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 …
The new Horizon Europe Health single stage calls for proposals are published under six destinations: Destination 1: Staying healthy in a rapidly changing society Deadline: 13 April 2023 HORIZON-HLTH-2023-STAYHLTH-01-01 – The Silver Deal – Person-centred health and care in European regions Destination 2: Living and working in a health-promoting environment Deadline: 13 April 2023 HORIZON-HLTH-2023-ENVHLTH-02-01 – Planetary health: …
HaDEA has published a call for proposals on cancer research to support the EU Cancer Mission. The four topics under the call are numbered from 01-01 to 01-04: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CANCER-01-01 – Addressing poorly-understood tumour-host interactions to enhance immune system-centred treatment and care interventions in childhood, adolescent, adult and elderly cancer patients HORIZON-MISS-2023-CANCER-01-02 – Enhance primary cancer prevention through sustainable behavioural change HORIZON-MISS-2023-CANCER-01-03 – Pragmatic clinical …
The Commission held a first meeting of the new High-Level Forum on European Standardisation, which will help set priorities, advise on standardisation needs and contribute to the EU’s role as a global standard-setter. The Forum was chaired by Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton. During the meeting, members discussed several focus areas – such as clean tech, …
On 19 January 2023, the COST Association, jointly with the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), hosted a workshop to help interested COST Innovators Grant recipients prepare applications for the EIT Jumpstarter scheme in 2023. Following the Memorandum of Understanding signature last year, both institutions agreed to share their initiatives to support researchers and innovators identify areas of collaboration …
Europe’s got talent. But talent needs to be nurtured, especially as the EU is going through important demographic transition. This is even more needed in regions that suffer from a shrinking labour force and a low share of persons with a tertiary education, and in regions hit by the departure of young people. If left unaddressed, …
The European Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office launched the new 2023 EU SME Fund, which offers intellectual property vouchers for EU-based SMEs. EU SMEs represent 99% of all businesses and provide around three-quarters of all EU jobs. To scale up and attract investment, SMEs need to protect their intangible assets with a …