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Why is 2024 an inflection point in the article?

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

The success rate fell from 60.6% in 2023 to 33.3% in 2024.

The article describes 2024 as the sharp break because NO-GO decisions rose substantially relative to GO decisions.