Horizon Europe: EIC Transition Open 2025 - Mobility and Transport

Horizon Europe: EIC Transition Open 2025 - Mobility and Transport is sponsored by European Commission. Supports the maturation and validation of novel technologies in the mobility and transport sector, focusing on high-potential commercial applications.

HORIZON Europe - EIC Transition Open 2025 - Mobility and Transport HORIZON Europe - EIC Transition Open 2025 The EIC Transition Open 2025, under the Horizon Europe umbrella, offers grants up to EUR 2. 5 million for activities to validate technologies in application-relevant environments and to develop business and market readiness.

This funding program supports SMEs, startups, and research organizations in moving technologies from TRL 3/4 to TRL 5/6, focusing on high potential commercial applications without thematic restrictions. It aims to bridge the gap between research findings and marketable innovations.

EIC Transition Open 2025 (HORIZON-EIC-2025-TRANSITIONOPEN) EIC Transition funds innovation activities that go beyond the experimental proof of principle in laboratory.

It supports both the maturation and validation of your novel technology from the lab to the relevant application environments (by making use of prototyping, formulation, models, user testing or other validation tests) as well as explorations and development of a sustainable business case and business model towards commercialisation.

Proposed activities must include further technology development on the results achieved in a previous project and follow user-centric methodologies to increase chances of the innovation’s future success in the market. EIC Transition projects should address, in a balanced way, both technology and market/business development, possibly including iterative learning processes based on early customer or user feedback.

These activities should include, subject to the level of maturity of the technology, a suitable mix of technology development and validation activities to increase the maturity of the technology beyond proof of concept to viable demonstrators of the technology in the intended field of application (i.e., from TRL 4 up to Technology Readiness Level 5 to 6).

The activities must in all cases address market readiness towards commercialisation and deployment (market research, value proposition, business case and business model, prospects for growth, intellectual property protection, competitor analysis etc.) and aspects of regulation, certification and standardisation (if relevant), aimed at getting both the technology and the business idea investment ready.

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) Proposals with a requested EU contribution of more than EUR 0. 5 million and less than EUR 2. 5 million.

The total indicative budget for this call is EUR 98 million. Low capital (EUR 0-5 million). All EU and EEA countries, Other non-EU associated countries.

Eligibility criteria (if available) EIC Transition is restricted to proposals based on results generated by the following eligible projects: EIC Pathfinder projects (including projects funded under the Horizon 2020 EIC pilot Pathfinder, FET-Open, FET-Proactive, CSA and CSA Lump sum FET Innovation Launchpad, and FET Flagships calls); European Research Council Proof of Concept projects funded Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe; Research and Innovation Actions funded under Horizon 2020 Societal challenges and Leadership in Industrial Technologies and under Horizon Europe pillar II, with an eligible TRL.

European Defence Fund (EDF), including the Preparatory Action on Defence Research, research projects, but only for proposals which are focused on civil applications (including dual use). You do not need to be a participant, Principal Investigator or result owner of the previous projects; on the contrary, new participants including start-ups, SME or other innovation actors are welcome and encouraged to apply.

Further information on eligibility criteria More information about eligibility in Section 3. EIC Transition, Can you apply?

of EIC Work Programme 2025 The eligibility of associated countries and third countries is detailed in Annex 2 of EIC Work Programme 2025 Opening date: 22 April 2025 Deadline date : 17 September 2025 17:00:00 Brussels time Technology readiness level (TRL) Demonstrate technology in application-relevant environment (starting at TRL 3/ 4 aiming at achieving TRL 5/ 6) and develop business and market readiness.

Low TRLs (i.e. 1-4): Concept development Medium TRLs (i.e. 5-7): Prototype validation.

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