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Supporting research and deep tech projects with a high degree of scientific ambition and risk.
Supporting maturation and validation of novel ideas from lab to business. A bridge between research and application development.
Supporting start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises to develop and scale up to new markets or disrupt existing ones.

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EIC Board Homepage

Meet the leading innovators who advise the EIC on its overall strategy and performance

EIC Programme Managers

Meet our in-house experts who head EIC support in various portfolios such as health, digital, green-deal, space, construction or technology

EIC Ambassadors announced at the EIC Summit

EIC ambassadors act as a voice for the EIC in the Member States, and provide feedback from all corners of the innovation ecosystem

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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

Projects funded by the EIC

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or in your business area

  • EIC Podcasts

    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.

    Go to the EIC Podcasts

  • Tech Talks
    Tech Talks

    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.

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Latest statistics - EIC Accelerator March 2024 cut-off

68
Companies selected
€411 million
Estimated budget
21%
Women led
96%
Receive blended finance
17
Countries
Top Countries: Germany 19%, France 19%, Widening countries 7%

News

  • 14 October 2024
Wired | 14/10/2024 | Spain - Tucuvi is a healthtech company offering a voice-based conversational AI and “virtual nurse” called Lola. The service monitors patients after they leave hospital to reduce readmissions. Lola leads patients through a structured conversation and sends the results to the...
  • 13 October 2024
Entertainment Close-Up | 09/10/2024 | Belgium - Bio-Sourcing, a Belgian biotherapeutic company, has reported the award of EUR2.5M in grants and EUR10M in equity from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator. The company said the funding will enable Bio-Sourcing to bring the first biosimilar...

HorizonEU - Innovative Europe

Promote coordination and dialogue on the development of the Union's innovation ecosystem