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ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant 2024 calls and EIC Pathfinder Challenges and Accelerator calls – deadlines extended

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The calls for which deadlines will be extended for all applicants, irrespective of the country where the organisation is based, are the following:

The deadline for the EIC Accelerator cut-off for full (Step 2) proposals has been changed from 19 October to 8 November 2023 at 17:00 (CET).

At the same time, the 12-month limit to submit a full application following the successful evaluation of a short (Step 1) proposal is extended. Successful Step 1 applicants who exceed(ed) the maximum 12 months for submitting a full (Step 2) proposal between 7 June 2023 cut-off date and 8 November 2023 cut-off date, are allowed to submit a full (Step 2) proposal to the 8 November cut-off date. Funding and tender portal call topic pages

The new call deadlines for the EIC calls are visible on the European Commission Funding and tender portal already and for the ERC calls will be added soon.

More information on the background of this decision from the European Commission can be found in this European Commission DG Research and Innovation news article. The ERC and EIC each also published the news ERC news article and EIC news article

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