Mark your agenda for the third edition of the EIC Summit: our flagship event will kick off with a joint opening of the Research & Innovation week, on 18 March 2024, followed by the Beneficiaries day on 19 March 2024
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Take the challenge and compete for an EIC Prize which rewards Europe's leading innovators
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Support for EIC beneficiaries
Benefit from a wide range of services: access to coaches, mentors, access to global partners & innovation ecosystem.
EIC advisers and collaborators
EIC Board
Meet the leading innovators who advise the EIC on its overall strategy and performance
EIC Programme Managers
Meet our first in-house experts who head EIC support in various portfolios such as health, digital, green-deal, space, construction or technology
EIC Ambassadors
EIC ambassadors act as a voice for the EIC in the Member States, and provide feedback from all corners of the innovation ecosystem
EIC Jury Members
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
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.
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.
News
EIC Programme Managers unveil strategic plans for the first Pathfinder challenge portfolios
To address the gap between research excellence and transformation of the findings into market opportunities, the Programme Managers of the European Innovation Council (EIC) have introduced five strategic plans for the 2021 EIC Pathfinder Challenge portfolios.
European Capital of Innovation for 2023 announced
The European Commission has revealed today the winners of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital), with the main prizes going to the cities of Lisbon and Linköping.
EIC-funded companies at Intel & Hugging Face Summit
AI-related start-ups showcase their innovations in Amsterdam.
EIC Accelerator November cut-off – highest number of proposals submitted in 2023
1083 full applications from start-ups and SMEs.
EIC Pathfinder – 2023 Challenges call statistics
The European Innovation Council (EIC) received 371 project proposals for it 25 October 2023 EIC Pathfinder cut-off
European Social Innovation Competition: 2023 winners announced!
Today, the European Commission officially announced the 3 winners of this year’s European Social Innovation Competition challenge: fighting energy poverty.
HorizonEU - Innovative Europe
European Innovation Ecosystems
Creating more connected and efficient innovation ecosystems to support the scaling of companies and spur innovation
European Institute of Innovation & Technology
Increase Europe’s ability to innovate by nurturing entrepreneurial talent and supporting new ideas
EIC Forum
Promote coordination and dialogue on the development of the Union's innovation ecosystem