What is the European Innovation Council (EIC), Pathfinder and Transition? - A perspective by Claire Griffin, UK NCP, Innovate UK
Claire Griffin, UK National Contact Point for EIC, Innovate UK gives an overview and insight into the EIC Work Programme, as well as the EIC Pathfinder, and Transition as well as what is coming up in 2023.
EIC is Europe’s flagship innovation programme to identify, develop and scale-up breakthrough technologies and game changing innovations. The EIC supports start-ups, SMEs and research teams developing high-risk, high-impact breakthrough innovations, with a particular focus on scaling up game-changing solutions that contribute to the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Recovery plan for Europe.
EIC is tailored to the different needs of innovators, whether they are in the early stages of research, exploring a business idea or working to commercialise a solution. It opens funding opportunities worth over €1.6 billion in 2023 for breakthrough innovators to scale up and create new markets:
EIC Pathfinder – for radically new technologies emerging from excellent research
EIC Transition – for bringing research results to innovation potential
EIC Accelerator – for development and scaling up of high-risk innovations by start-ups and SMEs, including with blended finance support (UK grant only)
EIC Business Acceleration Services – for tailor made coaching, mentoring and matching for all EIC supported companies and projects.
Viola Hay, European Programmes Manager, Innovate UK KTN interviewed Claire Griffin, UK National Contact Point, EIC, Innovate UK who gave an overview of the EIC, focusing on the 2023 Work Programme, eligibility criteria, evaluation criteria, how to move results up the Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and looking towards the EIC Accelerator scheme.
Watch the interviews below.
Find out more about the European Innovation Council
In the video below, Claire Griffin (National Contact Point for the European Innovation Council) explains more about what the EIC does and the funding schemes available.
Click here for the list of EIC Programme Managers mentioned in the video.
Find out more about the European Innovation Council Pathfinder
In the video below, Claire Griffin (National Contact Point for the European Innovation Council) explains more about what the EIC Pathfinder does and the funding schemes available.
Find out more about the European Innovation Council Transition
In the video below, Claire Griffin (National Contact Point for the European Innovation Council) explains more about what the EIC Transition does and the funding schemes available.
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