Energy Harvesting and Storage Technologies

1. Admissibility conditions:

Your proposal must build on results (demonstrated proof of principle) achieved within an eligible project. As Transition funding is a new scheme, for 2021 it is restricted to applications based on results generated by the following eligible projects:

• EIC Pathfinder projects (including projects funded under EIC pilot Pathfinder, Horizon 2020 FET-Open, FET-Proactive) and FET Flagships calls (including ERANET calls under the FET work programme)
• European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept projects

If you are applying on the basis of an eligible project for which the grant is still active, you may apply if the project has been active for at least 12 months (i.e. the start date of the grant is more than 12 months before the date of the Transition call deadline).

If you are applying on the basis of an eligible project which has already been completed, you may apply within 24 months of the completion of the project (i.e. the end date of the grant for the eligible project is less than 24 months from the date of the Transition call deadline).

You do not need to be a participant, Principle Investigator or result owner of the previous projects; on the contrary, new participants are welcome and encouraged to apply. However, you must demonstrate that you are the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) owner or holder, or have the necessary rights to commercialise the IPR of the linked Pathfinder, FET or ERC Proof of Concept project results to be further developed. You therefore must specify in your application the result and relevant IP to be developed, and include written evidence from the relevant owner(s) of the result(s), which confirms the existence of the necessary agreements with you, including on IPR.

You can apply for EIC Transition either as:

• A single legal entity established in a Member State or an Associated Country (‘mono-beneficiary’) if you are an SME or a research performing organisation (university, research or technology organisation, including teams, individual Principle Investigators and inventors in such institutions who intend to form a spinout company). Larger companies (i.e. which do not qualify as SMEs) are not eligible to apply as a single legal entity; or
• A small consortium of minimum two and maximum five independent legal entities (‘multi-beneficiary’) that may for example include universities, research organisations, SMEs or larger companies, user/customer organisations or potential end users (e.g. hospitals, utilities, industry, regulatory and standardisation bodies, public authorities).

Your proposal will only be evaluated if it is admissible and eligible (see Annex 2 as well as Annex 3 of the EIC Work Programme 2021 for eligibility of third country applicants).

Proposal page limits and layout: Sections 1 to 3 of your proposal must consist of a maximum of 25 A4 pages.

 

2. Eligible countries: described in section II.3 and in Annex 3 of the EIC Work Programme 2021.

 

3. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Annex 2 of the EIC Work Programme 2021.

 

4. Evaluation and award:

• Award criteria, scoring and thresholds: described in section II.2 of the EIC Work Programme 2021
• Submission and evaluation processes: described in section II.2 of the EIC Work Programme 2021
• Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in section II.2 of the EIC Work Programme 2021

 

5. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: please refer to the Model Grant Agreement (MGA) used for EIC actions under Horizon Europe

 

Call document and annexes:
EIC Work Programme 2021
Standard Application Form (EIC Transition Open 2021)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
MGA used for EIC actions under Horizon Europe (HE General MGA)

 

Additional documents:
EU Financial Regulation 2018/1046
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms & Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

 

Online Manual is your guide on the procedures from proposal submission to managing your grant.

Horizon Europe Programme Guide contains the detailed guidance to the structure, budget and political priorities of Horizon Europe.

Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – find the answers to most frequently asked questions on submission of proposals, evaluation and grant management.

Research Enquiry Service – ask questions about any aspect of European research in general and the EU Research Framework Programmes in particular.

Enterprise Europe Network – contact your EEN national contact for advice to businesses with special focus on SMEs. The support includes guidance on the EU research funding.

IT Helpdesk – contact the Funding & Tenders Portal IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.

European IPR Helpdesk assists you on intellectual property issues.

CEN and CENELEC, the European Standards Organisations advise you how to tackle standardisation in your project proposal. Contact CEN-CENELEC Research Helpdesk at [email protected].

The European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for their recruitment – consult the general principles and requirements specifying the roles, responsibilities and entitlements of researchers, employers and funders of researchers.

 

Partner Search Services help you find a partner organisation for your proposal.