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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
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Meet the leading innovators who advise the EIC on its overall strategy and performance

Meet our in-house experts who head EIC support in various portfolios such as health, digital, green-deal, space, construction or technology

EIC ambassadors act as a voice for the EIC in the Member States, and provide feedback from all corners of the innovation ecosystem

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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As part of ongoing efforts to reinforce Ukraine’s innovation capacity amid Russia’s military invasion, the European Innovation Council (EIC) has announced to make €20 million of funding available for Ukrainian deep-tech start-ups and SMEs...
The latest technology insight report from the EPO’s Observatory on Patents and Technology reveals that innovation in photovoltaics has experienced significant growth over the last three decades...
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has released a new report titled "Unlocking Innovation through Corporate-Startup Collaboration – The EIC Corporate Partnership Programme", highlighting how partnerships between innovative startups and large corporations are driving deep tech scale-up and...
The statement represents the EIC Board’s extensive reflections and assessments over the last months and provides a contribution to the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework proposal.
40 breakthrough start-ups and SMEs have secured EIC Accelerator funding in the latest round, selected from 150 finalists for their game-changing technologies and market potential.
The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) have launched the 2026 edition of the European Prize for Women Innovators