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European Innovation Council (EIC) funding opportunities - (under Horizon)

Target group

SMEs, Knowledge Centers

Type of funding

Grant, Equity financing, Networking

Project type

Research, Innovation, Growth, Infrastructure

Area

Agriculture and forestry, Bio-based Industries, Biotechnology, Energy, Environment & Climate Action, Food & Healthy Diet, Funding Researchers, Health, ICT Research & Innovation, Innovation, International Cooperation, Oceans and seas, Partnerships with Industry & MS, Plastics, Raw Materials, Security, SMEs, Social Sciences and Humanities, Society, Space, Transport, Manufacturing, Culture & Creativity

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Summary

The EIC aims to identify and support breakthrough technologies and game changing innovations to create new markets and scale up internationally

Budget

a budget of €10.1 billion under Horizon Europe

Official information source

https://eic.ec.europa.eu/index_en

Description

European Innovation Council

The EIC is Europe’s flagship innovation programme to identify, develop and scale up breakthrough technologies and game changing innovations

Who we are

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has been established under the EU Horizon Europe programme. It has a budget of €10.1 billion to support game changing innovations throughout the lifecycle from early stage research, to proof of concept, technology transfer, and the financing and scale up of start-ups and SMEs.

Find out about EIC funding opportunities

The strategy and implementation of the EIC is steered by the EIC Board, which has independent members appointed from the world of innovation (entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, corporates and others from the innovation ecosystem).

The EIC and SME Executive Agency responsible for supporting the EIC Board and its President, and for implementing the EIC’s activities which are set out in an annual EIC Work Programme.

EIC Funding opportunities

EIC Pathfinder

Supporting research and deep tech projects with a high degree of scientific ambition and risk.

EIC Transition

Supporting maturation and validation of novel ideas from lab to business. A bridge between research and application development.

EIC Accelerator

Supporting start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises to develop and scale up to new markets or disrupt existing ones.