General conditions
1. Admissibility conditions and documents: described in Chapter 5 - Invitation to submit proposals for KIC Business Plans 2023-2025 (2023-2024 in case of first wave KICs), for the Cross-KIC activities 2023-2025, and for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System
2. Eligible countries: 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.
3. Other eligibility conditions: described in Chapter 6 - Invitation to submit proposals for KIC Business Plans 2023-2025 (2023-2024 in case of first wave KICs), for the Cross-KIC activities 2023-2025, and for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025.
- KICs Business Plans topics: other specific conditions regarding "entities elegible for funding" and "eligible activities" are described in Chapters 9.2 and 9.3.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Chapters 7 and 8 - Invitation to submit proposals for KIC Business Plans 2023-2025 (2023-2024 in case of first wave KICs), for the Cross-KIC activities 2023-2025, and for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025.
5. Evaluation and award: Evaluation process and Proposal Approval are are described in Chapter 14 and in Chapter 15 - Invitation to submit proposals for KIC Business Plans 2023-2025 (2023-2024 in case of first wave KICs), for the Cross-KIC activities 2023-2025, and for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025.
- Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in the Invitation to submit proposals for KIC Business Plans 2023-2025 (2023-2024 in case of first wave KICs), for the Cross-KIC activities 2023-2025, and for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025.
- KICs Business plans topics: Award criteria is described in Chapter 9.4
- Submission and evaluation processes are described in Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14 and Chapter 15 - Invitation to submit proposals for KIC Business Plans 2023-2025 (2023-2024 in case of first wave KICs), for the Cross-KIC activities 2023-2025, and for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025.
- Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: are described in Chapter 4 and Chapter 15 - Invitation to submit proposals for KIC Business Plans 2023-2025 (2023-2024 in case of first wave KICs), for the Cross-KIC activities 2023-2025, and for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in Chapter 16 - Invitation to submit proposals for KIC Business Plans 2023-2025 (2023-2024 in case of first wave KICs), for the Cross-KIC activities 2023-2025, and for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025.
- Processing of personal data described in Chapter 17.
Specific conditions
7. Specific conditions: described in the [specific topic of the Invitation to submit proposals for KIC Business Plans 2023-2025 (2023-2024 in case of first wave KICs), for the Cross-KIC activities 2023-2025, and for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025].
- KICs Business Plans topics: other specific conditions regarding "entities elegible for funding" and "eligible activities" are described in Chapters 9.2 and 9.3.
Documents
Call documents:
EIT application form — call-specific application form is available in the Submission System
- Invitation to submit proposals for KIC Business Plans 2023-2025 (2023-2024 in case of first wave KICs), for the Cross-KIC activities 2023-2025, and for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025.
- Template Application Form (Part A) (EIT)
- Template Application Form (Part B) (EIT)_KIC Business Plan 2023-2025
- MGA
Additional documents:
- EIT Guidelines for 2023-2025 KIC Business Plans and estimated budgets
- EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda 2021-2027
- EIT Work Programme 2022-2024
- Annex 1 - Key principles and concepts of the EIT KIC model. Invitation to submit proposals for KIC Business Plans 2023-2025 (2023-2024 in case of first wave KICs), for the Cross-KIC activities 2023-2025, and for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025.
- HE Programme Guide
- HE Framework Programme and Rules for Participation Regulation 2021/695
- HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
- EU Financial Regulation
- Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
- EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
- Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
- Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement