EIC Community launches dedicated Projects tab to surface EIC-funded projects
- ›The EIC Community Platform added a Projects tab focused exclusively on EIC-funded projects, published at the end of February 2025.
- ›The tab lists projects supported by EIC Pathfinder, Transition and Accelerator under Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020.
- ›Search is improved with EIC-specific filters such as fields of science, funding programme, coordinating country, project status, budget range and year.
- ›Individual project pages mirror Cordis fact sheets and link directly to the corresponding Cordis record via a View on Cordis button.
- ›Access to the Projects tab requires logging into the EIC Community Platform and project information remains available on Cordis.
EIC Community adds Projects tab to centralise EIC-funded projects
The European Innovation Council Community released a dedicated Projects page on its platform at the end of February 2025. The new tab is intended to help members find projects funded through EIC instruments. The feature is available from the EIC Community Platform homepage menu once a user is logged in.
What the Projects tab contains
Unlike the broader CORDIS database the Projects page shows only projects funded under the EIC portfolio. It covers projects from EIC Pathfinder EIC Transition and EIC Accelerator funded through Horizon Europe and the previous Horizon 2020 programme. Each listed project is shown with a short introduction that highlights the participating countries and the fields of science addressed.
Search and filtering features
A core addition is a set of filters tailored to EIC projects. These allow members to narrow search results using criteria that reflect how EIC stakeholders typically look for opportunities and partners.
| Filter | What it selects | Example values |
| Fields of science | Scientific or disciplinary categories the project belongs to | Agricultural sciences, Engineering and technology, Medical and health sciences, Natural sciences, Social sciences, Humanities |
| Funding programme | Whether the project came from Horizon Europe or Horizon 2020 | HORIZON, H2020 |
| Coordinating country | Country of the project coordinator | France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and others |
| Project status | Administrative status of the project | CLOSED, SIGNED, TERMINATED |
| Budget range | Declared budget band for the project | 0-1 000 000, 1 000 000-2 000 000, 2 000 000-3 000 000, 3 000 000+ |
| Year | Project start year or year of record | 2014 through 2030 as shown on the platform |
How this fits the wider EU research and innovation ecosystem
The EIC sits within Horizon Europe as the EU instrument to support high risk high reward innovation and the translation of deep science into deployable technologies. Pathfinder supports early stage frontier research. Transition helps mature research results and bridge to commercialisation. Accelerator provides blended finance grants and equity style support to companies scaling up. A dedicated Projects tab helps innovation actors such as researchers start ups investors and technology transfer offices find EIC-backed activity that is directly relevant to their interests.
Practical details and user experience
The new tab is accessible after login to the EIC Community Platform. The project listing shown on the platform includes many records that also appear on CORDIS. The EIC Community makes clear that users can click View on Cordis to open the corresponding CORDIS fact sheet if they want the original entry or additional metadata.
Limits and open questions
The launch brings convenience but also raises questions that matter for researchers and policy watchers. The platform is effectively a curated mirror of EIC records and not a new data source. That means the value depends on how complete and up to date the mirrored data are and on whether search fields and metadata match what external stakeholders expect.
Implications for users
For researchers the tab reduces time to find EIC-funded consortia in a chosen field. For start ups and investors it helps locate similar projects and partners. For public sector intermediaries and regional innovation hubs it can inform matchmaking and policy learning. The benefits are practical rather than transformational and depend on the quality of metadata and search performance.
About the EIC Community Programme
The EIC Community emphasises knowledge sharing and member support. The news item includes a disclaimer that the information is for knowledge sharing and should not be interpreted as the official view of the European Commission or other organisations.
Takeaways and suggestions for improvement
The new Projects tab is a welcome usability upgrade for EIC stakeholders who want a focused view of EIC-backed research and innovation. To increase its practical value the EIC Community could publish details about data refresh schedules provide an API or export option for bulk users and clarify how it handles data corrections. Those steps would reduce duplication friction and make the page more useful for analysts investors and regional intermediaries.