EIC Accelerator Updates

Deadlines / EIC Accelerator Cut-Off Dates 2024 and 2025

  • Step 1
    • Open now: Apply as soon as possible to be eligible for the next Step 2 submission deadline (get the EIC Accelerator Starter Pack)
      • Proposals are sent for evaluation on the first Tuesday of every month
  • Step 2 (closing 17:00 Brussels Time)
    • 1st cut-off 2025: –
    • 2nd cut-off 2025: March 12th 2025
    • 3rd cut-off 2025: –
    • 4th cut-off 2025: October 1st 2025
  • Step 3
    • 4th cut-off 2024: January 13th to 17th 2025
    • 1st cut-off 2025: –
    • 2nd cut-off 2025: TBD
    • 3rd cut-off 2025: –
    • 4th cut-off 2025: TBD

Deadlines / EIC Accelerator Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) Scale Up Cut-Off Dates 2025

  • EIC STEP Scale-up Call
    • Open now: Apply anytime
      • Evaluations occur roughly every quarter. The first batch will be evaluated on February 25th 2025 with remote interviews scheduled for April 7th to 11th 2025

Deadlines / EIC Pre-Accelerator 2025

  • EIC Pre-Accelerator Widening via WIDERA
    • 1st cut-off 2025: September 16th 2025

Deadlines / EIC Transition Cut-Off Dates 2025

  • EIC Transition Open
    • 1st cut-off: September 17th 2025

Deadlines / EIC Pathfinder Cut-Off Dates 2024 and 2025

  • EIC Pathfinder Open
    • 1st cut-off 2025: May 21st 2025
  • EIC Pathfinder Challenges
    • 2nd cut-off 2025: October 29th 2025

EIC Work Programme

EIC Accelerator Challenges

  • EIC Accelerator Challenges 2024
    • Human Centric Generative AI made in Europe
    • Enabling virtual worlds and augmented interaction in high-impact applications to support the realisation of Industry 5.0
    • Enabling the smart edge and quantum technology components
    • Food from precision fermentation and algae
    • Monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics for new variants of emerging viruses
    • Renewable energy sources and their whole value chain including materials development and recycling of components
  • EIC Accelerator Challenges 2025
    • Acceleration of advanced materials development and upscaling along the value chain
    • Biotechnology driven low emission food and feed production systems
    • GenAI4EU: Creating European Champions in Generative AI
    • Innovative in-space servicing, operations, space-based robotics and technologies for resilient EU space infrastructure
    • Breakthrough innovations for future mobility
  • EIC Accelerator STEP Scale-Up Topics
    • Digital technologies, and deep tech innovations
    • Clean and resource-efficient technologies, including net-zero technologies
    • Biotechnologies, including medicinal products on the Union’s list of critical medicines and their components.

EIC Fund Guidelines (Equity)

EIC Accelerator Call Page, Proposal Templates and Submission Links

EIC Accelerator Jury Members

List of Eligible EIC Accelerator Countries

  • All Eligible EIC Accelerator Countries
  • EU-27 Member States
    1. Austria
    2. Belgium
    3. Bulgaria
    4. Croatia
    5. Republic of Cyprus
    6. Czech Republic
    7. Denmark
    8. Estonia
    9. Finland
    10. France
    11. Germany
    12. Greece
    13. Hungary
    14. Ireland
    15. Italy
    16. Latvia
    17. Lithuania
    18. Luxembourg
    19. Malta
    20. Netherlands
    21. Poland
    22. Portugal
    23. Romania
    24. Slovakia
    25. Slovenia
    26. Spain
    27. Sweden
  • Association Agreements with Legal Effect
    1. Albania
    2. Armenia
    3. Bosnia and Herzegovina
    4. Faroe Islands
    5. Georgia
    6. Iceland
    7. Israel
    8. Kosovo
    9. Moldova
    10. Montenegro
    11. North Macedonia
    12. Norway
    13. Serbia
    14. Tunisia
    15. Turkey
    16. Ukraine
  • Transitional Association Arrangements
    1. Morocco
    2. United Kingdom (grant but no equity)
    3. Switzerland
  • Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) Linked to Member States
    1. Aruba (Netherlands)
    2. Bonaire (Netherlands)
    3. Curação (Netherlands)
    4. French Polynesia (France)
    5. French Southern and Antarctic Territories (France)
    6. Greenland (Denmark)
    7. New Caledonia (France)
    8. Saba (Netherlands)
    9. Saint Barthélemy (France)
    10. Sint Eustatius (Netherlands)
    11. Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
    12. St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)
    13. Wallis and Futuna Islands (France)

Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Status

  • SME definition
    • Staff headcount < 250
    • Turnover ≤ €50 million
    • Balance sheet total ≤ €43 million

Contact European Innovation Council (EIC) and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) Support

 

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