The third call for projects of the Innovation Fund, the financing instrument for a climate-neutral Europe, has recently shown how hard companies in the EU are currently working on green innovations.
Initially, it was planned that companies would be able to submit their full proposals to the EIC Accelerator by four deadlines in the new year. However, the first deadline on 12 January has now been cancelled.
The EIC will now officially launch on 18th March 2021. With a budget of 10 billion €, the European Innovation Council (EIC) is a central element of Horizon Europe and the most ambitious innovation initiative in Europe.
A launch event on 02 February 2021 will mark the symbolic start of the 9th Horizon Europe Research Framework Programme. However, no money will flow yet.
The plans for the EIC Accelerator 2021 are slowly taking shape, with first information now indicating that full proposals can be submitted as early as 9 June. This means that the portal for submitting outlines could be launched already in spring.