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EIT opens EUR 40 million call to commercialise university deep tech research

The EIT's Higher Education Initiative opened a EUR 40 million call on 20 October 2026 for university, business and public body consortia to commercialise deep tech research, up to EUR 1.25 million a project, deadline 13 January 2027.

Verified AI-drafted EIT Higher Education Initiative website, 20 October 2026

What it does not test. It does not establish which projects or countries will receive funding, since the call stays open until January 2027 and awards follow later.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Call opened (EUR 40m) but no projects/countries funded yet; no question moves. European Sovereignty Index

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