Open Call for New Ventures in Creative Tech (Spark)

Typy wnioskodawców

Individual

Cel

Badania i innowacje

Znaczenie dla B+R

2 z 3

Polska kwalifikuje się

Tak

Ograniczenie krajów

EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated countries

Region

Dowolny

Konsorcjum

Jeden wnioskodawca

Poziom gotowości (TRL)

—

Na projekt

30 tys. €

Tematy

• Creative technology
• Materials innovation
• Built environment
• Fashion technology
• Architecture
• Venture creation

Ocena maszynowa na podstawie tekstu naboru; warunki sprawdź u źródła. 23 paź 2026

Fakty wyodrębnione z dokumentów źródłowych w przeglądzie danych Scindu. Każda wartość ma własne warunki. Brak danych oznacza, że źródło nie podaje wartości, a nie zero ani brak limitu.

Typ wnioskodawcy

The call targets early-stage founders applying as individuals or multidisciplinary teams who have not yet registered a company implementing the submitted concept; legal entities are not eligible at application.

Ograniczenie wniosku

The official Spark call page lists applications from 6 October 2026 through 16 November 2026 at 17:00 CET (Berlin time).

Nabór zamknięty

Nie

Captured 23 October 2026, before the stated deadline.

Zasięg geograficzny

Individuals and multidisciplinary teams must be registered in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe–associated country.

Zakres projektu

The 2027 cohort focuses on tech-centric solutions in Materials & Built Environment, particularly Fashion and Architecture.

Inny warunek

By Month 3 the selected applicants must incorporate a new company for the selected venture, retain at least 50% combined ownership and effective control, obtain a PIC, and complete entity validation and contractual transition.

Inny warunek

At least one founder must commit 10–15 hours per week to programme activities, and at least one founder must have at least one year of relevant domain experience evidenced by education, professional practice, or relevant programmes.

Founder time is required programme participation, not an employee-hours requirement or evidence of paid employment.

Inny warunek

The current call page lists up to 35 business concepts/applicants for the 2027 cohort.

Inny warunek

The call foresees two prefinancing payments of EUR 12,000 each, subject to start/Month 3 contracting checkpoints; actual eligible costs are assessed at final reporting, with accepted contribution capped at the awarded amount and excess prefinancing recovered.

These are advances, not cost reimbursements or earned fixed awards. Final balance depends on accepted actual eligible costs.

Oczekiwany czas trwania projektu

9 month

Programme duration; 2027 cohort dates are described as tentative/indicative.

Budżet orientacyjny

1 €

Budżet tematu z tabeli budżetowej portalu. Limity na projekt i ryczałty są w warunkach konkursu.

Alokacja naboru

1 050 000 €

The maximum call allocation of EUR 1,050,000 is conditional on formal EIT approval. Any unspent first-cohort allocation may carry over to a later cohort.

Dofinansowanie pozycji kosztu, maksimum

7500 €

Eligible purchase/service costs, not staff payroll; remains within the EUR 30,000 project maximum including indirect costs.

Dofinansowanie pozycji kosztu, maksimum

15 000 €

Category-level eligible-cost ceiling over nine months, not a salary rate or entitlement; remains within the EUR 30,000 project maximum including indirect costs.

Dofinansowanie pozycji kosztu, maksimum

5000 €

Services/subcontracting, not staff payroll; also limited to no more than 15% of total eligible project costs; remains within overall project ceiling.

Dofinansowanie pozycji kosztu, maksimum

7500 €

Category-level eligible-cost ceiling over nine months; remains within the EUR 30,000 project maximum including indirect costs.

Koszt kwalifikowalny

The call directs applicants to Annex V, the relevant Project Agreement, and the applicable EIT Culture & Creativity Grant Agreement Article 6 expenditure rules for eligible budget costs.

Koszt kwalifikowalny

For direct contracts and paid secondments, the referenced Project Agreement template requires a rate based on actual costs incurred and not significantly different from employee costs for similar work.

