Summary of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Transition Programme for 2023

Based on the European Innovation Council (EIC) Work Programme for 2023, the Transition Programme/Scheme consists of Transition Open, and Transition Challenges, as described in short below, including cut-off dates and eligibility criteria.

EIC Transition Open

EIC Transition Open is an open funding scheme for projects in any field of science, technology or application as well as challenge driven funding on specific strategic fields. The majority of funding will be awarded through open calls with no predefined thematic priorities. This EIC transition Open is designed to enable support for any technologies and innovations that cut across different scientific, technological, sectoral and application fields or represent novel combinations.

Strategic EIC Transition Challenges (€60.5 million)

• Full scale Micro-Nano-Bio devices for medical and medical research applications

Proposals submitted to this Challenge should aim at the completion of Micro-Nano-Bio technology suitable for transition to market. 

• Environmental intelligence

Proposals submitted to this Challenge call should focus 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

The overall goal of this Challenge is to advance technological developments of the light states in driven nonlinear systems and to develop novel platforms for chip-scale frequency combs.

Cut-off and interview dates

Who can apply?

Single applicants (SMEs, spin-offs, start-ups, research organisations, universities) or small consortia (max 5 partners) may apply. Applications are restricted to results generated by the following eligible projects:

• EIC Pathfinder projects (including projects funded under EIC pilot Pathfinder, Horizon 2020 FET-Open, FET-Proactive, FET Flagships
• ERANETs projects under the FET programme (including ChistERA, quantERA and FLAG-ERA)
• European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept projects

Applicants will need to demonstrate that are the owner or holder of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), or have the necessary rights to commercialise the results from one of these eligible projects. The list of the projects provided below is a “best effort” indication of potentially eligible projects unless amendments, early termination and errors. The list does not provide proof of eligibility to submit a proposal to a EIC Transition call deadline.

Source: European Commission, 2023