Call for University Incubators and Entrepreneurship Support Providers - Beyond the Idea: From Concept to Venture

Applicant types

University, Other

Purpose

Training and people

R&D relevance

1 of 3

Poland eligible

Yes

Country limit

Horizon Europe countries; consortium must include entities from at least two countries.

Region

Any

Consortium

Required

Readiness level (TRL)

—

Per project

€72K

Topics

• University incubation
• Entrepreneurship support
• Venture creation

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026

Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.

Other condition

The linked FSA template shows pre-financing of 25% of the financial-support budget and a 75% balance of eligible financial-support costs. The call document separately makes its lump-sum payments conditional on completed and accepted work packages and final report approval. The documents do not fully reconcile whether/how the generic FSA percentage schedule is applied to these call-specific work-package lump sums; confirm the executed agreement before treating the percentages as the operative payment schedule.

Other condition

Funding is by lump sum, based on completed and accepted work packages.

Other condition

Generated intellectual property remains with its respective owners under applicable institutional policies/agreements; EIT Health does not acquire ownership rights in that IP.

Other condition

Startups successfully incorporated through the programme and receiving financial support are required to enter a SAFE with EIT Health. This is a conditional startup-level obligation; it is distinct from the consortium’s call grant ceiling and is not a grant to every team.

Other condition

The call describes the SAFE as potentially giving EIT Health future equity in the supported startup upon defined triggers such as a qualified financing round or other agreed liquidity event. The reviewed call does not state a SAFE amount, valuation cap, discount, conversion formula, equity percentage, or cash repayment schedule.

Partner requirement

The consortium must have 2–4 independent legal entities, including at least two entities established in different Horizon Europe countries; at least one incubator representing a higher education institution; and at least one Entrepreneurship Support Provider with demonstrated venture-building and startup-support experience.

Staff restriction

If personnel costs are charged under the executed FSA, time worked for the Recipient under the project must be documented by monthly declarations signed by the person and supervisor, unless another reliable time-recording system is used; the granting authority may accept alternative evidence it considers adequate. This is a recordkeeping condition, not proof that a particular position or personnel cost is eligible.

Indicative budget

€72,000

Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.

Eligible cost

Selected applicants must sign the linked Financial Support Agreement. Its cost clause transposes Article 6 of the underlying Grant Agreement; costs or contributions declared ineligible are rejected. This establishes the governing eligibility framework, not a call-specific list of eligible occupations or a payroll reimbursement rate; the underlying option-specific Annex 2 rules were not resolved here.

Eligible cost

Eligible costs follow the Horizon Europe Model Grant Agreement. Subcontracting may cover only a limited part of the action, cannot replace beneficiaries’ own capacity to implement it, and a high subcontracting share is unlikely to be evaluated positively.

Own contribution, minimum

50

Project funding, maximum

€72,000

• EIT Health Financial Support Agreement template linked by University Incubators call

  ext-share.eithealth.eu

• Call for University Incubators and Entrepreneurship Support Providers - Beyond the Idea: From Concept to Venture (published v3)

  ext-share.eithealth.eu

• EIT Health University Incubators opportunity page

  eithealth.eu

Opens

2 Sept 2026

Deadline model

Single-stage

Programme

Horizon Europe · 2021 - 2027

Call

Call for University Incubators and Entrepreneurship Support Providers - Beyond the Idea: From Concept to Venture

Types of action

—

Source

ec.europa.eu

Checked

24 Oct 2026

Portal updated

14 Sept 2026

Review status

Partial review

Reviewed

22 Oct 2026