Businesses can now get EU funding and support for innovation projects that will help them develop and expand into other countries – in Europe and beyond. The funding is available through the SME Instrument, part of the EU's Horizon 2020 programme. The SME Instrument offers small and medium-sized businesses: - funding for innovation projects in two phases concept and feasibility assessment phase (phase 1); - innovation project (phase 2); - support services to help you make money from your innovation, including help accessing private financing–commercialisation (phase 3); - coaching – to enhance the firm's innovation capacity and help align the project to strategic business needs. To qualify for funding or other support, a project must fit one of the current bottom-up SME Instrument topics.