EIC Accelerator: seal of excellence The award of a Seal of Excellence allows a public authority, national or local, if it so wishes, to provide a grant to its beneficiary based on the evaluation performed by the European Commission, wit... European Innovation Council (EIC)
EIC Accelerator: a business-focused application Unlike other EC funding schemes, the EIC Accelerator is eminently business-focus: a big mistake would be to focus your proposal solely on the innovation and treat superficially the business aspects of... European Innovation Council (EIC)
EIC Accelerator: the value proposition A value proposition is a statement which identifies clear , measurable and demonstrable benefits consumers get when buying a particular product or service. It should convince consumers that this produ... European Innovation Council (EIC)
EIC Accelerator: tackling the revenue model A revenue model is a framework for generating revenues. It identifies which revenue source to pursue, what value to offer, how to price the value, and who pays for the value during the lifetime durati... European Innovation Council (EIC)
EIC Accelerator: the commercialisation plan First things first, what do you mean with commercialisation? Commercialisation is commonly understood as the process of moving a technology or innovative concept from the idea stage to the marketplace... European Innovation Council (EIC)
EIC Accelerator: recommendations from evaluators It can be useful to take a look at how evaluators are instructed to conduct their work. Here under you find some recommendations to evaluators from the German NCP and under the text you will find furt... European Innovation Council (EIC)
EIC Accelerator: the non-bankability concept In the context of the Accelerator, non-bankability means “inability to attract sufficient funding”. In the proposal, you must describe how you have tried to attract investment and why you were not abl... European Innovation Council (EIC)
EIC Accelerator: technology readiness levels (TRL) Where a topic description refers to a TRL, the following definitions apply, unless otherwise specified: Grant covers TRL6 to TRL8 In the EIC Accelerator funding scheme, the grant can cover only activi... European Innovation Council (EIC)
EIC Accelerator: the interview (evaluation step 2) This information is an excerpt of the Guideline for Applicants v 1.1 published by the EIC. It is meant for easy reference and does not substitute a full review of the Guidelines for Applicants, which ... European Innovation Council (EIC)
EIC Accelerator: info on blended finance (grant+equity) This information has been updated based on the EIC Fund Investment Guidelines v. 3.0 published 22.04.2021. A copy of the document can be browsed here under for more information. What are the ‘conditio... European Innovation Council (EIC)
EIC Accelerator: purchase of goods and services, subcontracting, linked third parties, in-house consultants, temp agencies Note: in large part the rules for purchase of goods and services, subcontracting, linked third parties etc. are common to all H2020 project and are explained in detail in the Annotated Model Grant Agr... European Innovation Council (EIC)