Under STEP, 5 funding programmes are directly managed by the Commission. Find here the breakdown of how much funding was made available for STEP under those programmes (since 2023).
- European Defence Fund: 7%
- EU4Health: 6%
- Innovation Fund: 71%
- Digital Europe Programme: 4%
- Horizon Europe: 12%
EU Member States can reassign cohesion policy funding to support actions that are aligned with the STEP initiative.
So far, Member States have reprogrammed:
- €9.1 bn under European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
- €990 m under Just Transition Fund (JTF+)
- €2 bn under European Social Fund (ESF+)
- €0 bn under the Cohesion Fund (CF)
Number of STEP Seals per country and per sector
The STEP Seal is a quality label awarded to excellent projects that perform above evaluation thresholds under STEP calls. Explore STEP Seal projects across the EU and across STEP sectors:
| Cleantech | Digitaltech | Biotech | Total | |
| Belgium | 18 | 31 | 3 | 52 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| Czechia | 2 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| Denmark | 17 | 14 | 2 | 33 |
| Germany | 41 | 58 | 8 | 107 |
| Estonia | 4 | 20 | 1 | 25 |
| Ireland | 8 | 14 | 1 | 23 |
| Greece | 20 | 29 | 1 | 50 |
| Spain | 46 | 59 | 3 | 108 |
| France | 36 | 49 | 7 | 92 |
| Croatia | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Italy | 34 | 39 | 4 | 77 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Latvia | 4 | 12 | 1 | 17 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Hungary | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| Malta | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 29 | 4 | 53 |
| Austria | 10 | 22 | 4 | 36 |
| Poland | 7 | 25 | 1 | 33 |
| Portugal | 11 | 18 | 2 | 31 |
| Romania | 1 | 15 | 0 | 16 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Finland | 12 | 26 | 1 | 39 |
| Sweden | 19 | 26 | 2 | 47 |
Disclaimer: A country is considered to have received a STEP Seal if at least one project with an awarded Seal is partially or fully located within its borders, even in the case of multi-location projects.
STEP Annual Report
Check the STEP Annual report for insights into STEP's achievements in 2024. The next report will be published in Q2 2025 – stay tuned and register to our Newsletter.