The Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) pilot provides funding for bottom-up proposals for close-to-market innovation activities in any area of technology or application.

This thematic openness – combined with the possibility for all kinds of innovation actors to work together and deliver innovation onto the market and/or into society – should nurture trans-disciplinary and cross-sectoral cooperation.
The aim is to:

• reduce time from idea to market,
• stimulate the participation of first-time applicants to EU research funding, and
• increase private sector investment in research and innovation.

When has the FTI pilot been launched?

Proposals can be submitted at any time, yet will be ranked following three cut-off dates in 2015: April 29, September 1 and December 1. The three cut-off dates for 2016 will be made public at a later time.

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