Due to the opening of the EIC Pilot calls (2018-2020), the final cut-off date of the SME Instrument call for Phase 1 in 2017 has been brought forward to the 7th of November 2017 at 17:00:00 (Brussels time).

The cut-off date of November 8th set out in the official Work Programme no longer applies.

Swiss companies can now fully benefit from the SME Instrument programme where projects can be awarded funding of up to € 2.5 million as well as being given access to world-class coaching.

The programme provides about €3 billion in funding in the period over 2014-2020. The 2017 budget is almost € 440 million for 13 topics - see more here.

Over 600 partner organisations in more than 60 countries in Europe and beyond have joined their competences under the umbrella of Enterprise Europe Network. They offer you an integrated, personal brokerage service giving access to new European markets and partners. In Switzerland, Euresearch and Switzerland Global Enterprise offer you professional support services to find technology partners or market your innovation, to find new business opportunities and new markets within Europe and beyond.

The SME Instrument is active in the Horizon2020 member and associated countries since 2014, and Swiss entities can participate since January 1st of this year.

Learning from successful examples is easy by having a look at the previous SME Instrument winners all around Europe; EASME's SME Instrument data hub helps identifying SME Instrument champions and filter them by country, sector and keyword. Have a look!