The EU direct-management instrument most accessible to a single agricultural technology company: no consortium is required. It funds SMEs and start-ups with a high-risk, high-potential innovation already validated in the lab or in a relevant environment, which need to pass through industrial demonstration and market entry. The procedure has two steps: the short proposal can be submitted at any time and is evaluated in monthly batches, while the full proposal must be filed by one of the cut-off dates. Precision irrigation technologies, agricultural sensing and digital water management fall fully within the open thematic scope (EIC Accelerator Open).
Single start-ups and SMEs, including spin-offs, established in an EU Member State or a country associated to Horizon Europe. Small mid-caps up to 499 employees are eligible for the investment component only. Natural persons intending to set up an SME may also apply.
Nessun requisito di consorzio: si presenta da soli. Il requisito è lo stabilimento in uno Stato membro UE o in un paese associato a Horizon Europe. Un'impresa italiana è pienamente ammissibile. Un richiedente di un paese terzo non associato può candidarsi a condizione di trasferire la propria sede in uno Stato membro o paese associato prima della presentazione della proposta completa. È il canale più adatto a un'impresa agritech che non dispone di una rete di partner europei di ricerca.
Status 'Open', opening date (6 November 2025) and final short-proposal deadline (17 December 2026) verified against the official Funding & Tenders Portal data endpoint on 27 August 2026. Short proposals are collected in batches evaluated on the first Tuesday of each month; the 2026 cut-off dates for full proposals are 7 January, 4 March, 6 May, 8 July, 2 September and 4 November 2026, so two windows remain after August. The EUR 414 million budget refers to the 'Open' component of the 2026 work programme, plus EUR 220 million for the EIC Accelerator Challenges: figure taken from the EIC work programme and not re-verified item by item.
Every piece of information on this page was read on 27 August 2026 from the pages below. Where they disagree, the managing body’s document prevails.
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