The European Innovation Council (EIC) received 257 proposals for the 27 September 2023 cut-off of its Transition Open/Challenges calls.
EIC Transition projects focus on results generated by past EIC Pathfinder, FET (Future and Emerging Technologies) or European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept projects, to mature the technologies and build a business case for specific applications. Grants of up to €2.5 million are available to validate and demonstrate technology in application-relevant environment and develop market readiness.
EIC Transition Open Call
162 proposals from 26 countries have been submitted for the EIC Transition Open call, requesting a budget of €393.5 million.
EIC Transition Open funds novel technologies from any scientific field that have already reached the experimental proof of principle in laboratory. These technologies should aim to achieve further maturation and validation in the lab and in relevant application environments in order to develop market readiness.
EIC Transition Challenges
95 proposals from 23 countries have been submitted to this call under this year’s three EIC Transition Challenges, requesting €229.2 million in total:
- 67 proposals submitted to the ‘Full scale Micro-Nano-Bio devices for medical and medical research applications’ challenge
- 16 proposals submitted to the ‘Environmental intelligence’ challenge
- 12 proposals submitted to the ‘Chip-scale optical frequency combs’ challenge
Full scale Micro-Nano-Bio devices for medical and medical research applications challenge aims at the completion of Micro-Nano-Bio technology suitable for transition to market.
Environmental intelligence challenge focuses on demonstrating novel devices, sensors or technologies that have a clear and quantifiable advantage with respect to one or several of the key issues mentioned above compared with existing alternatives for similar class of problems or applications.
Chip-scale optical frequency combs challenge aims to advance technological developments of the light states in driven nonlinear systems and to develop novel platforms for chip-scale frequency combs.
Next steps
The proposals are now being evaluated and the successful projects will start in spring 2024.
Next cut-off day for sending proposals to the EIC Transition scheme will be announced in the EIC Work Programme 2024, which is expected to be published by the end of this year.