The LLM-BRIDGE Consortium has launched its first open call for the 2027 Acceleration Programme. Sixteen market-ready European companies developing generative AI or language technology solutions will be selected for a 14-week programme focused on investment readiness and market expansion. Led by 28DIGITAL with ALT-EDIC, ADRA and other consortium pa... read more 

The LLM-BRIDGE Consortium has launched its second open call for an incubator or innovation partner to deliver the Venture Incubation Programme (VIP). The initiative will support early-stage European startups developing solutions based on large language models, generative AI, multilingual AI and natural language processing. The call is implemented b... read more 

DG Research & Innovation of the European Commission developed this guidance as part of the ERA Policy Agenda 2025–2027 and its structural policy "Upscaling knowledge valorisation capacities and activities". Knowledge valorisation is distinct from dissemination — the public disclosure of results — and from impact, which descri... read more 

As it was reported to the Programme Committee at the meeting on 17/09/2026, following the STEP ScaleUp 2026 third batch, due to the first-come, first-served nature of the EIC STEP call, and considering the remaining available budget for the third batch, it is very likely that the 2026 budget will be exhausted with the first three batches.  Th... read more