Data methodology
Every grant, every deadline, every country profile on Eureon traces back to a primary source. This is how we collect it, how often we refresh it, and how we verify it before a founder sees it.
Where the data comes from
Six source classes feed Eureon. Nothing on the platform is sourced from third-party aggregators, paid databases, or LLM hallucination.
- European Innovation Council (EIC) Funding & Tenders PortalWeekly poll · Manual review on each new work programme
EIC Accelerator, Pathfinder, Transition, STEP Scale-Up. Work programmes, cut-off dates, budgets, evaluation criteria.
https://eic.ec.europa.eu/ - EUREKA Network — EurostarsWeekly poll · Manual review on each call open/close
Eurostars call schedule, eligibility per country, funding ceilings, partner consortium rules.
https://www.eurekanetwork.org/ - Horizon Europe — Funding & Tenders PortalWeekly poll · 1,200+ active calls tracked
All open calls under Pillars I, II, III. Topic codes, deadlines, indicative budgets, TRL requirements.
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/ - National innovation agencies (27 member states)Monthly poll per agency · Quarterly editorial deep-review
Country-level grants, R&D tax credits, IP boxes, regional programmes (e.g. Bpifrance, Innovate UK alumni schemes, EAS, Vinnova, SIFIDE II, WBSO, Innovation Income Deduction).
- European Commission — EU Inc. legislative trackerWeekly · Real-time on legislative milestones
EU Inc. proposal text, trilogue progress, transposition timelines, Member State implementation notes.
https://commission.europa.eu/ - National business registersQuarterly review · Verified against at least two registrar sources
Incorporation cost, time-to-incorporate, minimum capital, notary requirements per EU country.
How a programme reaches a founder
- 1. Ingest
Automated scrapers pull from official portals on a fixed schedule. Raw data lands in a staging table with source URL, retrieval timestamp, and HTTP fingerprint.
- 2. Normalise
Each programme is mapped to a common schema: country scope, sector tags, stage tags, funding type (grant/equity/blended), ceiling, deadline, TRL range, success rate where published.
- 3. Editorial review
A human reviewer reads every new or materially changed programme against the official source before it goes live. Eligibility text is rewritten in plain language; the original wording is preserved as a tooltip.
- 4. Publish with provenance
Every programme card on Eureon links back to its primary source. If a source disagrees with our summary, the source wins — and we update.
- 5. Decay & re-verify
Programmes with no observed update in 60 days are flagged for re-verification. Closed calls are archived, not deleted, so historical matches remain auditable.
Update cadence at a glance
Corrections policy
If you spot a programme that's out of date, a deadline that has shifted, or a country profile that doesn't match the official register, email data@eureon.eu. Verified corrections ship within 48 hours and are credited in the changelog.