European institute of technology (EIT)
The EIT helps the knowledge triangle (business, education, research) to connect and work together by forming innovation communities.
Your NCP contact for this programme
Ria De Breucker
Ria.debreucker@vlaio.be
+32 2 553 13 77
About this programme
The general objective of the EIT is to increase Europe’s capacity to innovate, better compete with foreign peers and as a result contribute to the creation of jobs and wealth.
To this purpose the EIT has formed eight innovation communities (full name knowledge and innovation communities or KICs) and their role is threefold: develop innovative products & services, start new companies and train a new generation of entrepreneurs. They have a pan-European set-up though some innovation communities have regional innovation hubs to facilitate the collaboration between the partners. Each innovation community is fully independent and focuses on a specific sectoral challenge (e.g. urban mobility, active ageing, etc.).
The EIT funds Innovation Communities up to a maximum of 25 per cent. This funding is leveraged by the EIT by incentivizing Innovation Community partners to invest in innovation and provide the remaining 75 per cent funding needed for their activities. With the 25 per cent seed funding, the EIT enables them to attract capital from industrial partners and private investors. In the longer run these innovation communities need to become self-sustainable so funding by the EIT is limited in time.
If you would like to get involved you can get in touch with these communities. All details of their opportunities are found here
Latest news
Agro-Food, Environment EIT Missions
Greenlight for EIT Water
The EIT will launch a new Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) in the water, marine and maritime sectors and ecosystems. The new EIT KIC will develop an integrated approach across freshwater, marine and maritime sectors, supporting entrepreneurial education and skills development, innovation projects as well as the ideation, deve... read more
Upcoming events
Agro-Food, Environment EIT Missions
Call info session: Innovating with the EIT and creating a new partnership
Agro-Food, Environment EIT Missions
EIT Call info session : Key EIT activities - Education, Innovation and Busi...
Agro-Food, Environment EIT Missions
EIT Call Info Session: Nuts and bolts of the EIT granting model
Health EIC EIT AI, data & cloud
Patent protection for EU funding beneficiaries - Artificial Intelligence in...
Health Agro-Food, Environment EIC EIT
Patent protection for EU funding beneficiaries - Biotechnology
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Testimonial
Miricle - Mine Risk Clearance for Europe
The Miricle project, ‘Mine Risk Clearance for Europe’, obtained funding under the European Defence Industrial Development programme call ‘Underwater control contributing to resilience at sea’. The main objective of the project was to achieve a European and sovereign capacity in future mine warfare and create a path for the next generation ‘made in Europe’ countermeasure solutions. In order to realise this objective, Miricle addressed various stages: studies, design, prototyping and testing. These stages inter alia included the successful testing of an XL Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, a protototyped mine disposal system and multiple innovative systems to detect buried mines. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), was one of the five Belgian partners in the consortium. Within the project, VLIZ was able to forward its research on the acoustic imaging of the seabed to spatially map and visualize buried structures and objects - in this case buried mines - in the highest possible detail. VLIZ also led the work on ‘Port and Offshore Testing’, building on the expertise of the institute in the field of marine operations and technology.
