The EIC Transition programme is a funding programme managed by the European Innovation Council (EIC) that offers grants of up to €2.5 milion to validate and demonstrate technologies in application-relevant environments and develop market readiness.
EIC Transition funds innovation activities that go beyond the experimental proof of principle in laboratory to support: a) the maturation and validation of novel technologies in the lab and in relevant application environments; b) the development of a business case and (business) model towards the innovation’s future commercialisation.
The results from the latest EIC (European Innovation Council) Transition call have been recently announced.
Regarding the EIC Transition Open call, there has been a considerable decrease in the number of applications received in this cut-off (131 in contrast to 287 in the September 2022 cut-off). This represents a decrease by 45.6%:
- Applications came from 12 countries,
- From 131 applications submitted, 14 projects have received funding (10.68% success rate),
- €2.45M average EU grant.
In the case of the EIC Transition Challenges:
- Applications came from 6 countries,
- From 49 applications received, 5 projects have received funding (10,20% success rate).
- €2.5M average EU grant.
Novelties for the EIC Transition 2023
This year, the EIC Transition has deployed €128.3M in budget to turn research results into innovation opportunities.
Applicants can be single applicants (SMEs, spin-offs, start-ups, research organisations, universities) or small consortia (max 5 partners):
- Calls are focused on results generated by EIC Pathfinder projects and European Research Council Proof of Concept projects, to mature the technologies and build a business case for specific applications.
- €60.5 million is allocated to tackle three Transition Challenges: micro-nano-bio devices, environmental intelligence, chip-scale optical frequency combs.
The second cut-off will close on September 27, 2023, and interviews are expected to take place in December.
Results of the April 2023 Call
The top three countries participants in the EIC Transition Open and the EIC Transition Challenges Calls are Spain (26%), France (15%) and the Netherlands (15%). The table below shows the number of awarded projects per coordinator’s country:
Figure 1. Winners per country.
8 out of the 19 approved applications (42%) have been submitted by an RTO as coordinator, that is, either by universities, institutes for research or research centers, while the remaining 11 applications have been submitted by a company as coordinator (58%).
Figure 2. Share of projects by coordinator type.
The table below shows the full list of winners:
| Proposal Title | Coordinating Organisation | Country Coordinator | Duration (months) | Recommended Budget |
| Chip-Scale Optical Frequency Combs for Communications and Sensing: A Toolkit for System Integration | KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE | 36 | DE | 2.523.585,00 € |
| Universal frequency-comb platform for datacenter communications | INNOLUME GMBH | 30 | DE | 2.500.000,00 € |
| DRUG-ELUTING ELECTRICAL IMPLANT TO REPAIR THE SPINAL CORD | FUNDACION HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLEJICOS | 36 | ES | 2.494.542,50 € |
| Novel microsensing platform for remote patient monitoring | UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA | 36 | ES | 2.499.051,25 € |
| Graphene Transistors for High-Density Brain-Computer Interfaces | INBRAIN NEUROELECTRONICS SL | 36 | ES | 2.495.000,00 € |
| Preclinical development of a nanomedicine candidate for Fabry rare disease treatment to enter clinical phase | AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | 24 | ES | 2.498.563,75 € |
| Truly portable MRI for extremity and brain imaging anywhere & everywhere | AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | 36 | ES | 2.494.415,00 € |
| Scalable Hardware for Large-Scale Quantum Computing | Semiqon Technologies oy | 30 | FI | 2.500.000,00 € |
| Frequency-agile lasers for photonic sensing | THALES | 30 | FR | 1.966.218,75 € |
| Developing Multi-Core Silicon-Based Quantum Processors | siquance | 30 | FR | 2.440.870,00 € |
| Revolutionizing Spatial Biology with a cutting-edge MultiScale Imaging platform | ABBELIGHT | 36 | FR | 2.489.162,50 € |
| Accelerating Energy-Efficient Atmospheric Carbon Capture Technologies | THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN | 36 | IE | 2.494.251,25 € |
| Microcomb Photonic Engine | X-CELEPRINT LIMITED | 36 | IE | 2.499.746,25 € |
| Femtosecond laser writing for photonic quantum processors | Faro Quantum Technologies S.r.l | 24 | IT | 2.495.968,75 € |
| Bacterial Eavesdropping for Fast Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing | SoundCell B.V. | 36 | NL | 2.499.143,75 € |
| Innovative Photoactivated Ruthenium Chemotherapy to treat eye cancer | UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN | 36 | NL | 2.500.000,00 € |
| Cascades for Stereoselective Synthesis of Amino Acids | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT | 36 | NL | 2.378.694,25 € |
| Dispersion force masked-based helium atom lithography | Lace Lithography AS | 36 | NO | 2.499.397,00 € |
| Revolutionizing Spacecraft Thermal Control with Dynamic Graphene Radiators | Smartir Limited | 24 | UK | 2.500.000,00 € |
