| Area | Life Sciences, ICT |
| Programme | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN |
| Duration | 01.04.2022 – 31.03.2026 |
| Budget | 3 million euro |
Writing a strong EIC Pathfinder Challenge proposal isn’t just about bold ideas. You’ll also need to avoid some common traps. From fuzzy objectives to weak TRL logic, we break down five frequent mistakes that can derail otherwise promising applications.
The EIC Pathfinder 2025 Challenge supports bold ideas for waste-to-value devices that enable circular production of fuels, chemicals and materials. If your research breaks new ground in integrated systems, modelling, or synthetic biology devices, this is your call. Apply by 29 October 2025.
The EIC Pathfinder Challenge on autonomous robot collectives supports research into systems that can carry out construction tasks collaboratively, in real-world environments and with human–robot interaction at their core. This blog explains the Challenge structure and what's expected from applicants.
The 2025 EIC Pathfinder Challenge aims to fund GenAI-based autonomous agents that transform cancer diagnosis and treatment. Each proposal must combine cutting-edge data integration with clinical decision-making. With a deadline on 29 October 2025, there is still plenty of time to prepare a competitive proposal.
Can crops survive heatwaves and produce high-value materials? The EIC wants your boldest biotech ideas for climate-resilient plants with biomanufacturing potential. Explore how to align your vision with this high-impact Pathfinder Challenge.
The EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2025 call offers €120 million to fund visionary research in biotech, Generative AI for medical applications, robotics and circular economy. This first blog in our series gives an overview of the four strategic topics. Stay tuned as we dive deeper into each Challenge in the coming weeks.
The 2025 EIC Pathfinder Open call witnessed a record-breaking total of 2,087 submissions. The evaluation process is underway, and the results are anticipated in autumn 2025. Here, we summarise some insights from these call statistics in comparison to previous years, and introduce novel funding opportunities offered by the 2025 Work Programme.
The Horizon Europe 2025 Digital/ICT Work Programme has been pre-published and is packed with fresh opportunities in digital technologies, sustainable industry, and space exploration. With major EU funding up for grabs, now’s the time to dive into the topics, spot your chance, and gear up for the next calls.
Horizon Europe’s 2025 Cluster 4 aims to advance cutting-edge research in digital technologies, sustainable industry, and space exploration. With substantial EU funding and a huge range of call topics, researchers have the opportunity to address critical challenges in AI, advanced manufacturing and clean energy solutions.
The 2025 EIC Pathfinder Open call is here, offering a chance to turn bold ideas into groundbreaking innovations. With high competition, now is the time to build a strong consortium and craft a winning proposal. In our blog post, we break down key insights and summarise the latest changes in the Part B template to help you prepare effectively.
The EIC Pathfinder Open submission deadline is fast approaching and now is the ideal time to start preparing your proposal. With increasing competition each year, it is essential to ensure your submission stands out. Here, we provide an overview of how we can support consortia in drafting high-quality, competitive proposals.
The EIC offers funding instruments across the entire range of technology readiness levels and with the TRL progression, also the eligibility criteria change. We here provide an overview of the eligibility criteria for consortia across the different EIC funding instruments.
Our analysis of projects funded under the 2024 EIC Pathfinder Open call reveals the true bottom-up nature of this funding scheme. We identify medical technology and quantum technology as last year’s hot topics and find that the involvement of SMEs in the project consortia is an important success factor.
The European Innovation Council has launched its 2025 Work Programme, opening up a total of € 1.4 billion for groundbreaking research and innovation, and strategic technologies. You can find in this post highlights and insights regarding the EIC Pathfinder Open, Pathfinder Challenges and Transition calls, which have their deadlines in May, September and October 2025.
This blog post offers invaluable insights for Swiss organisations navigating the differences between EU and SERI financial reporting requirements. Discover SERI's specific reporting periods, payment schedules, and documentation demands. Learn from our first-hand experience to ensure your SERI financial reports are accurate, timely and compliant.
The European Innovation Council (EIC) recently published the results of the 2024 EIC Pathfinder Open call, which witnessed a record-breaking total of 1,119 submissions. A total of 45 projects have been selected under the call. Here, you can find some call statistics in comparison to previous years, and how we can support you for the next call.
The Pathfinder Challenges 2024 projects set out to pave the way for breakthrough, innovative and radically new ideas in areas of Cleantech and Digitalisation. In this article, we look at the five upcoming proposal calls and give you a short overview of our involvement in EU projects supporting digital transformations and the EU Green Deal.
The EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2024 offer new and exciting funding opportunities. Here are some points to give you an insight into this funding scheme, with highlights of this year’s proposal, funding type and evaluation considerations. Have a look to see if this call might be right for you.
The 2024 EIC Pathfinder Open call witnessed a record-breaking total of 1,119 submissions. The evaluation process is underway and the results are anticipated in summer 2024. Here, we summarise some insights from these call statistics in comparison to previous years, and introduce novel funding opportunities offered by the 2024 Pathfinder Challenges.
The work plan is a key element of EU-funded research and innovation projects. If you have passed stage-1, you can still finetune the work packages. For Health projects, you might want to consider some specific aspects for your work plan based on our experience from successful proposals and projects.
This year’s EIC Pathfinder funding instruments have both introduced some key changes. Here, we summarise the important difference from the last year which might help you to better prepare yourself for the submission or re-submission of your project proposal, and its evaluation process.
EIC Pathfinder Open proposals that bring together high-risk/high-gain, radically new technologies and establish a highly complementary consortium are likely to be viewed favourably. Which other factors make your proposal compelling? Explore our insights from funded projects 2021-2023.
The EIC Work Programme for 2024 has been published. Have a look at the changes and novelties compared to 2023, focusing on the Pathfinder Open, Pathfinder Challenges and Transition instruments.
The EIC Pathfinder programme is a highly competitive funding scheme that supports groundbreaking technologies from a very early stage of development. Understanding the submission and evaluation statistics of previous calls may be informative for deciding if this funding scheme is suitable for your project idea.
Becoming an exceptional researcher in the changing landscape of science involves also developing transferable skills, including science communication. We highlight some activities that we have implemented in our EU-funded projects with early-career researchers, mostly PhD students and Doctoral Candidates, to bridge the gap between research and the wider world.
The Pathfinder Open and the Pathfinder Challenge funding instruments both aim to translate cutting-edge scientific concepts into groundbreaking technologies that will shape the future. Be aware of their differences before submitting your EIC Pathfinder proposal and increase your chances of success.
The Pathfinder programme supports the research and development of bold ideas for future breakthrough technologies within Horizon EU. It encompasses two funding streams: Pathfinder Open, where applicants can propose any research topic, and Pathfinder Challenge, which provides funding for research projects of high societal, economic and political interest.
The Green Deal offers multiple pathways to funding, some are well-known and others not. We can help you navigate the complex funding landscape of the Green Deal to identify the funding instruments and calls that fit your project idea.
Research projects funded by the EU benefit from high-quality project management and professional communication with a specific focus on research and EU requirements. At accelopment, we regularly offer internships to train students and early career professionals in this area.
Researchers and companies from Switzerland and the UK can participate in most Horizon Europe instruments. However, there are some country-specific rules to consider during the proposal preparation. These include a different partner status in the EU portal, affect the budgeting and have several implications on the contents of the proposal document.
Ensuring that projects have become an integral part of any Horizon Europe project. This is reflected in the Plan for Dissemination and Exploitation including Communication Activities (PDEC). In this blog post, we share our most important learnings on the topic, including the do’s and dont’s of writing this mandatory deliverable.
In a project funded under Horizon Europe, participants are required to plan and carry out their dissemination activities carefully and extensively. At accelopment we are excited to support your proposal and help you spread your research results as widely as possible to maximise the impact of your project.
The first, highly competitive, EIC Pathfinder Open call revealed important novelties for applicants. As in FET-Open, the programme is still targeted at breakthrough, innovative solutions, but with changes ranging from the formalities of the main proposal document to the strict requirement of a multidisciplinary approach.
As negotiations on the association of the UK and Switzerland to Horizon Europe remain suspended, the UK and Swiss governments are committed to support successful UK- and Swiss-based applicants.
The first, highly competitive, EIC Pathfinder Open call revealed important novelties for applicants. As in FET-Open, the programme is still targeted at breakthrough, innovative solutions, but with changes ranging from the formalities of the main proposal document to the strict requirement of a multidisciplinary approach.
Prof. Wilhelm T. S. HuckThe European Innovation Council selected the first 56 EIC Pathfinder Open projects under Horizon Europe. Read on for an overview of the call statistics and foreseen deadlines for (re-)submission of your proposal.
Prof. Andrés de la Escosura