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The European Innovation Council and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology are launching the 2025 edition of the European Prize for Women Innovators. This joint initiative celebrates the outstanding achievements of women entrepreneurs driving positive change for people and the planet.

The fourth edition of the European Innovation Procurement Awards (EUIPA) has been launched today by the European Commission. The contestants can submit their applications until 26 September 2024 (17:00:00 CET).

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has just unveiled the launch of the third edition of the EIC Corporate Partnership Programme.

The EIC of the European Commission is teaming up with Belgium, Estonia, Italy, Poland, and Switzerland to host the European Night Reception during BIO International Convention on 4 June 2024 in San Diego, USA

Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, meets the EIC-funded SMEs.

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) reaffirmed their commitment to work together to boost innovation in Europe.

Revised EIC Fund investment guidelines have been published, applicable to companies selected under the EIC Accelerator scheme under Horizon Europe.

Join the EIC at the biggest European conference dedicated to renewable energy and efficient energy use – the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2024

The Commission launched today the 12th edition of the European Social Innovation Competition (EUSIC). The prize promotes social innovations that provide solutions to societal challenges and foster sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe.

The EIC Scaling Club is backed by the Horizon Europe's European Innovation Council and is part of Business Acceleration Services provided to EIC-funded projects and companies.

Find out about all achievements and great successes of the EIC Summit 2024

The European Innovation Procurement Awards proudly recognise outstanding initiatives that drive innovation and address societal challenges across the European Union.

The Commission has revealed today the winner of the first edition of the European Prize for Humanitarian Innovation (InnovAid).

Today at the EIC Summit, Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, announced the first cohort of 48 companies that joined the EIC Scaling Club gathering an exclusive community of deep tech champions and their partners.

New wave of EIC Ambassadors was introduced by Commissioner Iliana Ivanova at the EIC Summit during the Research and Innovation Week in Brussels.

The European Commission announced today the winners and runners-up of the 10th edition of the European Prize for Women Innovators.

The report focuses on the Horizon Europe portfolio of approximately 500 start-ups, 275 advanced research projects, and 140 projects commercialising research results funded in 2021-2023, along with the longer-term impacts of projects/companies supported during the EIC pilot phase and its predecessor.

The Commission has selected 43 new projects to receive €159 million of EU Funding under Pathfinder Challenges 2023, while Pathfinder Open 2024 has closed with high interest receiving 1119 proposals submitted from 64 countries.

A new set of 27 projects have been selected to receive EIC funding following the final 2023 EIC Transition cut-off in September.