EIT Regional Innovation Booster – Hungary Edition 2027
EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) · EIT · Can apply alone · 45 eligible countries
What this scheme funds
This programme helps eight Hungarian companies expand into a new European market. Each participant gets mentoring, a matched business Buddy to guide market entry, and a small travel grant, with a total pot of EUR 20,000 shared across the cohort. It runs over two phases from December 2026 to June 2027.
sme-scaleup · deep-tech · food-systems · digital-health · renewable-energy · mobility-transport
Do you qualify for this scheme?
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Who it is for
A Hungarian for profit SME with at least 3 employees that already has a proven product with traction in Hungary and wants support to scale into another European market.
The scheme in detail
- Agency
- EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology)
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
- Funding
- Not published
- Deadline
- 30 Oct 2026
- Applicant type
- Not required. You can apply solo.
- Eligible applicants
- SME, startup
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Support to third parties
- EUR 20,000 total funding shared among eight companies, plus a EUR 2,500 lump sum travel and conference grant per company.
- Also required
- Applicant must be a for profit SME legally registered in Hungary with at least 3 full time employees, own or hold full exploitation rights to the IPR, and show product market fit and commercial traction in Hungary.