# Grant for SMEs to test and roll out a proven product in new markets

_Aperto · Status as of Tuesday 20 October 2026, 23:24 (Nicosia time)_

## In brief
- Funding Programmes Portal funds Grants and funding.
- Who can apply: company.
- The grant goes up to €60,000.
- Applications run from Friday 9 October 2026 to Tuesday 1 December 2026 (time not stated).

## Key facts
- **Funder:** Funding Programmes Portal
- **Who can apply:** Company
- **Area:** Cyprus
- **Instrument:** Grant
- **Total budget:** €600,000
- **Maximum grant:** €60,000
- **Funding rate:** not stated in the call
- **Minimum project cost:** not stated in the call
- **Published on:** Sunday 18 October 2026
- **Opens:** Friday 9 October 2026 (time not stated)
- **Closes:** Tuesday 1 December 2026 (time not stated)
- **Procedure:** not stated in the call
- **How to submit:** not stated in the call
- **Application language:** not stated in the call
- **Difficulty:** 2/5
- **Chances:** Cannot be estimated

## It suits you if…
- You apply as a company, not as an individual.
- Your solution is commercially mature and already validated in the market.
- You want to adapt and demonstrate it together with a committed end customer.
- You plan to reach a new customer segment, sector or geographic market.
- You apply on your own, without a partnership.

## It is not for you if…
- Your solution is still an idea or a prototype, not yet validated in the market.
- You are not a company, for example an association or a public body.
- You need a consortium of partners: this call is for single applicants.

## What you need
- Evidence that your solution is commercially mature and already validated in the market.
- Confirmation from the committed end customer who will take part in the demonstration.
- A description of the new customer segment, sector or market you want to enter.

## How to apply
1. Write to the national contact point, EIT Community RIS Hub Cyprus, and ask where and how to submit: the call does not state the channel.
2. Agree with your end customer how the adaptation and demonstration of your solution will work.
3. Describe the roll-out into the new segment, sector or market and the proof that your solution is already validated.
4. Reread the official call and submit before it closes on Tuesday 1 December 2026.

## Official source and checks
- Official page of the call: https://www.fundingprogrammesportal.gov.cy/call/sme-market-expansion-open-call-2027-gr-2026/

> This card explains the call in plain language and does not replace it. The official text prevails. We recheck the sources automatically every day, but dates and rules can change: check the funder's website before you apply. We are not the body that manages the call.
> Text generated with artificial intelligence from the official text and checked automatically by a second AI system. The official call prevails, rechecked on Monday 19 October 2026.

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