No numerical rate or individual pay amount is given.

Koszt kwalifikowalny

For employees or equivalent personnel under the referenced Project Agreement template, the daily rate is calculated from annual personnel costs divided by 215 and multiplied by identifiable day-equivalents worked on the action; this is a calculation method, not a quoted salary amount.

Koszt kwalifikowalny

Before the Month 3 contractual transition, eligible costs must be incurred and documented by the initial recipient; after transition, by the new company. The same costs cannot be claimed by both recipients or shifted between reporting periods for eligibility.

Koszt kwalifikowalny

Under the referenced Project Agreement template, an individual may not declare more than 215 day-equivalents across EU grants in one year, reduced by parental-leave time.

This is an annual personnel-cost reporting limit; it does not state a required job duration or FTE.

Koszt kwalifikowalny

For personnel receiving project-based supplementary payments, the referenced agreement requires rates to reflect actual remuneration for action time, stay at or below the beneficiary’s national-project reference, use objective entitlement criteria, and follow usual consistent practice.

The template provides no call-specific pay amount or bonus rate. The current call ceiling is the separate EUR 15,000 category-level limit.

Koszt kwalifikowalny

Subcontracting uses actual incurred costs and usual purchasing practices ensuring best value for money and no conflict of interests; it may cover only a limited part of the action, with tasks and estimates set out in the agreement.

Subcontracting/service costs, not personnel payroll; Annex V separately caps the category at EUR 5,000 and 15% of project eligible costs over nine months.

Limit kosztu kwalifikowalnego

25

Flat-rate indirect costs included in, not additional to, the EUR 30,000 maximum; base is determined under Article 6 of the applicable agreement.

Limit kosztu kwalifikowalnego

15

Subcontracting is also capped at EUR 5,000 over the nine-month category period; this ratio is not a personnel-pay percentage.

Intensywność wsparcia

100

Actual eligible costs; conditional on eligibility, documentation and acceptance.

Dofinansowanie projektu, maksimum

30 000 €

Actual eligible costs only; the maximum is not automatic entitlement, includes applicable indirect costs, and is subject to the final Subgrant Agreement.

• Inna rola

  Koszt personelu, który grant może sfinansować

  Conditional on the referenced agreement terms: assignment to the action, employee-like working conditions, result belonging to the beneficiary, and actual cost not significantly different from comparable employee work. Category ceiling is shared with total personnel cost category. The referenced template requires a day rate based on actual annual personnel costs divided by 215 times documented action day-equivalents; no fixed person rate or individual entitlement is stated.

• Inna rola

  Koszt personelu, który grant może sfinansować

  Call Annex V establishes a nine-month personnel cost-category ceiling; the referenced template describes employees/equivalent working for the beneficiary under an employment contract and assigned to the action. No job title, required hire, headcount, FTE, qualifications, or numerical person salary/rate is specified.

• Inna rola

  Tylko zasada szacowania budżetu

  This is an accounting unit-cost treatment for qualifying owners/beneficiaries who do not receive a salary, not a wage entitlement or employee hiring rule. The template’s exact method/amount and its final call-specific signed version were not separately verified.

• Open call for New Ventures in Creative Tech (Spark), Guidelines v2

  eit-culture-creativity.eu

• EIT Culture & Creativity: New Ventures in Creative Tech (Spark)

  eit-culture-creativity.eu

• EIT Culture & Creativity Project Agreement template, linked from current Spark call

  eit-culture-creativity.eu

Otwarcie

7 paź 2026

Tryb terminów

Single-stage

Program

Horyzont Europa · 2021 - 2027

Konkurs

Open Call for New Ventures in Creative Tech (Spark)

Rodzaje działań

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Źródło

ec.europa.eu

Sprawdzono

24 paź 2026

Aktualizacja portalu

14 paź 2026

Status przeglądu

Przegląd częściowy

Przejrzano

23 paź 2026