Grants

The aim of the grant is to enhance the resilience of apartment associations in crisis situations by improving the capacity to ensure essential services through necessary investments and activities.

The start-up grant allows testing and further development of an innovative social initiative that has completed the NULA incubation program, to grow into a viable initiative that enhances societal well-being and supports community cohesion.

The support is aimed at developing the circular economy, waste, and mineral resources sectors, as well as implementing environmental management systems and eco-labels to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable production and consumption.

The support compensates private forest owners for income lost due to Natura 2000 network and other nature conservation restrictions.

The aim of the grant is to improve the energy efficiency of public sector buildings, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, decrease the energy supplied to the building and the building's maintenance costs, align with indoor climate requirements, and promote the use of renewable energy.

The aim of the grant is to reduce the volume of high-energy-consuming buildings of local government units by replacing them with nearly zero-energy buildings.

The support is intended for partial compensation of crop losses caused by adverse weather conditions in 2024 for the cultivation of rapeseed, turnip rape, or spring barley.

The aim of the support is to help producers, processors, and representative organizations of fishery and aquaculture products enter foreign markets, thereby increasing the export capacity of the Estonian fisheries sector.

This grant aims to support the development of sustainable macroalgae cultivation systems and innovative bio-based applications, contributing to the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, the Zero Pollution Action Plan, and the EU strategy for a Sustainable Blue Economy. The initiative also aligns with the Mission 'Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030'.

This grant aims to enhance the scale-up potential and sustainability of continuous biotech processes for producing bio-based chemicals, materials, and ingredients. It contributes to the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, Circular Economy Action Plan, and Zero Pollution Action Plan, among other EU initiatives.

The grant aims to retrofit existing industrial facilities into biorefineries to produce higher-value bio-based products, contributing to the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, Circular Economy Action Plan, and EU Industrial Strategy. Projects will focus on sustainability, circularity, and creating local/regional ecosystems while addressing challenges like equipment conversion, workforce reskilling, and establishing bio-based value chains.

The grant aims to support the development of cost-effective, sustainable, and resource-efficient processes for the large-scale production of bio-based drop-in platform chemicals. It contributes to the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, Zero Pollution Action Plan, and the EU Industrial Strategy, while reducing fossil feedstock dependence and increasing societal value through employment and regional development.

The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships aim to enhance the career prospects and employability of researchers by providing opportunities for international, inter-sectoral, and interdisciplinary mobility. The program supports researchers in developing transferable skills, fostering innovation, and promoting Open Science practices. Fellowships are open to researchers undertaking research and innovation projects in Europe or globally, with specific eligibility conditions for Euratom-related research areas.

The ERA Fellowships aim to support excellent researchers undertaking cross-border mobility by providing competitive grants. The program focuses on host organizations located in Widening Countries and builds on the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 action. It seeks to enhance research and transferable skills, improve career prospects, and strengthen R&I capacity in Widening Countries.

EIC Transition funds innovation activities that go beyond the experimental proof of principle in laboratory. It supports both the maturation and validation of your novel technology from the lab to the relevant application environments as well as explorations and development of a sustainable business case and business model towards commercialisation.

The Next Generation Internet Fund aims to nurture a structured human-centric internet ecosystem by turning digital values into motivating challenges for top value-driven open-source innovators in Europe. It supports the creation, maturation, and growth of new internet commons encompassing the entire internet stack, from open hardware to vertical applications, fostering trust, privacy, decentralization, and socio-economic benefits.

The aim of this grant is to foster the take-up of Next Generation Internet (NGI) technologies and solutions in Europe by integrating them into a variety of industrial and societal use cases. It aims to enable the emergence of internet ecosystems supporting the needs of specific sectors, such as public services, healthcare, supply chain management, transport, and more. The grant focuses on open-source solutions and their integration into vertical use cases to ensure replicability and sustainability.

This grant supports the organisation of the European Researchers' Night and the implementation of the Researchers at Schools initiative. It aims to promote research careers, enhance public engagement with science, and improve communication between researchers and the general public, with a focus on inclusivity and accessibility for young people and underserved communities.

The grant aims to develop interactive Generative AI (GenAI) autonomous agents to enhance cancer diagnosis and treatment. These agents will provide clinicians with a holistic perspective of patient care, integrating multimodal medical imaging and health data, generating synthetic medical data, and improving AI interpretability. The initiative supports groundbreaking research for personalized treatment and predictive diagnosis, fostering innovation in cancer care.

