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HEIPowered Startup Pitch Competition - Second Edition
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Location:EU 27
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Grantmaking entity: EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Hub Central
Grantmaking entity type:Consulting organization
Quick summary
Objectives: Support and accelerate early-stage startups that emerged from or were backed by EIT Higher...
Eligibility criteria: Eligible applicants are startups that are registered legal entities established in an EU Member State and/or a Horizon Europe associated third country. The startup must have reached at least proof of concept, prototype, or minimum viable product (MVP) stage and must submit evidence (document or URL) along with an English-language pit...
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HEIPowered Startup Pitch Competition - Second Edition Type of grant: Cascade funding Opening date: 08 June 2026 Deadline model: single-stage Deadline date: 08 July 2026 17:00 (Brussels time) Status: Open for submission Expected duration of participation:
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About the Funding Agency
Horizon Europe will incorporate research and innovation missions to increase the effectiveness of funding by pursuing clearly defined targets.
The Commission has engaged policy experts to develop studies, case studies and reports on how a mission-oriented policy approach will work.
Mission areas
5 mission areas have been identified, each with a dedicated mission board and assembly. The board and assembly help specify, design and implement the specific missions which will launch under Horizon Europe in 2021.
- Adaptation to climate change including societal transformation
- Cancer
- Climate-neutral and smart cities
- Healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters
- Soil health and food
About the Sectors
Private Sector & Trade
Entails initiatives that promote entrepreneurship, strengthen competitive markets, and expand domestic and international trade opportunities.
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- Private sector development and SME/MSME support
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