We support the establishment of Slovak innovators in grant schemes such as HORIZON Europe / EIT -´European institute of technology´ etc., which represent “pan-European” grant schemes. In this way, innovators gain a competitive advantage in the systematic use of grants for the development of their innovations. This competitive advantage can be likened to entering new markets. At the same time, at BALTEUS we help to build the Slovak innovation ecosystem and that is why we are members of INOVATO. At INOFEST 2024 we will be presenting case-stages of gaining and using such a competitive advantage.