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Ipcei Int Funding Call 2026
In context
This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and large companies and 5 others, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and scale-up and mature. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Finland and the European Union.
Business Finland's call identifies and selects Finnish nuclear-related RDI and first-industrial-deployment projects for EU-level matchmaking and preparation under the IPCEI on Innovative Nuclear Technologies. It is aimed at Finnish companies and other actors, including direct, associated and indirect value-chain partners, in reactors, fuel, radioisotopes, materials and components.
About this grant
The IPCEI on Innovative Nuclear Technologies (IPCEI INT) is a European initiative aimed at strengthening value chains, industrial capabilities and cross-border cooperation related to innovative nuclear energy technologies in Europe. This Business Finland call is part of Finland's preparation for the IPCEI INT initiative. It identifies Finnish companies and other actors whose projects may be relevant to IPCEI INT, assesses their suitability for further preparation, and selects projects that Finland may propose for EU-level matchmaking and further preparation. Selection does not guarantee final participation in IPCEI or funding. The initiative targets research, development and innovation (RDI) projects as well as first industrial deployment (FID), meaning scaling up of pilot facilities or first equipment and installations after the pilot line, including testing, but excluding mass production or commercial activities. Projects may include research and development, pilot and demonstration projects, and value chain development. The call is organised around three workstreams: WS1 on nuclear reactors, WS2 on fuel and radioisotopes, and WS3 on materials, components and services across fission and fusion supply chains. Projects must be highly innovative or add significant RDI value, must disseminate new knowledge widely across the EU on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, and must form an integrated European whole with cross-border cooperation. Incremental improvements and new versions of existing products are excluded. Funding is granted under the Finnish State Aid Act and the Government Decree on RDI funding, and requires a demonstrated market failure. Applicants may apply as a direct participant (own RDI/FID project, eligible for IPCEI aid), an associated partner (own project, no EU notification or aid), or an indirect partner (value chain role such as supplier or service provider, without its own RDI/FID project). Applications are submitted through Business Finland's online funding service, with a company application template and, for direct participants, a funding gap workbook. Business Finland encourages early contact before submission.
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Eligibility
Open to Finnish companies related to the international value chain of innovative nuclear energy technologies, in the role of direct participant, associated partner or indirect partner. The company must be linked to the European value chain and aim at developing new technologies and their first industrial deployment. The company must not be in difficulty within the meaning of EU State aid rules at the time aid is granted. Other actors may be considered per the call text but the target group is Finnish companies.
How it's scored
Projects are assessed nationally by Business Finland and at EU level as part of the IPCEI process. Assessment considers whether RDI projects are highly innovative or add significant value taking the state of the art into account, whether FID projects enable a new product, service or technology or a fundamentally innovative production process, whether knowledge dissemination mechanisms are clearly described, whether a market failure exists, and suitability for IPCEI preparation. No scoring weights or panel composition are disclosed.
Key requirements
- ✓Projects must be highly innovative or add significant RDI value and disseminate new knowledge across the EU on FRAND terms
- ✓Must form an integrated European whole with cross-border cooperation; incremental improvements are excluded
- ✓Funding under Finnish State Aid Act requires demonstrated market failure; selection does not guarantee IPCEI participation or funding
Funder contact
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Relevant sectors
About this sector
Fusion and nuclear funding backs advanced reactor designs, small modular reactors, fuel cycles, materials and the supply chain behind them. Most of it is public research and milestone-based development money, with strict security and safety requirements. Calls typically favour teams with specialist facilities, licensing knowledge and established research partners.
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