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Germany and EU startup grants and accelerators closing in November 2026
Short answer. 11 programs for founders in Germany and the European Union close in November 2026: 5 grants, 5 accelerators and 1 equity prize. The first closes on 3 Nov 2026 (NLnet Foundation open call grants) and the last on 30 Nov 2026 (SPRIND Challenge: AI-Native Chip Design).
That is 11 of the 23 Germany & EU programs in my base that have a written closing date, more than any other month. The other 56 of the 79 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.
Closing in November 2026 (11)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLnet Foundation open call grantsNetherlands (online form) | Grant, non-dilutive | cash · Between € 5 000 and € 50 000 for a first grant | 3 Nov 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 | The program's page ↗ |
| OIS Restack (NGI Open Internet Stack) 1st Open CallEU-wide | Grant, non-dilutive | cash · we will award small- to medium-sized R&D grants between 5.000 and 50.000 euro | 3 Nov 2026 | 2 Oct 2026 | The program's page ↗What the form asks → |
| EIT Culture & Creativity New Ventures in Creative Tech (Spark)EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated countries | Accelerator, non-dilutive | up to EUR 30,000 · cash · Up to EUR 30,000 per team plus a nine-month venture-creation program | 16 Nov 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 | The program's page ↗ |
| SPRIND Challenge: Engineering Microbial ConsortiaGermany (Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, SPRIND) | Grant, non-dilutive | up to €4,300,000 · cash · offering up to €4,300,000 per team across all three stages | 16 Nov 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 | The program's page ↗ |
| LLM-BRIDGE Acceleration ProgrammeEurope (online/pan-European) | Accelerator | EUR 500,000 · cash · More than EUR 500,000 allocated across selected incubators and startups (program is free) | 18 Nov 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 | The program's page ↗ |
| Avant Now Accelerator (Berlin Startup Stipendium)Berlin, Germany | Accelerator | cash · Yes, we do provide equity-free funding for each participating founder: 2,500 Euro per month for up to 12 months | 30 Nov 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 | The program's page ↗ |
| EIT Food Proof-of-Concept Co-Financing InstrumentEU-wide | Grant | not found on the page | 30 Nov 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 | The program's page ↗ |
| EU-LAC Digital AcceleratorEU / Latin America / Caribbean | Accelerator | up to EUR 10,500 · cash · Up to EUR 10,500 grant per startup for a PoC | 30 Nov 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 | The program's page ↗ |
| Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge (12th edition)Paris, France (online application) | Prize, for equity | €200K · prize · Secure the €200K equity prize from DeepBright Ventures | 30 Nov 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 | The program's page ↗ |
| INVESTMENT SHEROES (Digital Hub Bonn)Bonn, Germany (open Germany-wide) | Accelerator | not found on the page | 30 Nov 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 | The program's page ↗ |
| SPRIND Challenge: AI-Native Chip DesignGermany (Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, SPRIND) | Grant, non-dilutive | up to €9,600,000 · cash · offering up to €9,600,000 per team across both stages | 30 Nov 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 | The program's page ↗ |
Questions founders ask
Which Germany and EU startup grants close in November 2026?
5 in my base: NLnet Foundation open call grants (3 Nov 2026); OIS Restack (NGI Open Internet Stack) 1st Open Call (3 Nov 2026); SPRIND Challenge: Engineering Microbial Consortia (16 Nov 2026); EIT Food Proof-of-Concept Co-Financing Instrument (30 Nov 2026); SPRIND Challenge: AI-Native Chip Design (30 Nov 2026).
Not counted as a grant: Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge (12th edition) (30 Nov 2026), a prize paid as an equity investment: the program's page calls it an equity prize.
Which Germany and EU accelerators have a deadline in November 2026?
5 in my base: EIT Culture & Creativity New Ventures in Creative Tech (Spark) (16 Nov 2026); LLM-BRIDGE Acceleration Programme (18 Nov 2026); Avant Now Accelerator (Berlin Startup Stipendium) (30 Nov 2026); EU-LAC Digital Accelerator (30 Nov 2026); INVESTMENT SHEROES (Digital Hub Bonn) (30 Nov 2026).
How current is this list?
Each row says the day its program's page was last read; the rows here were read 2 Oct to 10 Oct 2026. On 26 Oct 2026 I opened each of these 11 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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