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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.
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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.

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  • 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

  • 6 October 2024
Stratégie Santé | 02/10/2024 | Belgium - Bio-Sourcing, a Belgian company pioneering the field of biotherapies, announces that it has received €2.5 million in grants and €10 million in equity from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator. This grant will enable Bio-Sourcing to successfully...
  • 6 October 2024
Agenda Digitale | 04/10/2024 | Europe - "If we look at the latest EIC cut-off of March 2024, which allocates significant resources for European deep tech, we discover that only 4 Italian startups (including one financed by Eureka! Fund) out of 68 were winners, compared to 13 from France, 13 from...
  • 6 October 2024
The Recursive | 04/10/2024 | Poland - Polish company Proteine Resources aims to address these challenges with 25 years of experience in insect farming and their, as they claim – groundbreaking technology. Their prowess and ambition are in a good degree proved by their latest investment. After the...

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