EIC Transition Open is intended to fund projects focusing on the maturation and validation of early-stage novel technologies that build on the results of research projects that were funded previously by specific top-notch high-risk grants only (listed below). This means that this grant is open only to a very specific audience: applicants that hold the legal rights for exploiting the results of projects that were funded by one of the following grants: ERC Proof-of-Concept (PoC), EIC Pathfinder or Horizon 2020 FET projects.

As its name suggests, this grant constitutes the transition between basic research and application, as an integral part of the natural trajectory of bringing novel technologies to the market. Beyond further technology development and experimental proof of principle in that lab, EIC Transition Open projects are expected to include prototyping, models, user testing and other validation tests, as well as the development of a business case towards future commercialization and marketing.