EIC Pilot

The European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot supports researchers and innovators developing breakthrough innovations with the potential to create new markets and boost jobs, growth and prosperity in Europe. It will pilot two new schemes: EIC Pathfinder and EIC Accelerator

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About this programme

I. The EIC Pathfinder pilot (grant only)

FET-Open Early-stage - Science and technology research by interdisciplinary consortia exploring visionary ideas for radically new future technologies that challenge current paradigms and venture into the unknown. Open to research into any area of technology, it aims to attract new, high-potential research and innovation player.
FET-Proactive - Cutting edge-high-risk/ high reward research and innovation projects that aim to firmly establish the future potential of a new and promising demonstrate a new technological paradigm within a pre-defined scope.

II. The EIC Accelerator pilot (grant only and blended finance1)

SME Instrument Close-to-market and projects with a potential to scale up of a single SME established in EU Member States or Horizon 2020 associated countries.

Other Calls

Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) - Close-to-market projects of consortia with three to five entities from at least three different EU Member States or Horizon 2020 associated countries. Industry must participate. Interdisciplinary approaches encouraged.

Other actions

Horizon Prizes - Horizon Prizes boost breakthrough innovation by fostering solutions to challenges which bring major benefits to society.

Support Actions - Help to optimise the impact of EU investment in EIC innovators and innovations; they contribute to building an EIC community and a vision underpinning a possible future EIC.

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2021-04-07 ICT SME Instrument EIC Pilot

EIT Digital 2022 calls

EIT Digital is one of the 8 Innovation Communities of the EIT. The global goal is to drive innovation across Europe by integrating business, education and research organisations to collaborate and find solutions to pressing global challenges. EIT Digital focusses mostly on aspects related to a strong, digital Europe. As you might have n... read more

2021-03-18 Horizon Europe EIC Pilot

European Innovation Council work programme 20...

The European Innovation Council (EIC) launch ceremony took place today and the publication of the European Innovation Council work programme 2021 followed immediately. Compared to the 2018-2020 pilot phase there are a couple of novelties under this work programme which are summarised here: Besides the EIC Pathfinder and Accelerator a new scheme... read more

2021-02-04 EIC Pilot FET

Results EIC Pathfinder / FETOPEN-03-2018-201...

The number of proposals that was submitted for the FET Innovation Launchpad call, FETOPEN-03-2018-2019-2020 (CSA-LS), was 118 in total, of which 35 are eligible for funding. One of these is with a coordinator based in Flanders: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, project “Movos - Valorisation of MOF-based VOC Gas Sensors”. An overvi... read more

2020-12-10 EIC Pilot FET

Results EIC Pathfinder / FETPROACT-EIC-07-202...

The number of proposals that was submitted for the calls FETPROACT-EIC-07-2020 and FETPROACT-EIC-08-2020 was in total 236 - 149 proposals for 07 and 87 for 08 – of which 18 proposals are eligible for funding – 13 for 07 and 5 for 08. Under these 18 proposals are four with a Flemish partner: IMEC, partner in project “DIGIPREDICT... read more