Strategic Digital and Health Technologies

Call updates

May 18, 2021 12:18:59 AM

The AI platform is fully open and Step 1 applications may be submitted at any time (no deadlines). Please be aware that for short applications submitted less than 6 weeks before a cut-off (if successful), you may face time constraints in the preparation of the full application for the subsequent cut-off date.
Please be informed that new Step 1 functionalities will be available on the AI platform as from June 22nd.
Those of you receiving positive Step 1 evaluation results before the June cut-off you will have the possibility to benefit from the coaching services for the preparation of the full proposal.

Apr 23, 2021 3:18:50 PM

The first deadline (cut-off) date for the EIC Accelerator Challenges 2021 (09 June - Strategic Digital and Health Technologies and Green Deal innovations for the Economic Recovery) has been postponed by a week. The new deadline (cut-off) date is 16 June 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time.

Apr 9, 2021 12:20:00 PM

The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01-01(HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF)

Strategic Digital and Health Technologies

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01-01

Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: EIC Accelerator Challenges 2021 (HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01)
Type of action: HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF HORIZON EIC Accelerator Blended Finance
Type of MGA: HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based [HORIZON-AG]
Deadline model: multiple cut-off
Opening date: 08 April 2021
Deadline dates
09 June 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time
06 October 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Topic description
 
Scope:The EIC Accelerator Challenges supports companies (principally start-ups and SMEs) to scale up high impact innovations with the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones in identified areas of strategic relevance. Like EIC Accelerator Open (Section II.3 of the EIC Work Programme 2021), the EIC Accelerator Challenges focus on innovations building on scientific discovery or technological breakthroughs (‘deep tech’) and where significant funding is needed over a long timeframe before returns can be generated (‘patient capital’).

The EIC Accelerator Challenges is open to innovations in the specific fields of technology or application described by the specific challenges in sections III.3.1 and III.3.2 of the EIC Work Programme 2021. However, innovations that harm the environment or social welfare or that are designed primarily for military applications will not be supported.

You should apply to the EIC Accelerator Challenge – Strategic Digital and Health Technologies, if you believe that your company has the potential to be a global leader in developing strategic technologies in one of the following areas:

Digital technologies: devices, methods, systems as well as working principles, processes and standards1 which apply to the ICT technology industry such as advanced high performance computing, edge computing, quantum technologies, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, block-chain, cloud infrastructure technologies and technologies for the Internet of Things
Healthcare technologies: AI-driven tools for early diagnosis; point-of-care diagnostics; novel approaches in cell and gene therapy, in particular for cancer; development of novel biomarkers for clinical prognosis, patient stratification or monitoring purposes across a wide spectrum of disorders; bioprocessing 4.0 (digitalisation across stages of biodevelopment in biotech/biopharma industry); healthcare intelligence services; and e-health (including mobile health) solutions for healthcare systems, medical practice and Intensive Care Units.
For further information, please see the EIC Work Programme 2021: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2021/wp_horizon-eic-2021_en.pdf