European funds for SMEs: Direct Europe
The money the European Commission awards directly, without going through the BDNS, set out in English by what decides whether you can apply: whether you need partners in other countries.
We classify each call by its official type of action and the general EU rules: collaborative research and innovation actions ask, as a rule, for three entities from three countries; many coordination and support actions and prizes accept a single entity; the EIC Accelerator is for a single company. Whatever the programme regulation does not set stays under “it depends”. The official text of each call prevails.
Single applicant allowed (13)
European calls that a single entity can submit: you need no partners in other countries. Here you will find the EIC Accelerator (up to €2.5M in non-repayable funding for a single SME), the prizes and the coordination and support actions.
Short proposal
Rising Innovators category
The European Prize for Women Innovators
Women Leadership Category
Networking to scale up living labs for nature restoration solutions and to address bottlenecks to implementation
Developing a model for a Data Lab for Science linking with EOSC and RAISE (RAISE pilot) (CSA)
European network for upscaling venture builders’ roles in research performing organisations (CSA)
Unlocking the potential of academic intellectual assets for industry, SMEs and startups (CSA)
Pilot access schemes to Technology Infrastructures for European startups, scaleups and innovative SMEs (CSA)
Expert network on Critical raw materials (CSA)
Bringing innovative climate preparedness and resilience solutions closer to the market
Sustainability and resilience of climate projections and related data records for European and global science and policy
Depends on the call (70)
Their programme sets no general consortium rule: the conditions in the official text have to be read. We do not guess for you.
Integrated Surveillance mechanism: Regional Cable hubs
Submarine Cable Repair Capacities - Works
AI chip demonstrators for EU compute infrastructure
De-risking renewable fuel technologies through transnational pre-commercial procurement of renewable fuel industrial value chains
European slate development
AI compute evaluation and deployment platform for EU infrastructure
International collaboration EU and Japan on semiconductors
Database on alternatives to pesticides (emergency authorisations)
Support to EFSA in the risk assessment of alternative methods for the use and disposal of animal by-products and derived products
Standardisation
Maturing projects for possible future European Defence Projects of Common Interest and preparing their implementation roadmap
Digital Investigations
Consortium required (70)
They need at least three independent entities from three different countries. Useful if you already belong to a European network.
Superconducting Platform Technologies
Trapped-Ion Platform Technologies
Neutral-Atom Platform Technologies
Next-Generation QKD Systems
Quantum-Testing Infrastructure for Quantum Technologies
Quantum Experimental Pilot Lines for Quantum Technologies
RAISE Doctoral Networks for AI in Science (RAISE pilot)
MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026
Additional activities for the European Partnership of Agriculture of Data
Innovative approaches for the spatial design of neighbourhoods
Structurally addressing homelessness through coordinated social infrastructure and services in neighbourhoods
Sustainable, inclusive, affordable and beautiful solutions for thermal comfort in buildings
By programme
Origen de los datos: portal Funding & Tenders de la Comisión Europea (datos abiertos). Checked every day; last check on 14/11/2026.