Work Programme of the
European Innovation Council

The European Innovation Council’s 2022 work programme opens up funding opportunities worth more than €1.7 billion in 2022 for innovative and cutting-edge entities to grow and create new markets.

New features of the new 2022 work programme include:

• Launch of a new EIC Scale-Up 100 initiative to identify 100 disruptive EU R&D companies with the potential to be “unicorns” (valuation of around €1 billion).
• Equity investments of over ¤15 million under the EIC Accelerator instrument.
• Increased support for women innovators.
• Improved processes for applicants and more frequent application deadlines.
• New EIC challenges targeting European policy priorities.

Simplification:

• All companies with excellent projects that cannot be funded by the EIC will get seals of excellence to obtain additional European funding through the Structural and Recovery Funds.
• For 2022, three application deadlines are opened for the EIC Transition and Accelerator programmes.