EIC & EIE

the EIC & EIE NCPs provide useful resources to navigate across EIC instruments and European Innovation Ecosystems calls and initiatives

Welcome to the EIC world

Project coordinator:
Italian Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE)

eic@apre.it

APRE

Access2EIC is a 7-year coordination and support action targeted to NCPs that support the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) parts of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme 2021-2027. 

It aims to improve the professionalization and skills of the EIC & EIE NCPs across Europe. This will help to simplify the access of the participants to the EIC & EIE calls in general, lowering the entry barriers for newcomers and raising the average quality of proposals submitted by the different stakeholders involved within the EIC and EIE domain, particularly for women entrepreneurs and those coming from widening countries.

The project also targets to identify and share good practices among NCPs promoting trans-national cooperation taking into consideration the general novelties under Horizon Europe as well as the specific ones under the “Innovative Europe” pillar.

European Research & Innovation Days 2025
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European Research & Innovation Days 2025

The R&I Days is the EU's flagship event for all-things science. The event comes at a pivotal time as research and innovation can play a crucial role in building the future of Europe. Join us for high-level discussions, engaging panels and networking opportunities that will shape the future of EU R&I...

16/09/2025 - 17/09/2025
  • Training
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Highlighted content

EIC Accelerator Annotated Template (Full Proposal) 2024
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EIC & EIE

EIC Accelerator Annotated Template (Full Proposal) 2024

This guide includes annotations to the templates of the EIC Accelerator 2024 calls.

EIC Accelerator: Annotated Short Pitch Deck Guide 2023
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EIC & EIE

EIC Accelerator: Annotated Short Pitch Deck Guide 2023

This guide is created with the aim to help applicants to prepare a proposal under the first step of the EIC Accelerator.

EIC Transition Annotated Template 2024
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EIC & EIE

EIC Transition Annotated Template 2024

This guide includes annotations to the templates of the EIC Transition 2024 call.

New Annotated Template Released to Guide EIC Pathfinder Open 2025 Applicants
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EIC & EIE

New Annotated Template Released to Guide EIC Pathfinder Open 2025 Applicants

A newly released annotated proposal template for the EIC Pathfinder Open 2025 aims to provide crucial guidance to researchers and innovators preparing proposals for one of Europe’s most competitive innovation funding schemes.

New course on L&F elements of the EIC Accelerator
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EIC & EIE

New course on L&F elements of the EIC Accelerator

This course covers, from a legal and financial perspective, the EIC accelerator instrument from Horizon Europe.

EIC & EIE - 02/10/2024

EIC Accelerator basics
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EIC & EIE

EIC Accelerator basics

This course offers a comprehensive set of contents around the EIC accelerator instrument, covering its main characteristics and processes. As this instrument is unique in Horizon Europe and probably one of the most competitive ones, the course offers students not only a compilation of the official i...

European Innovation Council online Info Day - Work Programme 2025
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EIC & EIE

European Innovation Council online Info Day - Work Programme 2025

The European Innovation Council (EIC) Work Programme 2025 will be presented in this online event on 5 November 2024 dedicated to potential applicants, together with an overview of the achievements under the previous work programmes

05/11/2024
Business opportunity size tool
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EIC & EIE

Business opportunity size tool

The B.size tool is developed with the objective to help companies and/or researchers, with a guided process, to calculate roughly the order of magnitude of their business opportunities as well as a first estimate of their potential revenues in three different markets.

Business Glossary
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EIC & EIE

Business Glossary

This tool presents a quick guide to the main business terms used within Horizon Europe programme.

TB Map tool: quick competitors mapping tool
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EIC & EIE

TB Map tool: quick competitors mapping tool

The TB.Map has been built to help you in mapping main potential competitors: products or solutions in the market, similar technologies approaching your same need, relevant IP assets found in IP databases and running or finalised R&D projects.