The European Innovation Council is a key novelty of Horizon Europe and represents the most ambitious innovation initiative that Europe has taken, with a budget of €10 billion for the period 2021-2027.
Funding opportunities
Support to research teams to research or develop an emerging breakthrough technology
Mature a novel technology and develop a business case to bring it to market
Funding and investments through the EIC Fund for individual start-ups and small companies to develop and scale up game changing innovations
All EIC supported projects and companies get access to coaching, mentoring, partnering and other EIC Business Acceleration Services
Specific support to enable innovation ecosystem actors to work together across Europe
Take the challenge and compete for an EIC Prize which rewards Europe's leading innovators
EIC Strategy and Communities
Meet the leading innovators who advise the EIC on its overall strategy and performance
Meet our first in-house experts who head EIC support in health, digital and green-deal portfolios
Find peers, partners and experts to accelerate your project onto European and global markets by joining the EIC online Community Platform
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
EIC Projects
News
The European Innovation Council (EIC) launched the first edition of the European Innovation Procurement Awards.
Commission opens first European Innovation Council calls worth €1 billion
The presentations from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Applicants’ day are now available.
Launch of the European Innovation Council (EIC) with a budget of over €10 billion for 2021-2027 to develop and expand breakthrough innovations
Launch of the new European Innovation Council and Applicant´s Day - virtual events
Events
- Live streaming available
- Live streaming available