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The European Innovation Council (EIC) has received 2103 project proposals under the EIC Pathfinder Open 2026 call, confirming the continued strong interest of the research and innovation community in breakthrough deep-tech funding opportunities.

The European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), in collaboration with the European Commission have announced the launch of the 2027 European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital)

The Commission announced a new group of eight companies to receive €10 and €30 million investments to support them in the crucial scale-up phase to establish a market position...

EISMEA has launched a new call for tenders titled EIC Innovation Procurement Programme (Strategic Access to Innovation Procurement) (EISMEA/2026/OP/0012) focusing on support activities related to access to procurement markets

In total, the selected companies will receive around €32.5 million in EU funding, with up to €500,000 awarded per company.

Experts will help assess which companies should receive direct equity investments to scale up disruptive innovations in defence.

The European Innovation Council has selected 30 new projects under the 2025 EIC Pathfinder Challenges Call...

The companies will receive between €300,000 and €500,000 each. 

The 25 signals highlight technological developments with potential relevance for Europe’s competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy.

The finalists of the 2026 European Prize for Women Innovators - jointly managed by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) - have been revealed

The first European Innovation Council (EIC) Advanced Innovation Challenges call received 709 proposals across the two challenge topics. In total, applicants requested...

The European Innovation Council has launched the second edition of the EIC Tech to Market Programme, an EIC Business Acceleration Service

Axelera AI has been supported by the EIC since 2023, first under the EIC Accelerator, then under the EIC STEP Scale Up call.

The European Commission has unveiled the semi-finalists for the 2026 European Prize for Women Innovators

61 innovative start-ups and SMEs to receive funding following EIC Accelerator latest evaluation round.

Each of these successful proposals, selected among 611 submissions, will receive a grant of up to €2.5 million upon signing a grant agreement.

The European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) has launched Horizon Europe Coordination and Support Action (CSA) entitled “Financial support to access services from Ecosystem Partners”

Among them there are 15 new members and 5 members from the previous EIC Board, whose appointment has been renewed. 

Two partners from the EIC Pathfinder-funded projects were among the winners of the Innovation Rader Prize