General conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: Your proposal must build on results (at least experimental proof of concept TRL 3, ideally technology validated in the lab TRL 4) already achieved within an eligible project. You can apply for EIC Transition either as:
- A single legal entity established in a Member State or an Associated Country (‘mono-beneficiary’)
- A small consortium of two independent legal entities from two different Member States or Associated Countries or
- A consortium of minimum three and maximum five independent legal entities (‘multi-beneficiary’) following standard rules i.e. must include at least one legal entity established in a Member State and at least two other independent legal entities, each established in different Member States or Associated Countries.
The legal entities may for example be a start-up, an SME or research performing organisation (university, research or technology organisation, including teams, individual Principal Investigators and inventors in such institutions who intend to form a spinout company).
The standard admissibility and eligibility conditions as well as the eligibility of applicants from third countries are detailed in Annex 2 of the EIC Work Programme 2024.
Proposal page limits and layout:
Described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
Sections 1 to 3 and the cover page (that includes the information about the related project on which the current EIC Transition proposal is built on) of the part B of your proposal, corresponding respectively to the evaluation criteria Excellence, Impact, and Quality and Efficiency of the Implementation, must consist of a maximum of 22 A4 pages. Excess pages will be automatically made invisible, and will not be taken into consideration by the evaluators. Please also consult Annex 2 of the EIC Work Programme 2024.
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.
The eligibility of applicants from third countries is explained in Annex 2 of the EIC Work Programme 2024.
3. Other eligibility conditions: The EIC Transition is restricted to proposals based on results generated by the eligible projects described in the EIC Work Programme 2024.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: Described in Annex 2 of the EIC Work Programme 2024.
5. Evaluation and award:
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: Please refer to the Model Grant Agreement (MGA) used for EIC actions under Horizon Europe.
Specific conditions
7. Specific conditions: described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme]
Documents
Call documents:
EIC Work Programme 2024
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Standard application form (HE EIC TRANSITION)
Standard evaluation form (HE EIC TRANSITION)
MGA
Lump Sum MGA v1.0
Call-specific instructions
Information on clinical studies (HE)
Detailed budget table (HE LSII)
Guidance: "Lump sums - what do I need to know?"
Additional documents:
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
