It supports all stages of innovation from R&D on the scientific underpinnings of breakthrough technologies, to validation and demonstration of breakthrough technologies and innovations to meet real world needs, to the development and scaling up of start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The funding and support consists of three main funding schemes:
In each funding scheme, the direct financial support to innovators is augmented with access to a range of Business Acceleration Services. The three main EIC instruments offer both bottom-up calls and calls with predefined thematic priorities (challenges). In addition to these instruments there are the EIC Prizes, which reward innovative solutions offered by companies/organisations for pre-defined societal challenges or specific target audiences, such as women innovators, innovative cities, public or private procurers or social innovation.
As it was reported to the Programme Committee at the meeting on 17/09/2026, following the STEP ScaleUp 2026 third batch, due to the first-come, first-served nature of the EIC STEP call, and considering the remaining available budget for the third batch, it is very likely that the 2026 budget will be exhausted with the first three batches. ...
Read moreThe European Commission has proposed a European Innovation Act aimed at helping innovative ideas move from research to market and scale across the EU. It was presented publicly on 9 September 2026.
Read moreThe European Innovation Council has published submission-related updates for several 2026 Horizon Europe calls. For three EIC Pathfinder Challenges topics, the Part B Ethics and Security annexes are no longer mandatory. For the EIC Transition 2026 call, applicants using an eligible six-digit originating project number need to add three leading zeros in Part A.
Read moreNCP Flanders has extended the duration of its short satisfaction survey to gather valuable feedback and suggestions on the NCP services. The survey is fully anonymous and is open until 9 October 2026. It is organised into three sections: NCP Flanders assistance, info sessions, and NCP Flanders website & LinkedIn. If you are not...
Read moreEIC-backed health biotech companies ready to pitch their innovation to investors can Apply for the EIC VentureMatch Pitching on Health Biotech during BIO-Europe.The investor panel includes: NRW.BANK, LifeArc Ventures, DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF), Apollo Health Ventures, Forbion, Bayern Kapital, M Ventures.Organised under the EIC...
Read moreAn overview of the upcoming EIC funding opportunities and new features introduced in 2027. Speakers from the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) and the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission will present an overview of the main EIC funding schemes: EIC Pathfinder:...
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Research organisation VITO participates as work package lead and process developer in project ROTATE, answering to call topic HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-20, which develops environmental solutions that facilitate the generation of synergies between diverse industrial sectors related to mining and quarrying.
