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The European Innovation Council (EIC) has released a new report titled "Unlocking Innovation through Corporate-Startup Collaboration – The EIC Corporate Partnership Programme", highlighting how partnerships between innovative startups and large corporations are driving deep tech scale-up and...
The statement represents the EIC Board’s extensive reflections and assessments over the last months and provides a contribution to the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework proposal.
40 breakthrough start-ups and SMEs have secured EIC Accelerator funding in the latest round, selected from 150 finalists for their game-changing technologies and market potential.
The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) have launched the 2026 edition of the European Prize for Women Innovators
The European Innovation Council (EIC) Board has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing gender equality across Europe’s innovation ecosystem, calling for stronger action across the sector...
Discover how two PhD students turned cutting-edge research into NILT, a global meta-optics pioneer—powered by EU innovation and investment...
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