EU Funding & Tenders Portal · HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-50

European network for upscaling venture builders’ roles in research performing organisations (CSA)

Code

HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-50

Programme

Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Status

Open

Opens

2026-10-13

Deadline

2027-02-02 (106 days left; time on the official page)

Budget

1 000 000 €

Grant size

1 000 000 € – 1 000 000 €

Key dates

1. 2026-10-13Opens
2. 2027-02-02Deadline

Eligibility check

No verified eligibility rules for this call yet. See the official guidelines.

Description

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

Raised awareness of venture builders’ roles as part of the ecosystem of startup support in research performing organisations, including universities, Research and Technology Organisations and research and technology infrastructures;

Upscaling or establishment of venture builders’ roles in research performing organisations; and

Enhanced capacity for sharing resources supporting venture building, exchanging best practices and developing skills needed for successful venture building undertakings in research performing organisations, leading to increased commercialisation of research results (from lab to market).

Scope:

A variety of organisations across Europe support start up and spin off creation, including incubators, accelerators, innovation hubs, science parks and others. Within this ecosystem, venture builders emerge as playing a double role: on the one hand in building the start-up, drawing on innovative ideas and new technologies at very early stage and bringing together the founding team to create the start up; and on the other hand in providing the support needed to enable the start up to launch and grow in the market.

This action will support research performing organisations, such as universities, Research and Technology Organisations, and research and technology infrastructures, to upscale venture building functions and create venture builders’ roles of different types, depending on the their needs, while fully demonstrating a gender-sensitive approach that takes account of the different barriers faced by women innovators and entrepreneurs across the innovation ecosystem.

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