HORIZON-EIC-2027-PATHFINDEROPEN-two-stage

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Industry: “…may for example be universities, research organisations, SMEs, startups, industrial partners or natural persons. The standard admissibility and eligibility conditions and the eligibility of applicants…” (eligibility text; the call text mentions industry partners)

International: “…beneficiaries, at least three legal entities, independent from each other and each established in a different country as follows: at least one legal entity established in a Member State; and at least two other independent…” (eligibility text; partners must come from different countries)

Funder: European Commission – Horizon Europe
Deadline: 25 Feb 2027
All deadlines: 25 Feb 2027; 16 Sep 2027
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Status: Opening soon (forthcoming)
Amount: Award: EUR 1,000,000–5,000,000 per project
Checked: 12 Nov 2026 against the EU Funding & Tenders listing (listing facts confirmed; not every eligibility interpretation re-derived)
Region / eligibility: EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Fields: chemistry
Reference: HORIZON-EIC-2027-PATHFINDEROPEN-two-stage
Official call: EU Funding & Tenders listing

Application timeline

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Deadline 125 Feb 2027
Deadline16 Sep 2027
Today12 Nov 2026

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Stage	Date
Deadline 1	25 Feb 2027
Final deadline	16 Sep 2027
Today (not a deadline)	12 Nov 2026

Eligibility in plain language

Collaborative Horizon Europe project: legal entities in EU Member States or associated countries, normally as a consortium (standard Horizon Europe eligibility, Annex B). Status: forthcoming — submission not yet open.

At a glance

Who submits: Only organisations can apply: Horizon Europe funds legal entities (universities, research organisations, companies), not individual researchers.
Your role: Through an eligible organisation application; individuals do not submit in their own name.
Funding figure: Stated as per-award / award-size wording: Award: EUR 1,000,000–5,000,000 per project.
Next required milestone: 25 Feb 2027 (application deadline)
Unresolved conditions: None flagged from structured rules; still confirm on the funder page.

Listing facts checked: 12 Nov 2026. Eligibility interpretation date: not separately recorded (do not treat the listing check as a full rules re-audit).

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Who should apply

Synthetic, physical and analytical chemists — the organisation applies; individuals take part through it able to join or build a multi-country consortium.

Summary from source

Expected Impact: The deep-tech approach is problem oriented. Its starting point is an important and fundamental issue, that will be tackled, e.g. related to the UN’s sustainable development goals or an economic, environmental, or societal problem. It relies on the joint efforts of a multitude of different experts, e.g., scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Deep-tech employs the convergence of existing and emergent technologies, rooted in science and advanced engineering, and powered by the design-build-test-learn cycle. The novelty of technologies and the ways in which they are used make the deep-tech approach very powerful and may lead to the solution of global societal or environmental problems or to the creation of new markets and the disruption of existing industries. The deep-tech journey needs time to move from basic science to applications to actual use cases. Full text on the official call

Raw eligibility text

General conditions 1. Admissibility and eligibility conditions EIC Pathfinder Open funds collaborative research. Your proposal must be submitted by the coordinator, on behalf of a consortium including as beneficiaries, at least three legal entities, independent from each other and each established in a different country as follows: at least one legal entity established in a Member State; and at least two other independent legal entities, each established in different Member States or Associated Countries. The legal entities may for example be universities, research organisations, SMEs, startups, industrial partners or natural persons. The standard admissibility and eligibility conditions and the eligibility of applicants from third countries are detailed in Annex 2 of EIC Work Programme 2027 . The eligibility of associated countries and third countries is also detailed in Annex 2. Stage 1: You are requested to submit, separately from your proposal, a letter of commitment from each organisation you plan to include in the consortium, confirming that the organisation is aware of its participation in the proposal and willing to take part in the project if successful. Proposals not accompanied by the required letters of commitment will be considered incomplete and will therefore be ineligible. They will not be disclosed to evaluators. Stage 2: The composition of the consortium is expected to be the same as the one provided by the commitment letters for Stage 1.