Can I apply to Pathfinder Booster?

By country

• Can a company from an EU country apply?Yes
• Can a company from Poland (a Widening country) apply?Yes
• Can a company from the UK apply?Yes
• Can a company from Switzerland apply?Yes
• Can a company from Norway apply?Yes
• Can a company from Israel apply?Yes
• Can a company from Ukraine apply?Yes
• Can a company from Türkiye apply?Yes
• Can a company from Canada apply?NoOrganisations in Canada can't apply: it is open to the EU or countries fully associated with Horizon Europe.
• Can a company from Japan apply?NoOrganisations in Japan can't apply: it is open to the EU or countries fully associated with Horizon Europe.
• Can a company from South Korea apply?NoOrganisations in South Korea can't apply: it is open to the EU or countries fully associated with Horizon Europe.
• Can a company from the United States apply?NoOrganisations in the United States can't apply: it is open to the EU or countries fully associated with Horizon Europe.
• Can a company from India apply?NoOrganisations in India can't apply: it is open to the EU or countries fully associated with Horizon Europe.

By organisation

• Can a founder without a company yet apply?Yes, ifRegister a company first: the applicant must be an incorporated SME.
• Can a startup apply?Yes
• Can an established SME apply?Yes
• Can a mid-cap company apply?Yes
• Can a large company apply?Yes
• Can a university apply?Yes
• Can a research organisation apply?Yes
• Can a company apply on its own, without partners?Yes

By stage

• Can I apply with an idea or early research?Yes
• Can I apply with a proof of concept?Yes
• Can I apply with a prototype?Yes
• Can I apply with a pilot with real users?Yes
• Can I apply with a product on the market?Yes

The rules in full

Where you must be based

the EU or countries fully associated with Horizon Europe

Follows the parent EIC Pathfinder or Transition project. The invitation decides who can apply.

Who can apply

a startup, an SME, a mid-cap, a large company, a university, a research organisation, a public body, a non-profit or an individual researcher

EIC Pathfinder or Transition awardees (including legacy FET-Open and FET-Proactive projects), their affiliated entities, technology transfer offices, EIC inventors, and third parties with access rights to the results.

Alone or with partners

Alone

Can go to one awardee or a group of awardees from the same project.

Stage

No set TRL

No TRL rule. It funds commercialisation exploration of results from the parent project.

Also required

You are an EIC grantee

What you get

grants, up to €50k

Fixed amount up to 50,000 euros per Booster grant. Up to 3 per Pathfinder project and 1 per Transition project, more only in exceptional cases.

Funding rate

Fixed lump sum