Library FAQ
What is EIC Transition and how much funding does it provide?
Introduced under Horizon Europe, EIC Transition provides up to EUR 2.5 million to help researchers, spinouts and SMEs exploit research results, demonstrate and mature technologies, and develop business plans for commercialisation.
What is Tech2Market?
Tech2Market helps researchers and innovators from EIC Pathfinder and Transition projects move from lab to market, offering services that include entrepreneurship and venture building.
What is the EIC co-investment support programme?
It helps EIC beneficiaries become investor ready and access investors through pitching events, maintaining a database of more than 800 investors including VCs and business angels.
What is the EIC Corporate Partnership Programme?
The programme connects EIC-funded innovators with large corporates to collaborate on new business models and opportunities; beneficiaries gain scale, resources, sales channels and connections while corporates identify emerging technologies.
What is the EIC Pathfinder and how many projects has it supported?
The EIC Pathfinder supports high-risk, high-impact early-stage research at low TRLs and has supported 402 inter- and transdisciplinary projects under Horizon Europe (2021–24).
What is the EIC Scaling Club?
Launched in 2024, the EIC Scaling Club is a curated community providing scale-up support to 120 deep-tech companies from the EIC portfolio and beyond to help them grow into European tech champions.
What is the size of the EIC portfolio and funding since 2021?
Since the start of Horizon Europe in 2021 the EIC has provided over EUR 6 billion in support across 402 Pathfinder projects, 183 Transition projects, and 706 start-ups and SMEs under the EIC Accelerator.
What is the Trusted Investors Network (TIN)?
Launched in 2024, the Trusted Investors Network (TIN) supports deep tech innovation and has a pool of over EUR 100 billion in assets under management to help Europe’s companies scale and reach new markets.
What outcomes have EIC Pathfinder projects produced according to independent analysis?
Analysis of completed projects shows 300 completed research projects generated over 1,100 innovations; over 75% are market-creating or target emerging markets; 88 start-ups established or in process; nearly 400 patents registered; 24% of innovations have clear...
How does the collaboration promote women entrepreneurs?
Through EIT access to the EIC Women Leadership Programme and joint women innovators prizes, and continued collaborative promotion of women entrepreneurs.
How will the process for identifying EIC Challenges be improved?
By using new evidence from sources such as the Joint Research Centre and financed studies, and from analysis of emerging trends in EIC funding and third-party sources, including the EIC emerging technology report.
What are EIC Business Acceleration Services (BAS)?
Support services for EIC Awardees and other eligible organisations to aid commercialisation and scaling, including access to coaches, training via EIC Ecosystem Partners, and access to global partners.
What are the essential "gatekeeper" characteristics for EIC Pathfinder Open proposals?
A convincing long-term vision of a radically new technology, a concrete novel and ambitious science-towards-technology breakthrough, and a high-risk/high-gain research approach with concrete and plausible objectives.
What funding and additional support does EIC Pathfinder Open provide?
An indicative budget of EUR 136 million; grants for Research and Innovation Actions with a funding rate of 100% of eligible costs; the EIC considers requests up to EUR 3 million as appropriate (larger amounts may be justified); successful applicants receive ta...
What is a Seal of Excellence?
A quality label awarded to proposals that exceeded evaluation thresholds but were not funded by the EIC, providing access to BAS and facilitating funding from other sources; the grant component is exempted from State Aid notification under GBER.
What is EIC Pathfinder Open?
A call open to proposals in any field without predefined thematic priorities, supporting early-stage development (approximately TRL 1–4) of high-risk/high-gain science-towards-technology breakthrough research.
What is the aim of the EIC-EIT collaboration?
To progressively increase collaboration and synergies with the EIT and its KICs to strengthen the European Innovation Ecosystem and facilitate access to services for European innovators.
What is the EIC Community platform?
A virtual platform available to all EIC Awardees and Seals of Excellence that links to Business Acceleration Services and enables discussions, exchanges and matchmaking.
What is the EIC Fund and who manages it?
The EIC Fund is an alternative investment fund established to invest in companies selected through EIC Accelerator calls and is managed by an external alternative investment fund manager (the EIC Fund Manager).
What is the EIC Marketplace?
An EIC-dedicated space supported by the Horizon Results Platform where results from EIC Pathfinder and Transition projects will be made available to cross-fertilise activities; expected to become available during 2024.
What is the Fast Track process by EIT KICs?
A process that allows companies selected by EIT KICs to enter the EIC Accelerator evaluation at the second stage; it will continue in 2024.
What is the Next Generation Talents (innovation intern) scheme?
A scheme due to launch in 2024 allowing EIT Label Masters and Doctoral programmes, EIT Alumni and EIT Jumpstarter beneficiaries to undertake secondments in EIC and EIT supported startups and SMEs.
What is the objective of the EIC Pathfinder?
To develop the scientific basis for breakthrough technologies by supporting the earliest stages of scientific, technological or deep-tech research and development.
What is the role of the EIC Board?
The EIC Board oversees EIC strategy and implementation and provides advice on EIC Work Programmes; it comprises 20 leading innovators and the EIC President and is appointed by the European Commission.