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Building on promising research results to demonstrate and mature the technology and develop business plans for specific applications
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Funding and investments through the EIC Fund for individual start-ups and small companies to develop and scale up game changing innovations
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Take the challenge and compete for an EIC Prize which rewards Europe's leading innovators
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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
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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
Call for Tenders: EIC Corporate Partnership Programme 3.0
EISMEA launched new tender for the future European Innovation Council Corporate Partnership Programme 3.0
EIC Fund topping the charts
Sifted listed the EIC Fund as the fifth largest tech investor in Europe
European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital) 2023: find out who the 12 semi-finalists are!
12 cities from 10 countries have advanced to the semi-final stage of the ninth edition of the iCapital Awards.
EIC Pathfinder: nearly €170 million to support novel technologies
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected the next set of proposals under the 2023 EIC Pathfinder Open call
European Social Innovation Competition: meet 15 finalists fighting energy poverty
The Commission announced today the 15 finalists of this year’s European Social Innovation Competition.
“European Reception” at Gastech 2023 Singapore: fostering new business connections in south-east Asia
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.
Events
Join the European Innovation Council (EIC) at ECOMONDO 2023
- Rimini, Italy
- External event
European Innovation Council (EIC) Regional Info Day in Croatia
- Šibenik, Croatia
European Innovation Council (EIC) Regional Info Day in Slovenia
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
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