Library FAQ
What are the award criteria and thresholds at remote evaluation for EIC Transition?
Remote evaluation criteria and thresholds are: Excellence (threshold 4/5), Impact (threshold 4/5), and Quality and efficiency of the implementation (threshold 3/5).
What are the eligibility requirements to apply for the EIC Accelerator?
Eligible applicants include: a single SME established in a Member State or Associated Country; a single small mid-cap (up to 499 employees) in exceptional rapid scale-up cases; or one or more natural persons or legal entities meeting conditions such as intendi...
What feedback will I receive after evaluation?
You will receive an Evaluation Summary Report from the first evaluation step, and if invited to interview you will also receive feedback from the Jury.
What funding types and amounts does the EIC Accelerator provide?
The EIC Accelerator provides Grant Only (lump sum), Blended finance (grant + investment), and Investment-only (Equity-Only). Funding ranges from EUR 0.5 million up to EUR 17.5 million overall support; the investment component ranges from EUR 0.5 million to EUR...
What funding will successful EIC Transition proposals receive?
If successful you will receive a grant for a Research and Innovation Action covering eligible costs. The EIC considers requests of more than EUR 0.5 million and less than EUR 2.5 million and duration 1–3 years as appropriate, though larger amounts may be reque...
What is a Seal of Excellence in the EIC Transition call?
If you submit as an individual SME and meet all evaluation thresholds at the first step but are not selected for funding (including after a No-Go from the Jury), your proposal may be awarded a Seal of Excellence. At submission you will be asked to agree to sha...
What is the indicative evaluation and contracting timeline for EIC Transition?
You will be informed of the remote evaluation result indicatively within 9 weeks after the deadline. If invited, the interview will be approximately between 12–14 weeks after the deadline, interview results within about 4 weeks from the start of interviews, gr...
What is the interview format for EIC Transition?
The interview (Jury) can include a maximum of five representatives from the proposal (only individuals named in the proposal and involved in the project). The Jury comprises 4–6 members and may include one EIC Programme Manager as observer. The Jury will ask c...
What is the submission deadline and how do I apply for EIC Transition?
The deadline is 18 September 2024 at 17:00 Brussels local time. You must submit your proposal via the Funding and Tender Opportunities Portal before the deadline.
What is the total indicative budget for the EIC Accelerator call and its breakdown?
The total indicative budget is EUR 675 million: EUR 375 million for EIC Accelerator Open and EUR 300 million for EIC Accelerator Challenges. The indicative budget for investment components is EUR 405 million managed by the EIC Fund.
What is the total indicative budget for the EIC Transition call?
The total indicative budget for this call is EUR 94 million.
What path to market must I specify in an EIC Transition proposal?
You must specify which path to market will be explored and pursued during the project: direct exploitation by coordinator or beneficiary, creation of a spin-off in a Member State or Associated Country, licensing to an established company (not part of the conso...
Who is the EIC Accelerator intended for?
It targets start-ups and SMEs with high-impact innovative technologies, products, services or business models (deep tech) that could create new markets or disrupt existing ones and need substantial funding where private investors alone face too high risks.
Will the European Patent Office (EPO) be involved in evaluations?
The Agency may seek assistance from the EPO to analyse technological novelty and inventive merit for proposals shortlisted for Jury interview. EPO experts provide assessments as material 'for information' only; they do not participate directly and their assess...
What are EIC Transition Challenges designed to do?
They leverage outstanding results from ongoing or recently finished projects in a specific domain to push groundbreaking innovations toward market uptake for specific applications, managed as a portfolio of complementary or competing projects.
What are Engineered Living Materials (ELMs) and what does that Pathfinder Challenge support?
ELMs are materials composed entirely or partly of living cells. The Challenge supports technologies and platforms for controlled production of made-on-demand living materials with predictable dynamic functionalities, shapes and scales, and to build an ELM rese...
What are the application steps and timelines for Transition Challenges?
The call opens 15 April 2021 and the deadline is 22 September 2021 at 17:00 Brussels time. Applications must be submitted via the Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal. Sections 1–3 of part B must be a maximum of 25 A4 pages. Evaluation has a first remote step...
What are the expectations for proposals targeting a full device in the brain sensing/stimulation challenge?
They are strongly encouraged to establish a plausible work plan to deliver by project end at least (1) a working prototype device or instrument and (2) pre-clinical data with proof of therapeutic action.
What budget and duration are considered appropriate for the Medical Technology Transition Challenge?
Proposals with up to EUR 2.5 million and up to 3 years are considered appropriate, though larger amounts or different durations may be justified.
What clinical and societal considerations must all proposals justify?
All proposals must fully justify the clinical need for the development, structure the work plan towards credible market transition, consider cost-benefit and acceptability to clinicians and patients, and take into account the gender dimension where relevant.
What funding and support can successful Transition Challenge applicants expect?
The total indicative budget is EUR 40.5 million (Next Generation EU). Successful projects receive a Research and Innovation Action grant at 100% funding rate; proposals around EUR 2.5 million are considered appropriate though larger amounts may be justified. A...
What is advised for proposals aiming to discover new mechanisms for monitoring or stimulation?
They are advised to de-risk the work plan by exploring multiple strategies in parallel and to merge competing strategies into a single proposal for cost efficiency and higher likelihood of success.
What is the aim of the EIC Pathfinder Challenge on Emerging Technologies in Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT)?
To reinforce critical components of the European CGT community by supporting emerging technologies or technological solutions that overcome current cell and gene therapy challenges.
What is the aim of the Transition Challenge 'Medical Technology and Devices: from Lab to Patient'?
To advance an existing proof-of-principle technology from an early prototype (TRL 3–4) to a mature version suitable for clinical validation (TRL 5–6), including R&D, safety and efficacy work and a sound exploitation strategy toward patients.