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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

Pascal Verheye

pascal.verheye@vlaio.be

+32 2 432 43 34

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

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2022-01-20 Culture and society Digital, Industry & Space Climate, Energy, Mobility Agro-Food, Environment Joint Research Center

New European Bauhaus 2022 Prizes

The call for the New European Bauhaus 2022 Prizes is now open. The New European Bauhaus 2022 Prizes will award young talents' ideas as well as existing projects for sustainability, inclusiveness and aesthetics bringing the European Green Deal to people and local communities. Applications are open until 28 February 2022 at 19:00 CET. More informa... read more

2022-01-13 Digital, Industry & Space EIT

Launch of the first Industry 5.0 Award

The first Industry 5.0 Award has been launched – an award which recognises EU funded projects that make an outstanding contribution to building a more human-centric, sustainable and resilient European industry. This could be by developing innovative technologies, industrial or supply chain processes, new business models, and/or by advan... read more

2022-01-12 EIT

EIT Digital Accelerator publishes the third edition of the European Female-...

Women founders still struggle more than men to raise funding and scale their start-ups. Promoting the role models of female founders and their companies is therefore crucial for raising awareness about the gender balance in the digital space and inspiring more women to become entrepreneurs. With this in mind, EIT Digital is launching the third ed... read more

2022-01-11 EIT

EIT RawMaterials announced the winners of the Regional Innovation Competiti...

This was the first edition of the competition which was launched to scout the most promising start-ups in the EIT RIS region. More info on the EIT RIS scheme can be found here. The competition was open to innovators from countries involved in the RIS scheme notably Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Greece, Poland, Romania,... read more