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New ACCESS2EIC e‑Learning Course Now Available on the HE NCP Portal

17 April 2026

We are pleased to announce that a new e‑learning course developed within the ACCESS2EIC project is now available on the Horizon Europe NCP Portal Academy* This course is designed for NCPs researchers, innovation managers, and technology transfer professionals, as well as potential participants interested in EIC Transition and in the exploitation of research results through spin‑offs. Having a promising research result does not automatically mean that it can or should be transformed into a viable business. The objective of this course is to provide learners with a clear and practical framework to assess whether launching a business makes sense — and,…

EIC Selects 40 New Transition Projects to Accelerate Market Uptake of Research Results

9 February 2026

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has announced the selection of 40 new Transition projects under the 2025 EIC Transition call, marking a major step toward advancing early‑stage research results into commercially viable innovations. The announcement was published on 9 February 2026 by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency.  A Record Number of Submissions This year’s call received a remarkable 611 proposals, the highest volume ever recorded for an EIC Transition deadline. Among these, 130 submissions originated from European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept projects, highlighting the programme’s strong connection to frontier research. Following the evaluation process, 40…

The Annotated proposal EIC Accelerator template

6 May 2020

The ‘Annotated proposal EIC Accelerator template‘ is a guide created in order to assist innovative companies in applying to the EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 call of Horizon 2020. Its aim is to help companies better understand the requirements of the template and write better applications. The authors of this guide are Horizon 2020 National Contact Points (NCPs) dealing daily with EIC Accelerator applications. Their recommendations also include feedbacks received from evaluators of EIC Accelerator proposals, employed by the European Commission. The NCPs interacted with, trained and provided advice to thousands of companies that wanted to introduce their innovative product or service to market…

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