Watch the R&I week and the EIC Summit main sessions in Web streaming:
[TODAY - EIC Summit]
09:00-10:00 Beneficiaries day opening session
10:15-11:00 EIC Business Acceleration Services
12:30-13:15 Scaling up in Europe and beyond
14:15-15:00 EIC portfolio management: generating impact
16:00-16:30 Closing session
[TOMORROW]
14:00-14:30 European Innovation procurement prize
EIC Pathfinder
EIC Transition
EIC Accelerator
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Take the challenge and compete for an EIC Prize which rewards Europe's leading innovators
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Support for EIC beneficiaries
Benefit from a wide range of services: access to coaches, mentors, access to global partners & innovation ecosystem.
EIC advisers and collaborators
EIC Board
Meet the leading innovators who advise the EIC on its overall strategy and performance
EIC Programme Managers
Meet our first in-house experts who head EIC support in various portfolios such as health, digital, green-deal, space, construction or technology
EIC Ambassadors
EIC ambassadors act as a voice for the EIC in the Member States, and provide feedback from all corners of the innovation ecosystem
EIC Jury Members
The EIC draws on a wide range of external advice and expertise in order to select the most promising projects and companies and to support them
The game changers: from idea to innovative business. Interviews with EIC Programme Managers - technology experts from fascinating industries including space, energy, health and quantum - on the latest technology trends.
Visionary Programme Managers – in collaboration with various experts from across the European tech ecosystem – guide and connect portfolios of EIC projects and companies in support of major technological goals. Hear more from them in these videos.
News
The European Innovation Council Impact Report 2023: a €70 billion deep-tech portfolio
The report focuses on the Horizon Europe portfolio of approximately 500 start-ups, 275 advanced research projects, and 140 projects commercialising research results funded in 2021-2023, along with the longer-term impacts of projects/companies supported during the EIC pilot phase and its predecessor.
European Prize for Women Innovators: celebrating women's outstanding contributions to innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe
The European Commission announced today the winners and runners-up of the 10th edition of the European Prize for Women Innovators.
EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2023 results: over €150 million to support cutting edge research projects in key technology areas
The Commission has selected 43 new projects to receive €159 million of EU Funding under Pathfinder Challenges 2023, while Pathfinder Open 2024 has closed with high interest receiving 1119 proposals submitted from 64 countries.
European Innovation Council Transition results: 27 projects selected to take novel technologies from lab to market readiness
A new set of 27 projects have been selected to receive EIC funding following the final 2023 EIC Transition cut-off in September.
European Capital of Innovation Awards 2024 now open for applications!
The European Commission launched today the tenth edition of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital).
EIC Accelerator – €285 million funding in deep-tech start-ups in most competitive funding round
A new set of 42 companies has been selected to receive EIC funding, combining grants and equity, following the final 2023 EIC Accelerator cut-off in November.
Meet the most active investors backing European climate tech startups
Start-up receives 2.5 million subsidy for needle-free injection technology
AbilityPharma receives funds to advance pancreatic cancer trial
Portuguese scientists develop more sustainable refrigerators
HorizonEU - Innovative Europe
European Innovation Ecosystems
Creating more connected and efficient innovation ecosystems to support the scaling of companies and spur innovation
European Institute of Innovation & Technology
Increase Europe’s ability to innovate by nurturing entrepreneurial talent and supporting new ideas
EIC Forum
Promote coordination and dialogue on the development of the Union's innovation ecosystem