Snapshot overview: Support for projects working on early-stage scientific innovation
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Name: EIC Pathfinder
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Institution/ DG/ Agency responsible at EU-level: European Innovation Council (Horizon Europe)
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Work programme: Open-ended funding with deadline
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Programme: Grant funding
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Programme budget:
- Open funding: EUR 183 million
- Challenge driven funding: EUR 167 million
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Project budget:
- Up to EUR 3 million for open funding projects
- Up to EUR 4 million for challenge driven projects
- The grant funds 100% of the eligible costs
- Opportunity to request larger amounts if properly justified
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Type of funding:
- Top-down (challenge driven) and bottom-up (open funding)=
- EIC Pathfinder projects are eligible to receive additional grants (up to EUR 50,000) for complementary activities as well as being fast tracked for an Accelerator proposal
- Successful applicants will also receive free access to Business Acceleration Services
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Target participants: EIC Pathfinder targets the following types of stakeholders:
- Individual scientists and researchers
- Academics
- Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Industrial players/Large Enterprises Programme scope: EIC Pathfinder focusses on early-stage development of and aims to support interdisciplinary research and development.
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Participant criteria: Applicants need to be part of a consortium that includes at least three independent legal entities, each in a different Member State or Associated Country, with at least one of them being established in a Member States.
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Project duration: TBD
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Average time from submission to project kick-off: TBD
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R&D stage: EIC Pathfinder supports early-stage development. Emphasis lies on new and ambitious novel technologies that are not yet fully mature.
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Intellectual property: Pathfinder projects are subject to provisions to ensure open access to scientific publications and to promote the uptake of research results. EIC projects are encouraged to support cross-fertilisation and exploitation across other EIC projects. This means that Pathfinder projects could be asked to share information about results across relevant EIC projects and parties.
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Project database: EU Funding & Tender Opportunities portal – Single Electronic Data Interchange Area (SEDIA) l
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Status:
- Ongoing
- Work Programme has been accepted
- Open call closed on 3 May 2022
- Challenge driven calls open until 19 October 2022
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