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Biotechnology for Healthy Ageing
Biotechnology for Healthy Ageing (HORIZON-EIC-2026-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-02) is an open funding topic under Horizon Europe with a stated budget of €96 million. The next deadline is 28 Oct 2026, 11 days away as of 2026-10-17.
In our daily copy of EU Funding & Tenders Portal data (2026-10-17), 2 other topics in call HORIZON-EIC-2026-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 are listed; Horizon Europe has 376 open or forthcoming calls here; the median stated budget for Horizon Europe calls is €12 million; 6 Horizon Europe calls have a deadline in October 2026.
| Identifier | HORIZON-EIC-2026-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-02 |
|---|---|
| Programme | Horizon Europe |
| Status | Open for submission |
| Opening date | 22 Jul 2026 |
| Deadline | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Submission | Single-stage |
| Type of action | Horizon Europe EIC Grants |
| Budget | €96 million (2026 budget) |
| Expected number of grants | 8 |
| EU contribution per project | €500,000 to €4 million |
| Call | HORIZON-EIC-2026-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 — EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2026 |
| Themes on this site | Health |
Read the official topic page on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal
Type of action
This is a European Innovation Council (EIC) action, aimed at breakthrough innovation and companies that want to scale up.
Deadline
Deadline as published: 28 Oct 2026. Check the official page for the exact time and any changes; late submissions are not accepted.
Next steps
- Open the official topic page and read the conditions, the call document and the evaluation criteria.
- Create a free EU Login and register your organisation to get a PIC, if you do not have one.
- Find partners if the topic needs a consortium (the portal's partner search is free).
- Start a draft in the submission system from the topic page and submit before the deadline.
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- DeepRAP: Deep Reasoning, Abstraction & Planning towards trustworthy Cognitive AI Systems — HORIZON-EIC-2026-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-03, next deadline 28 Oct 2026
- Development of innovative tools, processes, equipment and technologies through responses to disasters and emergencies for search and rescue in hazardous conditions — HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-03, next deadline 5 Nov 2026
- Multi-hazard approach and cumulative / cascading impacts — HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-02, next deadline 5 Nov 2026
- Open topic on driving innovation uptake of disaster risk solutions — HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-04, next deadline 5 Nov 2026
- Targeted innovative capabilities for the resilience of critical entities to natural and human-induced disasters, including hybrid scenarios — HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-INFRA-03, next deadline 5 Nov 2026
- Understanding inhabitant’s experiences of neighbourhoods to support their health and well-being — HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-03, next deadline 1 Dec 2026
- Advancing promising results from Pillar II collaborative research through the innovation journey — HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-02-05, next deadline 28 Jan 2027
- Valorising Horizon project results via innovation ecosystems — HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-06-02, next deadline 16 Feb 2027
- Addressing disabilities through the life course to support independent living and inclusion — HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01, next deadline 17 Feb 2027