EIC Advanced Innovation Challenges Call Open
The EIC Advanced Innovation Challenges (AIC) call opens today.
Are you a start-up, a SME or a research performing organisation? Are you developing a high-risk, demand-driven deep-tech innovation with the potential to deliver transformative impact through commercial uptake? This call might be for you!
AIC is a two-stage funding scheme with €300K (stage 1) and €2.5M (stage 2) available funding.
The 2026 Call is structured around two thematic challenges:
- Accelerating Physical AI: Embodied Intelligence for the Next Frontier of AI-Powered Robotics
- Translating Disruptive New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) into Practice
Stage 1 proposals must be submitted by 26 February 2026 at 17:00 (Brussels time).