Please use the Innovation Funding Service (IFS) system to register your project.
To find the right template use the search function. Enter the term ‘KIC’ in the search bar. The correct template is called ‘Horizon Europe Guarantee – EIT KICs 2023’.
On selection of this template, you will need to either register or log in with existing details before continuing onto the submission of your project information.
You will need to ensure all sections are marked as complete before submission will be accepted.
The templates we are using to register your project details are adapted from existing domestic competition types. For this reason, not every section or question on the form will be applicable. Instructions are given below to clarify where the steps or responses are not self-evident on the system.
If you have any queries about the form or submission process, please contact heguarantee@iuk.ukri.org.
Please find below additional guidance for specific questions during the application process.
Application details
Application title
Enter the full title of your project as it appears in the second box titled ‘Title of project’ on your signed support letter template provided by your KIC.
Estimated timescales
The IFS system is unable to register start dates in the past, therefore please enter the next day’s date if the project has already started. Q3 in ‘Application questions’ will give you an opportunity to state if your project has already started and provide the actual start date. The Grant Offer Letter will be issued with the correct start date.
Project duration in months
Only costs that will be incurred in 2023 are eligible for this part of the guarantee, therefore the maximum duration is 12 months and cannot extend beyond 31 December 2023.
Application questions
EIT-KIC identifier
You must submit one application for each year for your KIC project.
EIT-KIC reference number and supporting letter
Please include either an EIT-KIC grant reference number or a unique identifier from the KIC that relates to your claim and upload a supporting letter confirming the details of your project/activities from your KIC as an attachment.
The KICs have been provided with a template for this letter confirming the details of your project or activities which must be used for this purpose. This is a mandatory upload and failure to include this may delay the processing of your application.
UK funding contribution applied for
Please enter the value of the final anticipated EIT contribution for 2023 (in GBP) that you would have received had the UK been associated to Horizon Europe.
Please convert the Euro value confirmed by your KIC in their supporting letter using the maximum exchange rate £1: €1.180720.
Proof of success
Please up upload up to three documents supporting your claim. This must include at least one of:
- a grant agreement issued by the KIC for 2023
- an alternative proof of success.
Suitable alternative evidence could include an official letter or email from the KIC confirming that your project was approved through the EIT-KIC’s usual processes for your KIC.
Success fee and equity conditions
Activities that involve the payment of a success fee or that place share-transfer or other equity conditions on the UK partner are not eligible to receive funding from the UK government’s guarantee.
Removal of success fee and equity conditions
If the activities covered by the requested funding involved the payment of a ‘success fee’ to the KIC on completion or had arrangements that placed share-transfer or other equity conditions on the applicant, then the KIC would need to remove these conditions for the activities to be in scope for the guarantee.
Project finances
Your project costs
Enter your cost breakdown in GBP within the relevant cost categories.
Your funding
Are you requesting funding?
Answer ‘Yes’ and then enter 100% funding level.
Other funding
Answer ‘No’ to this question.
Terms and conditions
Review the award terms and conditions and accept.
Review and submit
Click ‘Review and submit’ and, once you are happy with your application, press ‘Submit’.