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European Innovation Council (EIC)

The EIC aims at identifying and supporting breakthrough technologies and game-changing innovations with the potential to scale up internationally and eventually become market leaders. It focuses specifically on promising start-ups and SMEs.

Your NCP contacts for this programme

Transition & Accelerator

Magali Parent

magali.parent@vlaio.be

+32 2 432 42 42

Pathfinder & Transition

Margot Beereboom

margot.beereboom@fwo.be

+32 2 550 15 76

About this programme

It supports all stages of innovation from R&D on the scientific underpinnings of breakthrough technologies, to validation and demonstration of breakthrough technologies and innovations to meet real world needs, to the development and scaling up of start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The funding and support consists of three main funding schemes:

the EIC Pathfinder for advanced research to develop the scientific basis to underpin breakthrough technologies
the EIC Transition to validate technologies and develop business plans for specific applications
the EIC Accelerator to support companies (SMEs, start-ups, spin-outs and in exceptional cases small mid-caps) to bring their innovations to market and scale up.

In each funding scheme, the direct financial support to innovators is augmented with access to a range of Business Acceleration Services. The three main EIC instruments offer both bottom-up calls and calls with predefined thematic priorities (challenges). In addition to these instruments there are the EIC Prizes, which reward innovative solutions offered by companies/organisations for pre-defined societal challenges or specific target audiences, such as women innovators, innovative cities, public or private procurers or social innovation.

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