{"id":53370,"date":"2026-01-08T12:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/?p=53370"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:20:21","slug":"applications-for-the-startup-edge-grant-programme-are-now-being-accepted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/applications-for-the-startup-edge-grant-programme-are-now-being-accepted","title":{"rendered":"Applications for the Startup EDGE grant programme are now being accepted"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"53370\" class=\"elementor elementor-53370\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f380372 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f380372\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21805b1\" data-id=\"21805b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567115d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"567115d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Ukrainian Startup Fund has announced that it is now accepting applications for the Startup EDGE grant programme, which aims to support innovative Ukrainian startups in the early stages of development. The initiative is being implemented with the support of the EU4Innovation East project and aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the Ukrainian startup ecosystem in Europe and worldwide \ud83c\udf0d.<\/p><p>The total budget of the programme is \u20ac1,000,000, which opens up new opportunities for entrepreneurial growth and technological development \ud83d\ude80.<\/p><p>\ud83c\udfaf Priority areas of the programme:<\/p><p>DeepTech \ud83e\udd16: artificial intelligence and machine learning, biotechnology, MedTech, robotics, quantum computing, IoT, cybersecurity, SpaceTech, Web 3.0 and other breakthrough technologies;<\/p><p>GreenTech \ud83c\udf31: renewable energy, clean technologies, sustainable development and resource conservation solutions;<\/p><p>EdTech \ud83c\udf93: digital education solutions and innovative technologies for transforming the learning process.<\/p><p>\ud83d\udcb0 Grant funding amount:<\/p><p>up to \u20ac20,000 \u2014 for pre-seed stage start-ups;<\/p><p>up to \u20ac40,000 \u2014 for seed-stage startups.<\/p><p>During the first open call, an expert commission will select the 9 most promising projects.<\/p><p>\ud83d\udcc5 Application deadline \u2014 21 January 2026.<\/p><p>Applications can be submitted via the Ukrainian Startup Fund web portal: <a href=\"https:\/\/usf.com.ua\/programs\/grant-support\" class=\"external external_icon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/usf.com.ua\/programs\/grant-support<\/a><\/p><p>The Startup EDGE grant programme is implemented by the Ukrainian Startup Fund with the support of the EU4Innovation East project, which is funded by the European Union, co-financed by the French government and implemented by Expertise France.<\/p><p>\ud83d\udc49 We invite students and young scientists from the Department of Economic Cybernetics to take advantage of this opportunity to implement their own innovative ideas and reach the international level!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ukrainian Startup Fund has announced that it is now accepting applications for the Startup EDGE grant programme, which aims to support innovative Ukrainian startups in the early stages of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":53371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}