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The EIC, in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union in Singapore and DMG events, is organising the first high-level networking event (“European Reception”) dedicated to European excellence on innovation at Gastech 2023.

EISMEA launched a new open coordination and support action for Financial Support to access services from ecosystem partners

The Commission adopted the amendment of the EIC work programme 2023 including two Coordination and Support Actions. Both calls for proposals will open on 16 August. 

The deadline for the last EIC Accelerator cut-off for full (Step 2) proposals this year has been changed from 4 October to 19 October 2023.

Following consultations with stakeholders, the Board has agreed a Code of Conduct which it has published in draft for any other parties to provide comments or feedback.

The EIC Board has set an overall objective to increase the participation of widening countries to a share of at least 15% across all EIC instruments, double the current level of below 8%.

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected 19 projects following the April 2023 EIC Transition cut-off

In the first quarter of 2023 the EIC Fund has become the biggest Venture Capital investor in European deals measured by amount invested, and third in number of deals.

Companies can once again submit short (Step 1) applications for European Innovation Council Accelerator funding, using a new IT platform developed for this purpose by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA).

The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Patent Office (EPO) haven taken a further step to deepen their cooperation by jointly supporting the development of breakthrough technologies and the innovation ecosystem in Europe.

The EIC Accelerator cut-off closed on 21 June 2023 with 648 full proposals submitted.

A new set of 51 companies have been selected to receive European Innovation Council (EIC) funding, combining grants and equity, following the second 2023 EIC Accelerator cut-off in March

The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) have taken their partnership to the next level and launched today a revamped European Prize for Women Innovators.

EISMEA launched new tender for the future EIC International Trade Fairs and USA Soft-landing Programme 3.0.

EIC is migrating to the Electronic Submission System hosted on the EC Funding and tender opportunities portal

Commission launched the EIC Scale Up 100 initiative. Its goal is to identify, promote, and support the growth of 100 promising Europe’s deep tech companies with the potential to become ‘unicorns’ (exceeding €1 billion valuation).

EIC Programme Manager gives an overview of the European Innovation Council and its funding and investment opportunities for health and biotech sectors.

The European Innovation Council, Trade Estonia, Italian Trade Agency, Switzerland Global Enterprise, Wallonia.be with EuropaBio and in collaboration with the Polish Investment and Trade Agency will host the “European Night” Reception in the framework of BIO International Convention 2023.

16 potentially game-changing companies in Spain - received an EIC Accelerator Seal of Excellence - were selected to receive €30 million in grant funding from the National Recovery Plan budget and Next Generation EU, and Comunidad de Madrid funds 3 additional Seal of Excellence awardees