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EIC Summit 2025

Europe’s prime event where deep tech meets policy took place on 2 & 3 April 2025 in Brussels

Research & Innovation grants for breakthrough research from laboratory to prototype.
Market-readiness grants for preparing to enter the market
STEP Scale Up highlight
Major investments to help companies become global leaders

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EIC advisers and collaborators

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

Discover EIC projects in your region
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 - STEP results

7
Companies selected for funding
34
Proposals submitted
11
STEP Seals
4
Top countries
FR (3), NL (2), DE (1), FI (1)

News

  • News article

At the European Commission’s Startups and Scaleups Forum, EIC Board members Kat Borlongan and Bart Becks laid out a bold blueprint for Europe’s tech future. Their vision—captured in the Beyond Catch-Up document—calls for systemic change to make Europe a global innovation leader, not a follower.

  • 1 min read
  • 23 May 2025
Research professional news | 22/05/2025 - Rather than pursuing structural changes that may dilute these strengths, the Commission should reinforce what is already proven to work—openness, excellence, bottom-up funding. This is why the framework programme’s independence from a narrowly defined...
  • 23 May 2025
OpenPR | 22/05/2025 | Germany - Framework Programme – the promotion of excellence (through the European Research Council (ERC) and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions), collaborative research and innovation funding, particularly in the form of the European Innovation Council (EIC) – have proven to be...
  • 23 May 2025
Handelsblatt | 22/05/2025 | Germany - "We are building an ecosystem that accompanies breakthrough innovations from the lab to the market – inspired by the DARPA model," EU Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva told Handelsblatt. She is responsible for startups, research, and innovation. With the European...

HorizonEU - Innovative Europe

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