This grant supports projects that enhance adaptation pathways for the production of climate-resilient crops and develop alternative pathways to produce high-value ingredients in plants. The goal is to achieve energy- and resource-efficient, low-emission foods that maintain or increase biodiversity and are integral to a healthy diet.

This grant aims to develop breakthrough technologies for autonomous collaborative on-site construction robots, enabling a transition towards a digital production and assembly chain designed for robotics. The focus is on addressing challenges in dynamic, unstructured construction environments through multi-robot collaboration and human-robot interaction.

This grant focuses on developing next-generation technologies to convert problematic waste streams into valuable fuels, chemicals, and materials. It emphasizes scalable, sustainable, and circular solutions for non-recyclable synthetic polymers, flue gases, wastewater, and desalination brines.

The purpose of the grant is to support the development of the South Estonian region by promoting entrepreneurship, innovation, and creating more diverse job opportunities.

Toetuse eesmärk on kohalike omavalitsuste võimestamine roheliste investeeringute tegemiseks, sealhulgas energiatõhususe ja keskkonnasõbralike lahenduste edendamine.

Support projects that reduce food waste, promote the use of recyclable packaging, and create systems for reusable packaging.

Support for enterprises to achieve green transition goals by adding higher economic value to bioresources. It is also aimed at research and development, enhancing innovation capacity, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Support provided by KredEx to apartment associations and local authorities for the reconstruction of buildings to improve energy efficiency and living conditions.

Support for flood risk prevention and mitigation to protect people, property, and the environment from floods.

Support for the establishment and reconstruction of combined stormwater systems to reduce pollution and improve water quality.

The aim of the support is to encourage large-scale investments in Estonia that enhance the competitiveness, export capacity, and added value of businesses.

A permanently open call designed to support, scale, and accelerate industry startups and scale-ups into impactful players in the European manufacturing ecosystem.

A competitive, open funding framework designed to promote ambitious, long-term collaboration leading to transformative changes in the food system for the benefit of all.

The purpose of the application round is to promote the development of civil society and encourage citizens' participation in the European Union's decision-making processes by supporting various projects involving civic activity and participation.

The aim of the call for proposals is to support projects that protect and promote children's rights. In all project activities, it is important to involve children to instill in organizations the right of children to participate in shaping policies that affect them.

We support investments in the manufacturing industry that contribute to the creation of higher added value and the growth of the entrepreneur's international competitiveness.

The purpose of the support is to strengthen regional development centers to support the development of local businesses and organizations and to provide high-quality development services.

The service allows companies to find important signals from the information sea and create a reliable basis for making technology decisions.

We support companies' development activities, encouraging investment in the development of new competitive products and services.

The Innovation Voucher is a targeted grant that enables companies to procure services necessary for product development from innovation service providers. Projects eligible for funding are those aimed at developing novel solutions in at least one of the RDI focus areas and for which the applicant lacks the necessary resources, knowledge, skills, or experience.

The Enterprise Development Program supports the implementation of a company's long-term strategic development plan and increases international competitiveness.

Support for creating a digitalization roadmap for a company to increase the entrepreneur's awareness of the current state of digitalization and automation of their company, as well as the initial level of cybersecurity.

Development cooperation experts help companies find and connect with the best experts in development, testing, and certification, as well as researchers and research institutions in Estonia and around the world, who assist companies in developing and bringing their new products and services to market.

The purpose of the service is to help companies identify their intellectual assets and use them to support their business strategy. Experts offer advice on intellectual property protection, risk mitigation, and asset commercialization.

We support the initiation or acceleration of exports by creative industry companies.

We assess your company's existing processes and innovation capability, identifying strengths and weaknesses together. We also prepare a detailed report with proposals to support your company in implementing activities that need development.

Support for creative entrepreneurs to develop and implement innovative solutions, as well as to develop products, services, technologies, processes, and personnel. Also suitable for creating new market opportunities and modernizing business models.

The EIC Accelerator aims to provide riskier capital to individual companies for developing and bringing to market technology- and knowledge-intensive solutions.

We organize seminars to provide preliminary information for entering the target country and establishing contacts.

We help Estonian exporters find potential clients, distributors, or other business partners worldwide from databases.

The program offers Estonian companies the opportunity to participate in national joint stands at international trade fairs to increase their visibility and competitiveness in foreign markets.

A free 30-minute consultation for companies that provides an overview of the process, timeline, and budget for recruiting specialists from abroad, as well as introduces opportunities to support the adaptation of foreign specialists and their families.

