EIC Pathfinder Open call 2023 closed with high interest

The EIC Pathfinder Open provides funding for projects in any field of science or technology, based on high-risk science-towards-technology breakthrough interdisciplinary research. The European Innovation Council (EIC) received 788 project proposals from the research community by 7 March 2023 deadline (4758 participants in total), requesting €2.412 billion of grant support. Applicants are coming from 55 …

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European Capital of Innovation Awards: 2023 edition kicks off

The Commission launched the ninth edition of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital).The prize is awarded to European cities that are front-runners of innovations that benefit their citizens. The European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital), supported by the European Innovation Council (EIC) under Horizon Europe, recognise those European cities that open their governance practices to experimentation and aim at being …

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Horizon Europe funding for PCP and PPI

Interested in EU funding for your next innovation procurement? Get ready to prepare proposals for the 2023-2024 calls of the Horizon Europe programme. There are 263M EURO of funding opportunities in different fields: health, security, climate change and research infrastructures etc. Check out the video recording and slide decks of the webinar on how to …

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Research and innovation investment gap study : policy report

The report provides the results of a comparative study of the levels of research and innovation (R&I) investment in food systems across the European Union (EU), considering both public and private R&I expenditure at national and EU level. To inform the study, three main strands of research were used: a review of projects funded through …

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Time for the First European Innovation Days in the Silicon Valley

On 21 and 22 March 2023, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and a high-level delegation of over 40 top corporates, rectors, mayors, regions’ president, and unicorns bring the European innovation ecosystem to the Silicon Valley. For the first time, Europe is on equal footing with Silicon Valley in the …

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EIC Fund – investment signature ceremony with PASQAL

The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) celebrated the investment agreement with French company PASQAL, a leader in neutral atoms quantum computing. Founded on Nobel Prize-winning research of company’s co-founder Alain Aspect, PASQAL will use the funding to further develop its neutral atoms quantum computing platform, which it believes will deliver …

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MSCA Staff Exchanges 2022 call receives 196 proposals

The call will fund collaborative research projects and support ground-breaking research through international staff exchanges. The second call of the MSCA-funded Staff Exchanges scheme under Horizon Europe closed on 8 March 2023. The European Research Executive Agency received 196 proposals. Applicants requested a total budget close to €194.5 million. Through this call, the European Union is expected …

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EIC Partners Call for internationalisation

The European Innovation Council (EIC) is looking for partners to facilitate the internationalisation efforts of top EIC beneficiaries in key World markets with particular emphasis on United States (including Silicon Valley), Asia, South America and Middle East. The future EIC partners should offer services to the EIC beneficiaries to help them ease the existing barriers …

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European Innovation Council Fund injects €331 million of equity into European deep-tech companies

The European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund) has taken 42 new investment decisions into deep-tech companies for a total of €331 million since the last announcement in November 2022. 13 companies have already signed their investment agreements. These are pioneering start-ups that are poised to bring breakthrough innovations to citizens and businesses: a new type of computer vision software …

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Hydrogen: Paving the way for new European standards to accelerate the roll-out of large-scale hydrogen solutions

The Commission welcomes the Roadmap on hydrogen standardisation published by the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance. Setting European Standards in this area supports the EU’s ambitions towards a climate-neutral economy and the uptake of hydrogen in the European market. The Roadmap on hydrogen standardization provides a comprehensive overview of standardisation gaps, challenges and needs identified by the alliance members. Such …

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