Two weeks of EIT Digital Summer School gave Aleksandar Yonchev a whole new vision for his career. “The summer school changed the way I view the business world. Before starting the master’s degree I imagined myself working at a high position in a company. However, now I feel quite excited about entrepreneurship and would definitely …
The joint statement between European and Ukrainian operators is allowing refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine to stay connected with family in Ukraine and with those across the European Union. 7.4 million Ukrainian refugees are currently displaced throughout Europe. The war in Ukraine has been forcing millions of people to flee from their homes in …
The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) selected its first portfolio of 35 research, innovation, and trial projects to enable the evolution of 5G ecosystems and promote 6G research in Europe. With a combined funding for this new portfolio of around €250 million under Horizon Europe, the aim is to build a first-class …
The European Commission is announcing a new flagship initiative called “Researchers at Schools”, which will foster direct interaction between researchers, teachers and pupils. These exchanges will allow participants to better grasp the challenges faced by our societies broaden access to science, technology, arts and mathematics (STEAM) and research activities for all In the next two …
Young people are a critical part of our future as they will deliver the deep change our world requires. Youth Mission is EIT Food’s Umbrella programme aiming to pique youth’s interest in the food that reaches their plates and become the agrifood leaders of tomorrow. The EIT Food Youth Mission is an umbrella project aiming at developing awareness over healthy …
The European Innovation Council (EIC) warmly welcomes Isabel Obieta as a new Programme Manager, covering the field of responsible electronics. With her arrival, the EIC increases the scope of technological and application areas and expands its vision-building capabilities and its pro-active approach to managing portfolios of projects. The EIC is particularly proud to have appointed …
EIT Urban Mobility is happy to announce that it will be a part of a 10-partner consortium led by VITO.be for the management of the Smart Cities Marketplace. The Smart Cities Marketplace is a major market-changing undertaking that aims to bring cities, industries, SMEs, investors, researchers, and other smart city actors together, to advance the market for …
The 2022 EIT Award Ceremony will be held during the EIT Summit on 11 October in Brussels, Belgium – the grand finale to the EIT’s flagship event series: INNOVEIT WEEKS. The winners will represent the most promising innovations emerging from the EIT Community – the largest innovation ecosystem in Europe. The EIT Awards recognise the immense talent and solutions emerging from …
The Commission has taken a major step in the restructuring of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund with the appointment of an external fund manager to take investment decisions in the 139 start-ups and SMEs selected so far for EIC investments. This step means that the EIC is now fully operational in providing a unique combination of …
EIT Manufacturing is part of the Horizon Europe project INDUSAC Under the lead of our EIT Manufacturing member Jozef Stefan Institute (JSI) from Slovenia, in total nine consortium partners from all over Europe met in Brussels in the beginning of September to kick-off a new European project on industry-academia collaboration, called INDUSAC. The consortium partners were kindly hosted at the Permanent …