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Meet the leading innovators who advise the EIC on its overall strategy and performance
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Meet our first in-house experts who head EIC support in various portfolios such as health, digital, green-deal, space, construction or technology
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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
Featured projects
Smartex: Detection of defective textile production
Smartex is an award-winning hardware-based software company at the forefront of developing advanced solutions for modern textile factories
CoNAN projects: new generation of microchip-based tools for genetic analysis
Bringing the dynamic genome to life
EIC-funded natural gas dual-fuel system was named one of the top 50 in the European Startup Prize Mobility category
On January 26, 2022 The European Startup Prize for mobility (EUSP) team announced DiGas as one of the TOP 50 mobility startups for the EUSP 4th edition.
A game-changing shift in electronic industry: photons based computing
Revolutionize the electronics industry by introducing a material that features a direct band gap
A-LEAF: An artificial leaf mimicking the process of photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a process that fuels life on our planet. Could we mimic the process?
Why future homes could be made of living fungus
Scientists are exploring the possibilities of turning mycelium, the fungus that produces mushrooms, into a new type of building material
Latest statistics: EIC Accelerator June cut-off results
News
European Innovation Procurement Awards winners announced at Belgian Presidency Conference
The European Innovation Procurement Awards proudly recognise outstanding initiatives that drive innovation and address societal challenges across the European Union.
The first group of companies joins the EIC Scaling Club - a flagship initiative aiming to build next generation of deep tech unicorns made in Europe
Today at the EIC Summit, Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, announced the first cohort of 48 companies that joined the EIC Scaling Club gathering an exclusive community of deep tech champions and their partners.
Welcome to new EIC Ambassadors
New wave of EIC Ambassadors was introduced by Commissioner Iliana Ivanova at the EIC Summit during the Research and Innovation Week in Brussels.
Discover the winners of the European Prize for Humanitarian Innovation (InnovAid)
The Commission has revealed today the winner of the first edition of the European Prize for Humanitarian Innovation (InnovAid).
European Prize for Women Innovators: celebrating women's outstanding contributions to innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe
The European Commission announced today the winners and runners-up of the 10th edition of the European Prize for Women Innovators.
The European Innovation Council Impact Report 2023: a €70 billion deep-tech portfolio
The report focuses on the Horizon Europe portfolio of approximately 500 start-ups, 275 advanced research projects, and 140 projects commercialising research results funded in 2021-2023, along with the longer-term impacts of projects/companies supported during the EIC pilot phase and its predecessor.
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