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What should a 2025-style applicant assume about Step 1 odds?

EIC Accelerator Step 1 Short Proposal Statistics: Country Success Rates, Sector Odds, Gender Data, and Application Volumes

A current applicant should plan around a roughly one-in-five Step 1 environment.

The article supports that with 21.7% in 2025 and 21.3% in the partial 2026 data.