EIC Transition funds innovation activities that surpass the experimental proof of principle in the laboratory. It supports both the maturation and validation of your novel technology from the lab to the relevant application environments, utilizing prototyping, formulation, models, user testing, or other validation tests. Additionally, it facilitates explorations and the development of a sustainable business case and business model towards commercialization into high-potential markets. Your proposed activities must include further technology development based on the results achieved in a previous project and follow user-centric methodologies to increase the innovation’s chances of future commercial success in the market.
EIC Transition projects should address, in a balanced manner, both technology and market/business development, potentially including iterative learning processes based on early customer or user feedback. These activities should include, based on the technology’s maturity level, a suitable mix of technology development and validation activities to advance the technology beyond proof of concept to viable demonstrators in the intended field of application (i.e., from minimum TRL 3 or TRL 4 up to Technology Readiness Level 5 to 6). The activities must, in all cases, address market readiness towards commercialization and deployment, encompassing market research, value proposition, business case and business model development, prospects for growth, intellectual property protection, competitor analysis, etc., as well as aspects of regulation, certification, and standardization (if relevant), aimed at preparing both the technology and the business idea for investment readiness.
EIC Transition aims to mature both your technology and business idea, thereby enhancing its technology and market/commercial readiness. The expected outcomes of your EIC Transition project are: a) a technology that is demonstrated to be effective for its intended application, and b) a validated business model and a business plan for its development to market. It is also expected that the intellectual property generated by your EIC Transition project is formally protected in an appropriate manner.
Your proposal must build on results already achieved within an eligible project that are, at least, at experimental proof of concept (TRL 3) or, ideally, technology validated in the lab level (TRL 4). Proposals building on project results at TRLs other than TRL3 or TRL4 are not eligible. EIC Transition is restricted to proposals based on results generated by the following eligible projects:
EIC Pathfinder projects (including projects funded under the Horizon 2020 EIC pilot Pathfinder, FET-Open, FET-Proactive, CSA and CSA Lump sum FET Innovation Launchpad, and FET Flagships calls).
European Research Council Proof of Concept projects funded Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe.
Research and Innovation Actions directly funded under Horizon 2020 Societal challenges and Leadership in Industrial Technologies and under Horizon Europe pillar II, with an eligible TRL.
European Defence Fund (EDF), including the Preparatory Action on Defence Research, research projects, but only for proposals which are focused on civil applications (including dual use)
The deadline for submitting your proposal is 18 September 2024 at 17:00 Brussels local time. You must submit your proposal via the Funding and Tender Opportunities Portal before the given deadline. Sections 1 to 3 and the cover page (which includes information about the related project on which the current EIC Transition proposal is based) of Part B of your proposal must consist of a maximum of 22 A4 format pages.