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Explore the speakers and sessions for the upcoming EIC Summit!

The first hybrid EIC Summit will take place next week, 24-25 November, and the EIC will be joined by innovators across Europe. Discover what's in store and register to join online.

 
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Winners to be announced at EIC Summit
Meet the 21 finalists competing for this year’s EU Prize for Women Innovators

21 of the most talented and inspiring women entrepreneurs working in Europe are in the shortlist for the EU Prize for Women Innovators 2021. Meet them all!

 
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​​​​​​​Presenting the European Capital of Innovation Awards 2021 finalists!

Meet the 7 finalists who are in the running to becoming the European Capital of Innovation and the European Rising Innovative City.

 
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Finalists announced for the European Innovation Procurement Awards 2021!

Meet the 6 applicants who made it to the the final round of the first European Innovation Procurement Awards.

 
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Monthly focus
Commission launches the EIC Board with 20 leading innovators

The European Commission announced first members of the new European Innovation Council Board.

 
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EIC to award up to €168 million to first set of science-towards-technology breakthroughs

European Innovation Council selected 56 new projects under the Pathfinder Open call.

 
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We are hiring
The European Commission is looking for EIC Board President

The European Commission is inviting outstanding innovation leaders to apply for the position of EIC Board President. Apply by 17 December.

 
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News
European Social Innovation Competition: The 10 finalists are announced!

10 finalists have been chosen for this year’s European Social Innovation Competition Skills for Tomorrow – Shaping a green and digital future. Save the date for the award ceremony on 8 December.

 
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Women TechEU: successful turnout for the first edition, 391 applications received!

The European Commission received 391 applications from 37 Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries.

 
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The Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office commit to closer collaboration

The European Commission Directorate General Research and Innovation, EISMEA and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) signed a letter of intent for co-operation.

 
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EIC Horizon Prize on Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid: One year after the award

After one year, how has winning the prize helped the organisations in the deployment of their innovations? Learn more.

 
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Breakthrough ideas
E.T.PACK: Innovative technology has the potential to revolutionise the space debris challenge

E.T.PACK, an EIC Pathfinder project, and SENER Aeroespacial and Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) have agreed on a launch service contract.

 
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New study: Students and researchers teams to tackle companies' R&I challenges

This new study tested the feasibility of a co-creation-based model for knowledge valorisation in a European-wide setup that complements the existing university-business collaboration schemes.

 
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News from the EIC Community
EIC ePitching with Investors on SaaS & AI: Influencing and driving tomorrow’s growth!

The EIC is pleased to invite all eligible startups to participate in our next session dedicated (specifically) to B2B SaaS solutions (Business-to-Business Software-as-a-Service) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

 
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EIC Greenhouse Gas Webinar: Electric and hybrid vehicles

The EIC GHG Programme will host a webinar on how electric and hybrid vehicles can help your company reach that much-desired level of decarbonisation. Apply by 10 December.

 
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Join the EIC-EIT Climate Race to Net-zero!

The EIT Climate-KIC and the EIC Business Acceleration Services offer you a new programme to tackle climate change. Apply here until 31 January 2022!

 
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EIC Coffee Break with Eloisa de Castro from Enerpoly: Time to (re)charge your batteries!

Eloisa de Castro is the CEO of Enerpoly AB and the winner of the EIC ePitching with Investors on Deep Tech. Find out more about her and her company in this month’s EIC Coffee Break.

 
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EIC Overseas Trade Fairs Programme: 20 selected EIC-funded SMEs, ready to dive into innovation at CES 2022

Meet the 20 most promising innovators to join the EU Pavilion at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 under the EIC Overseas Trade Fairs (OTF) Programme 2.0.

 
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EIC-funded Kitepower is taking its clean wind energy to the Caribbean Island

Kitepower's mobile Airborne Wind Energy System (AWES), the Falcon 100kW, will be deployed as part of the military exercise, "Caribbean Engineer 2021 (CAEN21).

 
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