Backing visionary entrepreneurs

The EIC is Europe’s flagship innovation programme to identify, develop and scale up breakthrough technologies and game changing innovations

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Business acceleration services

As EIC supported researcher, innovator or entrepreneur you will benefit from a wide range of services:

access to coaches, mentors, expertise and training
access to global partners (leading corporates, investors, procurers, distributors, clients)
access to innovation ecosystem and peers

Business acceleration services

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EIC Prizes

Take the challenge and compete for an EIC Prize which rewards Europe's leading innovators

EIC Prizes

EIC networks

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

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Latest statistics: EIC Accelerator June cut-off results

65

innovative start-ups

60

receive grant & equity

20%

proposals from female CEOs

€363

allocated budget

€227 million

investment component

16 countries

France, Germany, Netherlands on top

Featured Projects

PATHMAKER project: Implementing fast and optimal automated patient pathways

CoNAN projects: new generation of microchip-based tools for genetic analysis

EIC-funded natural gas dual-fuel system was named one of the top 50 in the European Startup Prize Mobility category

A game-changing shift in electronic industry: photons based computing

Why future homes could be made of living fungus

A-LEAF: An artificial leaf mimicking the process of photosynthesis

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News

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31 March 2023

EIC Transition: tips for applicants

Are you an SME or a start-up that would like to apply for the EIC Transition scheme? Check what is available and some useful advice on the steps to follow.

News article
30 March 2023

European Social Innovation Competition: 2023 edition now open for applications

The Commission launched today the 11th edition of the European Social Innovation Competition. The prize promotes the potential of social innovation to provide solutions to societal challenges and to foster sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe.

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30 March 2023

Commission appoints Michiel Scheffer as President of the Board of the European Innovation Council

Yesterday, the Commission has announced the appointment of Michiel Scheffer as the President of the Board of the European Innovation Council (EIC).

News article
29 March 2023

European Innovation Council: new group of deep tech start-ups to receive Accelerator investments with increase in women-led start-ups

32 companies have been selected to receive European Innovation Council (EIC) funding, combining grants and equity, following the first 2023 EIC Accelerator cut-off in January.

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27 March 2023

Start applying for services on the newly launched EIC Partners’ Service Catalogue

Do you need acceleration, infrastructure, training, or even scale-up support? A select group of European organisations is now offering several services to European Innovation Council (EIC) innovators.

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22 March 2023

European Prize for Humanitarian Innovation: first edition kicks off

The Commission launched the first edition of the European Prize for Humanitarian Innovation (InnovAid) at the European Humanitarian Forum, on 21 March 2023.

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