Germany and EU startup grants and accelerators closing in December 2026

Short answer. 4 programs for founders in Germany and the European Union close in December 2026: 4 grants. The first closes on 1 Dec 2026 (EIT Urban Mobility SME Market Expansion Open Call 2027) and the last on 31 Dec 2026 (RVO DHI Marktvalidatie voor start-ups (Netherlands)).

That is 4 of the 22 Germany & EU programs in my base that have a written closing date. The other 56 of the 78 that are not closed have no written date (9 rolling, 47 with no deadline found) and are not in this count. Every row below is read from the same list as open funding in Germany and the European Union, so a program that closes or whose link dies leaves this page without anyone editing a line.

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Closing in December 2026 (4)

Soonest first. Amount and closing date are the program's own words; a fact I did not find says not found. A date with a time is in UTC.

Program	Type	Amount	Closes	Checked	Link
EIT Urban Mobility SME Market Expansion Open Call 2027EU-wide	Grant, non-dilutive	EUR 60,000 · cash · Fixed lump sum grant of EUR 60,000 per SME	1 Dec 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗
European Prize for Women Innovators 2027EU-wide	Grant, non-dilutive	EUR 100,000 · prize · Prizes of EUR 100,000, 70,000 and 50,000 for founders	1 Dec 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗
EUIPO SME Fund 2026 (Ideas Powered for Business)EU-wide	Grant, credits	EUR 700 · credits · Partial reimbursement of IP costs, e.g. maximum EUR 700 for trade marks and designs	4 Dec 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗
RVO DHI Marktvalidatie voor start-ups (Netherlands)Netherlands	Grant, non-dilutive	cash · EUR 25,000 subsidy with a minimum of EUR 50,000 project costs	31 Dec 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗

Questions founders ask

Which Germany and EU startup grants close in December 2026?

4 in my base: EIT Urban Mobility SME Market Expansion Open Call 2027 (1 Dec 2026); European Prize for Women Innovators 2027 (1 Dec 2026); EUIPO SME Fund 2026 (Ideas Powered for Business) (4 Dec 2026); RVO DHI Marktvalidatie voor start-ups (Netherlands) (31 Dec 2026).

Which Germany and EU accelerators have a deadline in December 2026?

0 in my base: none.

How current is this list?

Each row says the day its program's page was last read; the rows here were read 10 Oct 2026. On 29 Oct 2026 I opened each of these 4 program pages again and the closing date on it matched the one in the table. Open the program's page before you apply: dates and terms change.

What this list does not tell you

It does not say whether you are eligible: many rows are limited to a place, a field or who the founder is, and the program's page is the rule. It does not include programs with no written closing date, and it never converts or rounds an amount. It is information, not advice or an offer. A program is not listed once its deadline has passed or when its link was found dead on two checks in a row.

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Find the ones that fit you

Paste your site's address: I read it, keep the programs that fit your country and stage, and fill the applications from facts you confirm. Each waits for your OK.