February 2022
European Innovation Council Work Programme 2022
The European Commission has adopted the 2022 work programme of the European Innovation Council (EIC), which aims to identify and support breakthrough technologies and game changing innovations to scale up and create new markets.
The 2022 work programme of the European Innovation Council opens funding opportunities worth over €1.7 billion in 2022.
What are the funding opportunities?
- EIC Pathfinder – for multi-disciplinary research teams. Applicants participating in EIC Pathfinder projects are typically visionary scientists and entrepreneurial researchers from universities, research organisations, start-ups, high-tech SMEs or industrial stakeholders interested in technological research and innovation. Available funding: €350 million.
- EIC Transition – funding to turn research results into innovation opportunities. Available funding €131 million.
- EIC Accelerator – for start-ups and SMEs to develop and scale up high impact innovations with the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones. Available funding: €1.16 billion.
For further details and information on application cut off dates, refer to the
website.
=> Read the full EIC Work Programme 2022.