EIC Pathfinder
The EIC Pathfinder supports earliest phases of scientific and technical research and development of future, groundbreaking, market-creating technologies. The Programme aims to identify radically new technologies that have the potential to create completely new markets. These visionary and high-risk projects are supported at an early stage (TRL 1-4) of development.
Budget per project between 3-4 million EUR.
Pathfinder Open: consortium of minimum 3 partners. Pathfinder Challenge: 1,2,3 or more partners.
Key Information
Swiss eligibility:
Swiss entities can participate. For further information, please check here.
The next calls:
Pathfinder Challenges 2025 call is now open, with deadline on 29 October 2025.
The Pathfinder Open 2025 call now closed. The next Pathfinder Open deadline is expected in May 2026.
Types of actions:
Pathfinder calls are “Research and Innovation Actions”
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Cornelia Spycher
National Contact Point for
EIC Pathfinder and EIC Transition
cornelia.spycher@euresearch.ch
Euresearch Network Office
Belpstrasse 11
3007 Bern