Innovation

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Cyprus RIF PRE-SEED 2026 (PRE-SEED/0526): A €1 Million Call Offering Up to €119,999 per Early-Stage Startup, Closing 11 September 2026 at 13:00

The Research and Innovation Foundation of Cyprus has opened the PRE-SEED/0526 call, a €1,000,000 programme awarding up to €119,999 per project to startups still shaping a business idea or in the earliest stages of product development, with proposals due through the IRIS portal by 13:00 on 11 September 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Up to €119,999 per project, from a total call budget of €1,000,000 Deadline: Sep 11, 2026 Location: Cyprus

DBJ IGNITE Innovation Grant Jamaica: Up to JMD 7,000,000 for Innovative MSMEs (Historical Reference)

The Development Bank of Jamaica’s IGNITE IV programme offered Jamaican start-ups and small businesses non-repayable grants of up to JMD 3,000,000 through Ideation or JMD 7,000,000 through Commercialization. The last verified deadline was 2023-01-06. DBJ’s latest BIGEE update describes Phase I support for existing beneficiaries and Phase II design work, but no new IGNITE intake has been announced.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: JMD 7,000,000 (commercialization; JMD 3,000,000 ideation) Deadline: Historical reference Location: Jamaica

Defra Farming Innovation Investor Partnership 2026: Up to £5,000,000 for UK Farming Innovation with Private Co-Investment

Historical Innovate UK competition that offered a share of up to £5,000,000 for late-stage farming innovation projects, alongside aligned private investment; applications closed on 17 June 2026.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: up to £5,000,000 total competition fund; eligible project costs £750,000 to £3,000,000 Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

DEP Call 10: Accelerating Best Use of Technologies (DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10)

HaDEA listing for DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10, a Digital Europe open call with two topics: health-data interoperability under EHDS and broader safer internet coverage, with a single-stage deadline on 1 October 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: €24.4 million total across topics: €14.4m for EHDS and €10m for NETWORKSICs Deadline: Oct 1, 2026 Location: Europe

Digital Energy Challenge Call for Projects 2026: Tech Accelerator and Partnership Tracks

Historical reference for the closed Digital Energy Challenge 2026, an AFD-managed program that offered up to €150,000 for Tech Accelerator projects and up to €400,000 for a Nigeria Partnership project, including expert support.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to €150,000 for Tech Accelerator; up to €400,000 for Partnership Deadline: Historical reference Location: Africa and Nigeria

DKK 5 Million in Danish Innovation Grants: Complete Guide to the Innobooster Program

Non-dilutive support from Innovation Fund Denmark for risky, knowledge-based development in Danish SMEs.

Status: Rolling Type: Grant Amount: DKK 200,000 - 5,000,000 Deadline: Rolling or ongoing Location: Denmark

DRIVE35 Scale-Up: £5M to Manufacture the Future of EVs

Grant funding for UK businesses to run feasibility studies that reduce the risk of scaling manufacturing of zero-emission vehicle technologies in the UK.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Share of up to £5 million total; project requests allowed from £150,000 to £750,000 Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

EDA Tech Hubs FY2025 Implementation Grants: Historical Application Guide

Historical reference for the closed FY 2025 EDA Tech Hubs Implementation Grant competition, which offered approximately $220 million to a limited group of already designated Tech Hub consortia.

Status: Historical Type: Prize Amount: Approximately $220 million total Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

EIB InnovFin Energy Demonstration Projects

Historical EIB financing facility for first-of-a-kind energy demonstration projects that reduced risk before commercial deployment.

Status: Historical Type: Loan Amount: EUR 7.5m; EUR 75m in loans, guarantees or quasi-equity; up to 15-year tenor Deadline: Historical reference Location: European Union

EIC Accelerator - European Innovation Council - European Commission

EU blended finance program supporting high-risk, high-impact innovation by startups and SMEs. Short proposals are accepted year-round; the next full-proposal cut-off is 2 September 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Grant lump sum below €2.5M plus equity investment of €1M–€10M (higher under STEP ScaleUP) Deadline: Sep 2, 2026 Location: Europe and Global