{"id":2009,"date":"2023-06-08T10:42:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T08:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea-re.net\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2023-06-08T10:56:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T08:56:56","slug":"eic-accelerator-program-here-are-all-the-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idea-re.net\/en\/eic-accelerator-program-here-are-all-the-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"EIC Accelerator Program: Here are all the changes (updated June 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>EIC Accelerator Program: Here are all the changes<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News has emerged recently that the European Innovation Council has introduced some <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>important changes<\/strong><\/span> to its <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>EIC Accelerator Program funding program.<\/strong><\/span> The aim of these modifications is to make the funding application process for startups and scale-ups more efficient and user-friendly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are all the changes explained:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>EIC Accelerator Program: What&#8217;s changing?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"#pre\">Pre-proposal<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"#full\">Full-proposal<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Temporary suspension of the Pre-Proposal phase<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first phase of the funding application process (the Pre-Proposal) is temporarily suspended. The application platform will be accessible again starting in July, which means that<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> it will not be possible to submit the Pre-Proposal for your project until then<\/strong><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, a 10-page pitch and a maximum 3-minute video pitch will still be required.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"full\"><\/a>Full Proposal: New template<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once approval for the Pre-Proposal is obtained, the Full Proposal for the project can be submitted. The new template will be similar to the current one but with some important modifications. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new model will be available in a fully editable PDF format and will have a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>maximum length of 50 pages<\/strong><\/span> (to be allocated freely). The AI-supported online platform will no longer be available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Full Proposal will consist of two sections:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: upper-alpha;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first part will present a business case for the sector of interest, structured as follows::\u00a0<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">company\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">problem,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">solution,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">market analysis,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commercial plan,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">team,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">risk plan,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">financial plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The second part will contain specific information about the funding request (implementation, funding request, impact, etc.).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>It will also be necessary to submit two Excel files:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Financial Information and Budget<\/span>: This section includes the old income statement, more details on project costs and investments, and the project&#8217;s budget (for the funding part) according to the standard format of Horizon Europe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mandatory data and consent<\/span>: This section includes the information that is typically included in Part A, along with a summary of the funding and capital requested.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Similarly to the previous version, the following will also be required:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pitch in free format<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data management plan (if applicable)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support letters (if applicable)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom to operate analysis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional documents in a free format<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EIC Accelerator Program is a valuable tool for all startups and scale-ups seeking funding to grow in the markets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have any questions or wish to participate in the call, please <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>contact us in the sidebar<\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>subscribe to our newsletter<\/strong> <\/span>to stay updated on the latest news.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EIC Accelerator Program: Here are all the changes News has emerged recently that the European Innovation Council has introduced some important changes to its EIC Accelerator Program funding program. The aim of these modifications is to make the funding application process for startups and scale-ups more efficient and user-friendly. Here are all the changes explained: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bandi-europei-en","category-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idea-re.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idea-re.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idea-re.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idea-re.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idea-re.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=2009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/idea-re.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idea-re.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1462\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idea-re.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=2009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idea-re.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=2009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idea-re.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=2009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}