Pilot access schemes to Technology Infrastructures for European startups, scaleups and innovative SMEs (CSA)
Proposals should demonstrate the following expected outcomes: A sound understanding of the specific needs of industrial users (including but not limited to innovative SMEs, startups and scaleups) for Technology infrastructure services in specific priority areas including but not limited to advanced materials, clean energy, or health and biotechnology; Increased opportunities for industrial users for development,…
Funding and competition
- 2grants expected (official)
- €1.5M–€2.5MEU contribution per project
- €1.5Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 8 | 0 | AQUASERV, RISE-UP BIO, NEP |
| Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation Donostia/San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 1 | CLEANHYPRO, ACTHYVE, MARINET2 |
| Centro Para El Desarrollo Tecnologico Y La Innovacion E.P.E. Madrid | Spain | Public body | 4 | 0 | GO - SME, NCP4Industry, SPINDEC |
| Barcelona Supercomputing Center Centro Nacional De Supercomputacion Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 3 | 0 | COMBO, HPC-EUROPA3, MaterialsCommons |
| Universidad De Vigo Vigo Pontevedra | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | AQUASERV, RISE-UP BIO |
| Gmv Aerospace And Defence Sa Tres Cantos | Spain | Company | 2 | 1 | LEONSEGS, CENTAUR |
| Universidad De Alicante Alicante | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | IMPAC3T-IP, MOST-H2 |
| Universidad De Zaragoza Zaragoza | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | ESTEEM3, GenAI4EU Nexus |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 10partners (median)
- 7countries (median)
- 29%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- GO - SME – Good practices in SME innovation support (H2020 · 2021 · EIC-mutuallearning-2020)
- NordicAIP – Nordic Angel Investment Program (H2020 · 2018 · ICT-32-2017)
- OPTIMI – Optimising Technology Infrastructures for European Leadership in Inspection and Maintenance (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-64)
- CLEANHYPRO – Open Innovation Test Bed for Electrolysis Materials for Clean Hydrogen Production (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-20)
- ACTHYVE – pilot ACtion on Technology infrastructures for clean HYdrogen ValuE chain (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-64)
- Soft-Landing – The Soft-Landing Project (H2020 · 2017 · ICT-32-2017)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.