Estonia is awarding nearly €15M to 12 company-led research and development projects spanning health technology, artificial intelligence, autonomous transport, energy, industrial technology and defence.
The projects have a combined cost of more than €24.6M, with individual grants ranging from about €370,000 to €1.96M, per Enterpirse Estonia. The funding comes through the tenth round of its Applied Research Programme, which helps companies move higher-risk technologies from research towards prototypes and market-ready products.
“If we want higher wages and incomes in Estonia, we need world-class companies,” said Economy and Industry Minister Erkki Keldo. “That is not achieved through cheaper labour, but through products created with knowledge, science and technology that can be sold worldwide.”
Research grants span health, AI and energy
STACC will receive €371,000 to develop an analysis platform for renewable-energy investments. AuVe Tech is getting €1.62M for remote operation technology for autonomous vehicles, while Muun Health will use €701,000 to develop a biosensor for tracking female sex hormones.
Crewpoint Technology secured €736,000 for an AI-based travel-management platform for seafarers. Imaginal Microsystems will receive €1.92M to build a directly cooled chip module, and Baltic HC Solutions is getting €1.09M for a platform measuring the economic impact of health investments.
ÄIO will receive €1.94M for new biomanufacturing technologies, while TFTAK secured €635,000 for a production platform for bioactive compounds. Frankenburg Technologies will use €806,000 to develop software that checks the reliability of radar input data.
H2Electro is getting €1.93M to develop electrolysis technology for producing hydrogen and synthesis gas. Celvia CC will receive €1.29M for a liquid-biopsy test designed to help identify causes of miscarriage, while Trisector secured €1.96M to develop technology that turns mining waste into usable materials.
The projects add to Estonia’s wider push to connect commercial challenges with scientific capability. The country has also allocated €42M to research-business collaboration under a separate programme. Estonia’s industrial R&D ecosystem includes universities, accelerators and competence centres supporting applied research, prototyping and testing.
Next research funding call opens in August
The eleventh Applied Research Programme call will open on 3 August with another €15M budget. Companies may seek grants of €250,000 to €2M to develop innovative products, services, technologies and processes.
Mandatory pre-consultation is required. Development ideas must be submitted by 3 August, and applicants receiving a positive preliminary assessment have until 28 September 2026 at 16:00 to file their applications in Estonia’s e-grants portal. The programme is financed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications.
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