About the EIC Board
The EIC Board is established by the Horizon Europe legislation with a mandate to advise on:
- Overall strategy for the EIC
- The EIC work programme for implementation
- Identification of strategic portfolios of projects and the profile of EIC Programme Managers
- Other actions to improve the European innovation ecosystem
The members of the Board, including a President, are selected following an open call for expressions of interest.
EIC Work Programme 2022
On 9 February 2022, the 2022 work programme of the European Innovation Council has been adopted. It opens funding opportunities worth over €1.7 billion in 2022 and introduces multiple novelties and simplifications. Read the EIC Board statement.
EIC Board Members
The European Commission announced first members of the new European Innovation Council Board on 18 November 2021.The new EIC Board will take over from the previous EIC pilot Advisory Board that helped steer the initial strategy and implementation of the EIC.
EIC pilot Advisory Board
Until end of May 2021, the role of the EIC Board was undertaken by the EIC pilot Advisory Board set up in 2019. See the list of members, activities and documents.
Yesterday, the European Commission adopted a New European Innovation Agenda. It will help Europe to develop new technologies with innovation to address the most urgent societal challenges, and to bring them on the market.
The European Innovation Council invites the EIC funded projects to join this open call aiming at creating an interactive exhibition during the EIC Summit, taking place on 07-08 December 2022 in Brussels.
The Commission announced today the first direct equity investment by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund following its launch under Horizon Europe.