Beginner's Guide to ChatEIC

Start Using ChatEIC

The button below will bring you to ChatEIC to create your EIC Accelerator Step 1 proposal. Read the guide below to learn how to use it.

Use ChatEIC

Step 1: Fill Out the Template

Fill out this template by replacing the red examples with your actual company and project details. Be as comprehensive as possible by naming all partners, customers or affiliated companies and their roles, as well as market, team, investor and related information. The template will act as a cheat sheet for ChatEIC so that it can always draw from real examples.

Step 2: Copy Template to Input Box

Copy your filled template into the input box on the AI Writer page.

Step 3: Attach Supporting Document

Attach a file that contains more technical and general information about the project to give ChatEIC more elaborate narratives for your proposal.

Step 4: Generate All Modules

Select "All STEP1 Modules" in the drop-down menu, which will tell ChatEIC to process all Modules at once based on the input data you provided.

Step 5: Click The Submit Button

After you have uploaded the attachment, pasted your template contents into the input box and have selected "All Modules", you can click the submit button below.

Step 6: Wait for Processing

Wait until all Modules have been processed. The system will work through each module sequentially.

The final result will be displayed in the output box, and all module icons will turn green once they have been processed.

Step 7: Download and Finalize Your Proposal

Now you can download the finished Word file by clicking the button in the top right of the screen.

You can now complete the proposal by:

Fact-checking all content
Adding references (footnotes and hyperlinks)
Filling in any placeholder text (marked as XX)
Completing the Team table
Adding relevant images

Proposal Completed? Get A Review!

You can obtain a professional review of your proposal through the Review purchase option linked below.

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Overview

This overview goes beyond just ChatEIC and the EIC Accelerator Step 1 proposal. It is a guide that also covers Step 2 and the parts that are not inlcuded in ChatEIC Step 1 to help applicants through the complex EIC Accelerator process. If you need more support, check out the Training purchase option here.

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Helpful Resources

Here are a variety of other helpful resources:

Tip: If you start writing the Step 1 or Step 2 proposal, it is recommended to create a submission draft on the Funding & Tenders Portal as shown in the videos below (find the link for Step 1 here). This way, the EIC will automatically notify you if any changes or disruptions occur since you have an active draft and are on their email list.
You can access the training content here: Training
- Templates: You will find all the necessary templates as GoogleDrive links
- Modules: You will find video modules on the platform. They are referenced in the templates but are also covering the annexes
Find important updates and links (i.e. deadlines, submission links, investment guidelines, work programme, challenges, etc.) regarding the EIC Accelerator here: Updates
Do you need a proposal review? Purchase it here
Helpful articles on the EIC Accelerator that are regularly updated:

In the EU's Funding & Tenders Portal where you perform the submissions, "Part B" generally refers to the proposal that you submit while "Part A" refers to the online forms you need to fill out (i.e. company information, address, etc.). Most of the work is done for Part B while Part A is usually done in the end before the submission.

EIC Accelerator Step 1

Here are the files that you need to submit:

Proposal ("Part B"): A 12-page PDF file [Modules 1-61]
Video: A 3-minute video (720p or 1080p and MP4 are best) [Module 64]
Pitch Deck: 10 Slides as a PDF file [Module 62]

For Step 1, you have to summarize all Modules since you have a page limitation as indicated in the template. You will be able to reuse the text written in Step 1 for Step 2 since the structure of the applications is nearly identical. If you have to remove text from Step 1, keep it for Step 2.

How to Submit Step 1

EIC Accelerator Step 2