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mobility turnaround: 2 new calls

The two calls “Zero Emission Mobility” and “Mobility 2023:” offer companies great help for the mobility transition. Here you will find an overview of both calls for proposals.

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New location in Berlin

With our new location, we can offer our customers an even better service for the German market.

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Environment

mobility turnaround: 2 new calls

The two calls “Zero Emission Mobility” and “Mobility 2023:” offer companies great help for the mobility transition. Here you will find an overview of both calls for proposals.

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EU-Fundings

EIC Accelerator

The EIC Accelerator is aimed at small and medium-sized companies that develop disruptive, high-risk innovations with great market potential. It is primarily aimed at companies that have high growth potential and operate on a European or international scale.

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What is funded?

A prerequisite for funding in the EIC Accelerator is a high-risk idea with high market potential and a high degree of innovation. Therefore, it should be a disruptive innovation that involves a complete restructuring or disruption of existing, traditional business models, products, technologies or services. Both technical and non-technical innovations, such as social innovations or innovations in the service sector, are supported.

Take advantage of our free Accelerator Pre-validation and find out quickly and easily whether your projects can also benefit.

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Grant amounts range from €0.5 million to €2.5 million in non-repayable and non-dilutive funding (for SMEs and startups).
The investment component ranges from €0.5 million to €15 million, usually in the form of equity.

EIC Accelerator Plug-In officially launched in Germany!

The EIC Plug-in Pilot has been launched in Germany. It is aimed at applicants in the EIC Accelerator who are funded under national or regional funding instruments that are certified for the plug-in. For them, a shortened application procedure in the EIC Accelerator is possible.

From Germany, the following programs are certified for the EIC Plug-in:

SPRIND – Agency for Leap Innovations.
KMU-innovativ
EXIST – Research Transfer
Helmholtz Enterprise
Fraunhofer AHEAD

The sponsors of these funding instruments conduct an independent project review (“Project Review”) with interested candidates to assess the innovation and market potential of the existing project and to decide whether the project is suitable for funding under the EIC Accelerator. In case of a positive assessment, the first stage of the application process, the “short proposal”, can be skipped.

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To the Pre-validation

Step 1
Short Application

In the first stage, a short proposal is submitted with a video and a pitch presentation.

Step 2
Long Application

In the second stage, the small and medium-sized enterprises with the best project proposals must submit a detailed application.

Step 3
Jury interview

Particularly promising applicants will be invited for an interview. Resubmission of applications that have been rejected twice is only possible after 12 months have elapsed.

Applicant for funding

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have the potential for strong international growth through the implementation of an innovative idea. The EIC Accelerator is aimed exclusively at individual applicants.

To be eligible to submit a project application, a technical project must be at Technology Readiness Level 6 (TLR 6). For this, TRL 5 must be largely completed. This means that the research must be (largely) completed and the technology must work in relevant environments.

Funding level

Funding in the EIC Accelerator is offered in two possible options:

Grant-only funding: Grant-based funding can range from €0.5 to €2.5 million, with a maximum of 70% of total project costs.
Blended funding (Blended finance): EIC Accelerator offers, in addition to grant-based funding, the possibility to receive equity capital (equity). The amount of equity requested depends on the activities and financial needs of the applicant company. Amounts from 0.5 – 15 million euros are possible.