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From health to space: 40 start-ups secure EIC support in latest round of the EIC Accelerator
EIC accelerator 2025_1

01/07/2025

From health to space: 40 start-ups secure EIC support in latest round of the EIC Accelerator

These 40 companies are from 16 countries, which have been selected out of the 150 selected to go to interviews from the cut-off in March.

Commission doubles down on startups with new strategy and EIC expansion
Start-up strategy

30/05/2025

Commission doubles down on startups with new strategy and EIC expansion

The European Commission has launched the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy, ‘Choose Europe to Start and Scale', to make Europe a great place to start and grow global technology-driven companies.

EIC Pathfinder Open 2025 call draws record interest from the research community
EIC Pathfinder 2025

30/05/2025

EIC Pathfinder Open 2025 call draws record interest from the research community

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has received an unprecedented 2,087 project proposals under the EIC Pathfinder Open 2025 call, involving participants from 71 countries.

First results under the EIC STEP Scale Up scheme
EIC step results

30/05/2025

First results under the EIC STEP Scale Up scheme

Seven companies that have met all the criteria will be put forward for investment decisions by the EIC Fund.

EIC Impact Report 2025
EIC impact report 2025

30/05/2025

EIC Impact Report 2025

The report demonstrates the significant progress the EIC has made to become the investor of choice for European deep tech entrepreneurs.

EIC Accelerator short proposal: temporary closure of submission system
EIC_short_close

23/10/2024

EIC Accelerator short proposal: temporary closure of submission system

Due to the transition between EIC WP 2024 and 2025, the submission system in the F&T Portal is unavailable until next week.

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

02/10/2024

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 Accelerator final 2023 cut-off funds 42 companies with up to €285 million
EICA_cut-off2311

28/02/2024

EIC Accelerator final 2023 cut-off funds 42 companies with up to €285 million

The companies were selected from the 242 companies who were interviewed by juries out of a total of 1083 full proposals submitted

EIC Accelerator Full Proposal Template now available
EICAupdates

08/02/2024

EIC Accelerator Full Proposal Template now available

Annexes templates are available now and soon in the Funding and Tenders Portal

EIC work programme 2024 adopted
EICwp24

13/12/2023

EIC work programme 2024 adopted

The Commission has adopted the European Innovation Council (EIC) 2024 work programme. It opens funding opportunities worth over €1.2 billion in 2024.

Open positions as EIC Programme Manager
EICpm

12/12/2023

Open positions as EIC Programme Manager

There are three open positions in the areas of health, AI, energy systems and green tech; all of them with the deadline for applications by 26 January.

EIC Accelerator November cut-off
EIC Accelerator statistics

21/11/2023

EIC Accelerator November cut-off

The highest number of proposals submitted in 2023: a total of 1083 proposals