Grants

ELIAS 2nd Open Call

Track for a future or conditional window when startup, sme, ngo teams in AI, sustainability, trustworthy AI match europe eligibility and non-dilutive funding or grant support is relevant.

Terms

Funding

Up to EUR 60K per project

Equity or cost

No equity stated on the official call page

Perks

European AI sustainability project funding and consortium visibility

Founder fit

Founder

European startups, SMEs, and NGOs building trustworthy or sustainable AI.

Company

Eligible European entities with a project that matches the ELIAS call scope.

Geography

Europe only; confirm country eligibility on the official call page.

Application effort

Grant application with project scope.

Verification note

The official ELIAS page (elias-ai.eu/opportunities/elias-2nd-open-call/) confirmed submission deadline of 31 May 2026 at 23:59 CET. Today is 2026-06-14 and that deadline has passed. Multiple corroborating sources (grantedai.com grant aggregator, ELIAS official Twitter/X April 2026 post) confirm the same May 31 deadline. The grantedai.com listing explicitly marks it as 'Deadline Passed' and 'Status: Closed'. ELIAS will select 4 SME/startup projects and notify in June 2026. No second window announced. Projects are expected to start June 2026.

Source quality: official call page. Status confidence: high.

Europe onlyClosed

Stages

startupsmengo

Sectors

AIsustainabilitytrustworthy AIdeep tech

Fit tags

AIgrantnon-dilutiveeuropeopen

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