ChatEIC turns your pitch deck or project data into a formatted Step 1 draft in about 15 minutes. You then review, edit and make it your own before submitting.
Detailed Instructions
Launched in 2025
An AI drafting assistant for EIC Accelerator Step 1 proposals, built by a grant writer who has worked on EIC applications since 2017.
It turns your project information into a structured first draft that follows the Step 1 template, so you start editing instead of writing from a blank page. The structure also helps you steer clear of common formal red flags.
Four steps from your input to a proposal you can call your own.
Upload a pitch deck or summary and complete the project input helper.
ChatEIC drafts every Step 1 section in about 15 minutes.
Export a formatted Word file with hyperlinks and references.
Review, correct and refine the draft, add annexes, then submit.
The result is a first draft: check the facts, adjust the wording and add your own details before you submit.
Keep all your applications in one place, with quick access to proposals, data and status.
Upload a document and the AI pre-fills your project form with the relevant information, so you do not start from an empty form.
After the prefill, check that all data matches your project. The structured form covers every data point the proposal draws on.
ChatEIC creates financial projections from your input: revenue forecasts, cost structures and ROI calculations that you can adjust.
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A document editor built for EIC proposals. Edit each section, regenerate parts and export to Word.
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✅New Market Creation: We are creating an entirely new market for proactive forest fire prevention by commercializing a Teflon-derived biomaterial that auto-extinguishes before ignition. Governments and forestry operators now procure prevention-as-a-service rather than episodic suppression, establishing recurring material sales and subscription coaching revenue where none existed.
🔷Industry Transformation: We are reshaping the forestry protection industry by replacing slow, reactive interventions with an autonomous, temperature-activated biofilm that reduces risk by 95%, cuts damage costs by 99%, and delivers tenfold faster response. Customer interactions shift from emergency contracting to strategic prevention programs and integrated procurement.
✅Rapid Scaling and Competitive Position: The status quo is locked in costly, ineffective reactive processes. We gain market share rapidly through pilot wins, licensing conversations with incumbent suppliers, and a distribution partner network including Fire Stasi that connects us to thousands of forests, enabling scalable penetration and accelerated revenue growth.
Learn the reasoning behind each proposal section with the integrated training modules.
Export the draft as a formatted Word file, ready for your final edits.
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See how ChatEIC turns a blank project into a proposal draft.
The documents ChatEIC drafts for you, plus guidance for the submission itself.
A full draft written for the EIC Accelerator Step 1 requirements, including market analysis, innovation description and implementation strategy.
Generated by ChatEICA 3-minute pitch video script structured around the EIC evaluation criteria, with timing cues, as a base for your own delivery.
Generated by ChatEICA concise abstract summarising your innovation, market opportunity and expected impact for the submission portal.
Generated by ChatEICStep-by-step instructions for submitting your EIC Accelerator application, including deadlines, required documents.
Beginners Guide70+ modules with detailed examples and guidance, 10+ templates and 3+ hours of audio walkthroughs.
3+ hours of guidance
Training that covers each part of an EIC Accelerator proposal, with examples from applications in electronics, AI, robotics and chemistry.
Step 1 and Step 2
Templates for EIC Accelerator applications, from Step 1 proposals to Step 2 full applications and beyond.
Audio guidance for every section of the proposal. Listen to the explanations while you write and edit.
Explanations for each proposal section
Typical rejection reasons and how to address them
How evaluators read a proposal
Feedback on your proposal from Stephan Segler, PhD, before you submit.
EIC Accelerator Expert
Has guided companies through EU funding programs that secured over €10 million in funding, with a working knowledge of evaluator expectations and program requirements.
ChatEIC is an AI grant writer for EIC Accelerator proposals, built on specific instructions for drafting applications. It was created by Stephan Segler, PhD, a professional grant writer since 2017.
Specific feedback on weaker passages and on how to make the strong parts clearer.
Comments based on how EIC evaluators read and score proposals.
A full read of all documents with comments on every section.
Upload your proposal with all annexes and supporting documents.
Stephan Segler, PhD, reads it for content, structure and evaluator expectations.
Receive comments and concrete suggestions on every section.
Ask questions to clarify and implement the feedback.
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Small formal details carry weight in the EIC Accelerator evaluation.
Team, technology, funding plan, financial projections, policy targets, social impact and gender equality are all assessed. Some issues count as red flags, such as an ineligible funding amount, an incorrectly defined TRL or the wrong project duration.
ChatEIC structures key sections with these rules in mind and reshapes input that diverges from them, which helps you avoid many common issues. A final check against the current work programme is still recommended.
Research, structure and formatting handled for you, so your effort goes into the content that matters.
Researches EU policy, market data and competitors and adds sourced references to the draft. Check the sources and keep the ones that fit your case.
Structured input fields map to specific proposal sections, and validation shows which information is still missing before the draft is generated.
Generation takes about 15 minutes, so your time goes into reviewing and improving content rather than starting from a blank page.
The draft comes as a formatted Word file (.docx) with hyperlinks and references, so you can keep editing in the tool you already use. Downloads are unlimited.
Sections are structured around the official Step 1 template and the program rules, including TRL, funding amounts, hiring and diversity plans.
Draft from a pitch deck, a summary or the input form. The more detail you provide, the more specific the draft; thin input leads to generic sections.
One proposal credit costs €20, a fraction of what consultancies typically charge for a Step 1 proposal. Your own editing time is still needed.
The EIC changes often and much online content is outdated. ChatEIC is kept up to date with the program, so you spend less time on background research.
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What ChatEIC does, what it does not do and how to get the most out of your draft.
It can be. A ChatEIC version gives you a second structure to compare against: how much space each section gets, how the funding need and co-financing are explained, and whether formal details such as the TRL and funding amount fit the program. Take the parts that improve your text and keep the rest as it is.
ChatEIC is based on years of work on EIC Accelerator proposals and follows the structure of the official Step 1 template. It helps with recurring issues such as section balance, TRL definitions and eligible funding amounts. It does not replace your own reading of the current work programme.
ChatEIC usually produces a draft of around 11 pages, which leaves room for images and technical detail within the 12-page limit. Standardised sections, such as the funding need and co-financing, tend to be its strongest parts. Technical depth, figures and claims depend on your input and need your review.
One credit (€20) generates one complete Step 1 draft with all sections. It includes DeepResearch for EU policy, market and competitor analysis, input validation, automatic financial calculations and a formatted DOCX with hyperlinks and references.
The draft reflects the detail of your input. A pitch deck alone gives a usable structure, but sections without matching information will stay generic. For the best starting point, use the structured input fields and provide as much relevant information as you can, then edit the result.
It is meant as a first draft. Most users go through the sections, check facts and figures and adjust the wording to their company before submitting.
Yes. The AI works with a context window of 100,000 to 200,000 tokens, which is about 400,000 to 800,000 characters, so very large documents cannot be used. Pitch decks and regular summaries work well. You also need to check the text for accuracy and prepare the other submission materials yourself (e.g., images, video, pitch deck).
All data is handled with care and is not shared unnecessarily, as defined in the Privacy Policy. Every user can fully delete all input and output data from the database, after which not even the administrator can recover it. You can generate a proposal, download it and then delete all data.
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