Can I apply to EIC Transition?

By country

• Can a company from an EU country apply?Yes
• Can a company from Poland (a Widening country) apply?Yes
• Can a company from the UK apply?Yes
• Can a company from Switzerland apply?Yes
• Can a company from Norway apply?Yes
• Can a company from Israel apply?Yes
• Can a company from Ukraine apply?Yes
• Can a company from Türkiye apply?Yes
• Can a company from Canada apply?NoOrganisations in Canada can't apply: it is open to the EU or countries fully associated with Horizon Europe.
• Can a company from Japan apply?NoOrganisations in Japan can't apply: it is open to the EU or countries fully associated with Horizon Europe.
• Can a company from South Korea apply?NoOrganisations in South Korea can't apply: it is open to the EU or countries fully associated with Horizon Europe.
• Can a company from the United States apply?NoOrganisations in the United States can't apply: it is open to the EU or countries fully associated with Horizon Europe.
• Can a company from India apply?NoOrganisations in India can't apply: it is open to the EU or countries fully associated with Horizon Europe.

By organisation

• Can a founder without a company yet apply?Yes, ifRegister a company first: the applicant must be an incorporated SME.
• Can a startup apply?Yes
• Can an established SME apply?Yes
• Can a mid-cap company apply?Yes, ifA mid-cap can take part as a partner, not as the applicant.
• Can a large company apply?Yes, ifA large company can take part as a partner, not as the applicant.
• Can a university apply?Yes
• Can a research organisation apply?Yes
• Can a company apply on its own, without partners?Yes

By stage

• Can I apply with an idea or early research?NoToo early: this starts at TRL 3 (a proof of concept).
• Can I apply with a proof of concept?Yes
• Can I apply with a prototype?NoToo far along: this funds work up to TRL 4.
• Can I apply with a pilot with real users?NoToo far along: this funds work up to TRL 4.
• Can I apply with a product on the market?NoToo far along: this funds work up to TRL 4.

The rules in full

Where you must be based

the EU or countries fully associated with Horizon Europe

Single applicants and coordinators must be in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe associated country (UK and Switzerland included). Canada, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan are associated to Horizon Europe Pillar II only, so they do not count for this programme.

Who can apply

a startup, an SME, a university, a research organisation or an individual researcher

Alone: a start-up, SME, university or research organisation (including a research team or inventor who plans a spin-off). Companies larger than an SME can only join as consortium partners.

Who can join as a partner

a startup, an SME, a mid-cap, a large company, a university, a research organisation, a public body, a non-profit or an individual researcher

Partners from other countries can join under the standard Horizon Europe rules but usually without EU funding.

Alone or with partners

Alone, or as a consortium

Two partners must be independent and in two different EU or associated countries. With 3 to 5 partners, you need three independent partners in three countries, at least one in an EU Member State. Six or more partners makes the proposal ineligible.

Stage

TRL 3 to 4

The result you build on must have fully completed TRL 3 (proof of concept) and not gone beyond TRL 4 (validated in the lab). The project then aims for TRL 5 or 6.

Also required

Builds on an EU-funded result

What you get

grants, up to €2.5M

The EIC considers more than 0.5 million and less than 2.5 million euros appropriate, for 1 to 3 years.

Funding rate

100% of eligible costs, paid as a lump sum