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Objective:
EIC Transition funds innovation activities that go beyond the experimental proof of principle in laboratory (applications must have completed all elements of Technology Readiness Level 3). It supports both the maturation and validation of your novel technology from the lab to the relevant application environments (by making use of prototyping, formulation, models, user testing or other validation tests) as well as explorations and development of a sustainable business plan and business model towards commercialisation into high potential markets.

Your proposed activities must include further technology development on the results achieved in a previous project and follow user-centric methodologies to increase chances of the innovation’s future commercial success in the market. EIC Transition projects should address, in a balanced way, both technology and market/business development, possibly including iterative learning processes based on early customer or user feedback. These activities should include, subject to the level of maturity of the technology, a suitable mix of technology development and validation activities to increase the maturity of the technology beyond proof of concept to viable demonstrators of the technology in the intended field of application (i.e., applications must have completed all elements of Technology Readiness Level 3 up to TRL 5 to 6 at the end of the project). The activities must in all cases address improving market readiness towards commercialisation and deployment (market research, value proposition, refine incipient business plan63 and validate incipient business model, intellectual property protection, etc.) and aspects of regulation, certification and standardisation (if relevant), aimed at getting both the technology and the business idea investment ready.

More information can be found in the European Innovation Council Work Programme 2026.

Status

Closed

Deadline

16 September 2026 (time not stated)

Opens

22 April 2026

Published

6 March 2026

Total budget

€100,000,000

Grant range

€500,000 – €2,500,000

Country

European Union (EU-wide)

Programme

Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Funder

European Commission

Official page

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What applying involved

12 steps, all of them taken from this call's own documents.

This call is closed. The steps below show what applying involved, and are kept for reference only.

Understand the call

• Read the call on the source portal and download its documents
• Write the proposal against the award criteria and thresholds standard for this programme

  Described in section III of the EIC Work Programme 2026 — conditions §5a

• Check the grant's legal and financial set-up standard for this programme

  Please refer to the Model Grant Agreement (MGA) used for EIC actions under Horizon Europe. Specific conditions Described in the EIC Work Programme 2026 . EIC Work Programme 2026 EIC Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Standard application form (will be made available in the submission workflow). Do not use previous years' template versions as this may lead to incomplete applications. Standard evaluation form (HE EIC TRANSITION) Application and evaluation forms and model grant … — conditions §6

• Check the amount you plan to request against the call's range

Check you are eligible

• Confirm your technology readiness level against the range the call states
• Check every partner is established in an eligible country standard for this programme

  described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide . The eligibility of applicants from third countries is explained Annex 2 of the EIC Work Programme 2026 — conditions §2

• Meet the call's other eligibility conditions

  The EIC Transition is restricted to proposals based on results generated by the eligible projects described in the EIC Work Programme 2026 — conditions §3

• Be able to show financial and operational capacity standard for this programme

  Described in Annex 2 of the EIC Work Programme 2026 — conditions §4

Prepare the documents

• Prepare Part B of the Application Form standard for this programme

  Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. — conditions

• Complete the detailed budget table standard for this programme

Submit

• Check the submission and evaluation process standard for this programme

  Described in section III of the EIC Work Programme 2026 and the Online Manual — conditions §5b

• Submit before the closing date shown above

  The source states the closing day but no closing time — check the portal before the last day. — calls.deadline

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