Sector-specific business missions allow companies to gain in-depth knowledge of desired export markets, providing an overview of the opportunities for their product or service in a specific foreign market and establishing new business contacts.

The grant helps industrial and mining companies integrate green thinking into their strategic mission, map green capabilities, and implement sustainable ways to ensure production resilience.

The aim of the support is to promote the digitalization and automation of enterprises, including the adoption of digital technologies and robots.

The program is aimed at Estonian tourism companies, offering them digital mentorship and assisting in the preparation of a digitalization roadmap to improve their competitiveness and efficiency.

The grant is intended for the implementation of projects essential for ensuring supply security, focusing on the development of the energy sector and strategic infrastructure.

The aim of the support is to contribute to the digitalization of the tourism sector and to increase competitiveness through software solutions.

The aim of the support is to reduce the fuel consumption of fishing vessels used in professional coastal and inland fishing, increase energy efficiency, and reduce CO₂ emissions by supporting the replacement of engines in fishing vessels under 12 meters.

Support for the production of new products, increasing resource efficiency, and the introduction of renewable energy in the processing of fishery and aquaculture products.

Support related to the export and import of agricultural products within and outside the European Union.

The support is aimed at producer organizations and their unions to promote joint activities, increase the competitiveness of members, and improve the organization of production and marketing of agricultural products.

The goal of the program is to ensure good living conditions for families living in sparsely populated rural areas and thereby contribute to maintaining the population in these areas.

The aim of the support is to empower local governments in planning wind energy areas or wind farms and the infrastructure necessary for their operation, ensuring higher quality and faster processing of plans and permits.

The aim of the support is to contribute to the development of the South-East Estonia region by supporting entrepreneurship, innovation, and the creation of more diverse job opportunities.

The aim of the grant is to enhance the knowledge transfer capacity of research and development institutions and universities by improving the application of research results in business and society.

The aim of the measure is to improve the energy efficiency of buildings used by the central government, reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

The aim of the support is to assist in the implementation of county development strategies to enhance regional competitiveness and ensure balanced development across Estonia.

The grant is intended for Estonian companies to improve resource efficiency, reducing production resource consumption and environmental impact.

The grant is aimed at preventing and mitigating flood risks by improving water supply and protection infrastructure and increasing the resilience of regions to climate change.

The grant is intended for the protection of valuable habitats, offering support to forest owners who wish to sign contracts to ensure protection.

The grant promotes circular economy-based projects to encourage environmentally friendly and sustainable production and consumption models.

The support measure is aimed at improving the energy efficiency of wastewater treatment to contribute to a more environmentally friendly and resource-efficient infrastructure.

A grant aimed at promoting the purchase of zero-emission vehicles, contributing to the development of a greener and more sustainable transportation system.

The grant is aimed at establishing and renovating combined stormwater systems to improve environmental conditions and reduce pollution.

The grant is aimed at preparing climate plans for local governments and increasing urban biodiversity to promote sustainable and climate-friendly development.

The aim of the grant is to increase opportunities for recycling and reuse of waste and to promote environmentally friendly solutions.

The purpose of the grant is to help enterprises conduct resource audits to improve their resource efficiency and reduce environmental impact.

We support applicants in submitting project ideas to the European Union Innovation Fund's annual grant and tender calls.

Support for transport and logistics sector companies to carry out development work necessary for integration with the e-CMR data exchange service, with the aim of digitizing road freight communication.

The support is intended for the implementation of local development strategies of the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFF) in Estonian fisheries areas to promote the region's economy and social well-being.

LEADER project support supports the implementation of local development strategies in rural areas, improving the living environment of communities and promoting cooperation.

The aim of the support is to contribute to the improvement of fish stocks and the preservation of the environment and biological diversity by improving the condition of fish spawning areas, habitats, and migration routes.

The aim of the support is to increase the competitiveness of entrepreneurs operating permanently in rural areas, create new attractive jobs, and contribute to balanced regional development.

The aim of the support is to promote the availability of fruits, vegetables, milk, and dairy products for children and to support the development of healthy eating habits.

The aim of the support is to assist advisors who provide advice to individuals engaged in agriculture, rural economy, and the processing of agricultural products.

The aim of the support is to improve the management capacity of recognized producer organizations and associations of recognized producer organizations and to ensure their sustainable development.

The purpose of the grant is to support the growth of added value and export capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises by encouraging investments in the development of processes, products, and services.

The development grant is a targeted subsidy for procuring services necessary for development activities and/or hiring personnel to create an innovative and higher value-added product, service, or technology.