Outcomes
Promise vs delivery
For each award, what the EIC project promised compared with what is publicly visible today. A grant funds development, not market success, so delivery is judged against the project, not the business.
1332 of 1,332 winners checked
100% covered
We investigate the winners one by one, in the order of the official results tables.
1380 of 1380 awards assessed
- Delivered233 (17%)
- Partly delivered746 (54%)
- Not delivered45 (3%)
- Too early285 (21%)
- Unclear71 (5%)
- Delivered: The funded product or milestone exists publicly
- Partly delivered: Part of what the project promised is publicly visible
- Not delivered: The project ended and there is no evidence of the promised result
- Too early: The project is still running
- Unclear: No public evidence either way
Counts cover only the 1380 awards assessed so far; shares are shown once at least 50 awards are assessed.
By cut-off
| Cut-off | Assessed | Delivered | Partly delivered | Not delivered | Too early | Unclear |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2019 | 68 | 12(18%) | 51(75%) | 5(7%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) |
| April 2019 | 83 | 16(19%) | 64(77%) | 2(2%) | 0(0%) | 1(1%) |
| June 2019 | 95 | 14(15%) | 75(79%) | 5(5%) | 0(0%) | 1(1%) |
| October 2019 | 75 | 10(13%) | 62(83%) | 2(3%) | 0(0%) | 1(1%) |
| January 2020 | 44 | 3(7%) | 41(93%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) |
| March 2020 | 72 | 3(4%) | 67(93%) | 2(3%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) |
| May 2020 | 64 | 3(5%) | 61(95%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) |
| October 2020 | 38 | 2(5%) | 33(87%) | 3(8%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) |
| June 2021 | 65 | 19(29%) | 38(58%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 8(12%) |
| October 2021 | 99 | 47(47%) | 32(32%) | 3(3%) | 1(1%) | 16(16%) |
| March 2022 | 74 | 21(28%) | 41(55%) | 7(9%) | 0(0%) | 5(7%) |
| June 2022 | 75 | 17(23%) | 46(61%) | 1(1%) | 1(1%) | 10(13%) |
| October 2022 | 78 | 26(33%) | 34(44%) | 6(8%) | 1(1%) | 11(14%) |
| January 2023 | 32 | 16(50%) | 13(41%) | 1(3%) | 0(0%) | 2(6%) |
| March 2023 | 51 | 11(22%) | 30(59%) | 2(4%) | 2(4%) | 6(12%) |
| June 2023 | 47 | 7(15%) | 29(62%) | 4(9%) | 4(9%) | 3(6%) |
| November 2023 | 42 | 4(10%) | 15(36%) | 1(2%) | 22(52%) | 0(0%) |
| March 2024 | 68 | 2(3%) | 14(21%) | 1(1%) | 47(69%) | 4(6%) |
| October 2024 | 71 | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 68(96%) | 3(4%) |
| March 2025 | 40 | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 40(100%) | 0(0%) |
| October 2025 | 61 | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 61(100%) | 0(0%) |
| May 2026 | 38 | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 38(100%) | 0(0%) |