    • Ambitions long-term vision for a radically new technology that has the potential to create new market and provide solutions for global challenges
    • High-risk/high-gain breakthrough research that provides the foundations of the technology that you envisioning

For more information, visit EIC.