Proof of Concept Grant

Last update: Nov 12, 2026

Details

Location: EU 27

Funding Agency: Horizon Europe (2021 - 2027)

Contracting Authority: Horizon Europe (2021 - 2027)

Contracting Authority Type: Development Institution

Status: Open

Budget: EUR 60,000,000

Award ceiling: 150,000

Award floor: N/A

Sector: Research & Innovation

Eligible applicants: Unrestricted / Unspecified

Eligible nationalities: EU 27, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, South Korea, Tunisia, Türkiye, UK, Ukraine

Date posted: Nov 12, 2026

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Objectives:

Objectives

Purpose: The call supports ERC main grant holders to test the commercial and social innovation potential of rese...

Eligibility criteria:

Eligible applicants: Principal Investigators with an ongoing ERC main frontier research grant, or whose ERC main grant ends on or after 1 January 2026.
Eligible host institution: A legal entity established in a Member State or Associated Country must host the PI for at least...