The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) adopted its second Research & Innovation Work Programme (2023) to advance 6G research in Europe. On 14th December 2022, the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) adopted its Research & Innovation (R&I) Work Programme 2023-2024, including information about the 2023 call for project proposals under Horizon Europe. The …
The European Commission has selected 39 projects that will receive EU funding to support safe, secure and sustainable high-performance infrastructure, including Gigabit and 5G networks across Europe. A total EU grant of €151.3 million will be distributed for the aforementioned projects, feasibility studies or works, which were selected among the proposals received for the first Connecting …
With a budget of €13.5 billion, the European Commission has launched the new work programme of Horizon Europe, the EU’s funding programme for research and innovation. The work programme will focus on: Delivering on climate action and digital transformation; Supporting a safe, secure and resilient Europe; Reinforcing access of Ukrainian researchers to European research infrastructures; Strengthening international initiatives in …
The European Commission has announced new calls in 2023 and 2024 to support researchers’ training, skills and career development and organisations under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. The calls follow the adoption of the Horizon Europe 2023-2024 work programme. With a total budget of €6.6 billion over 2021-2027, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions support researchers from all over the …
EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, announced that it is joining forces with 8200 Impact and its partner CityZone to act as its ecosystem agent in Israel for 2023. This collaboration aims to build bridges between the European and the Israeli …
The European Commission revealed today the winners of the European Innovation Procurement Awards. The EU Innovation Procurement Awards are managed by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) and funded under Horizon Europe, the EU research and innovation programme. The winners, chosen by a jury of independent experts, were announced at the European Innovation Council Summit in Brussels on 8 December …
The EIC Board welcomes the publication of the EIC’s Work Programme for 2023 with over €1.6 billion to support deep tech innovations in scaling companies, startups and research teams from across Europe. It particularly welcomes novelties in the work programme, including a more targeted approach to challenge funding and a new scheme to enable start-ups to test …
The Commission adopted the 2023 work programme of the European Innovation Council (EIC). It opens funding opportunities worth €1.6 billion in 2023 for scientists and innovators to scale up breakthrough technologies and create new markets. Over half a billion euro is earmarked for next generation technologies in strategic areas for Europe, including energy storage, quantum, semi-conductors, and …
The support provided to date has resulted in: The portfolio of EIC companies achieving a combined valuation of over €40 billion,including 12 ‘unicorns’ and 112 ‘centaur’ companies. Incentivising over €10 billion in follow-on investmentsin its portfolio companies, including from venture capital, corporates, and national promotional banks. 20% of funding for women led companiesunder the Accelerator and over 30% women researchers in the …
Artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum computing, renewable energy, biotechnology, photonics. These are the fields revolutionising STEM and making innovators race to the market with new inventions. These fields are known as “deep tech” – technologies that blur the lines between science and engineering. Deep tech often combines the digital with physics and biology. It has become …