The European Innovation Council (EIC) and Cleantech for Europe signed a letter of intent to collaborate on sharing cleantech deal-flow as well as facilitate dialogue with public and private investors across Europe. In this Letter of Intent, they agree to start a collaboration between public and private investors on clean technologies, by: Sharing relevant deal-flow …
The largest public consultation ever held on the past, present and future of the EU’s Horizon research and innovation programmes 2014-2027 is open until 23 February 2023. In line with the Commission’s effort towards Better Regulation, stakeholders can share their views on the performance of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, as well as shaping the strategic orientations for …
The European Innovation Council received 476 full applications from start-ups and SMEs for the EIC Accelerator 11 January cut-off. Blended finance continues to be in high demand – 290 companies (61% of total applicants) requested grants combined with equity investments. 80 companies asked for grants only and 103 companies applied for grants first, with a …
The start-ups gained Europe-wide exposure through our Catapult programme. They have now received accelerator grants and equity investments from the European Innovation Council (EIC). This brings the total number of EIT Health Catapult alumni to receive EIC grants in 2022 to seven. The EIC Accelerator offers start-ups and SMEs grants of up to EUR 2.5M combined with EIC Fund equity investments ranging …
2022 was a milestone year for the EIC Fund, with the announcements of its first 71 investment decisions. Throughout the year, the EIC Fund continued with its patient capital mission, providing equity investments of up to €15 million and sharing the risk with the other investors supporting Europe’s innovative EIC Accelerator companies. Thanks to EIC Fund’s …
A new analysis finds that more than 40% of ERC-funded projects generated research that was subsequently cited in patents. The results show how curiosity-driven frontier research enables technological development. The report is based on data retrieved from 6,671 ERC-funded projects from all scientific domains, including all projects funded from 2007 until 2014 (7th Framework Programme …
The European Commission awarded the MSCA Seal of Excellence to 21 applicants who presented outstanding proposals but fell short of receiving funding from COFUND in 2021. The European Research Executive Agency (REA) received 116 applications for the 2021 call of co-funding for regional, national and international programmes (COFUND), the first under the Horizon Europe programme …
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (EYE) has announced its new programme competition – EYE Innovator Award. The competition is open to all entrepreneurs who have taken part in a completed, successful EYE exchange, which started and finished in the period 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2022. The aim of the competition is to identify the most …
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) is launching the EIT Campus – bringing together all EIT entrepreneurship education and skill development activities offered by the Institute and its nine Knowledge and Innovation Communities (EIT KICs). As part of the launch, the EIT is introducing an online platform that will be home to over 250 courses in the thematic …
Six more 2022 Synergy Grant proposals, which were evaluated as excellent but initially put on the reserve list due to limited budget, have been now offered funding. The ERC will be able to provide support to 35 projects involving 125 principal investigators as result of 2022 Synergy Grants competition, considering this additional funding of around …