Prospective applicants for the European Innovation Council (EIC) interested in the upcoming opportunities under the EIC Work Programme 2025 are warmly invited to join this online Info Day to learn more about these opportunities, but also about the successes achieved under the previous work programmes.

High-level speakers from the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) and the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission and from the European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide an overview about three main funding schemes of by EIC:

   EIC Pathfinder: for advanced research on breakthrough or game-changing technologies;
   EIC Transition: for transforming research results into innovation opportunities;
   EIC Accelerator: for individual companies to develop and scale up breakthrough innovations with high risk and high impact.

Dedicated sessions will present the wide range of services (access to coaches, mentors, access to global partners & innovation ecosystem) offered to all EIC-funded projects and companies by the Business Acceleration Services (BAS) and the STEP call as a novelty under the Work Programme 2025.

The next day, don't miss out on the online Info Day dedicated to the EIC Accelerator Challenges under the Work Programme 2025.

Agenda

09:30-10:00 Introduction

10:00-11:15 EIC Pathfinder

11:15-12:15 EIC Transition

12:15-13:00 Lunch break

13:00-14:45 EIC Accelerator

14:45-15:30 STEP

15:30-16:15 BAS

16:15-16:30 Access2EIC

16:30-16:45 EEN2EIC