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Commission appoints Michiel Scheffer as President of the Board of the EIC

Michiel Scheffer, a Dutch national with over 20 years of professional experience in the innovation field, will bring his extensive network and expertise to the position. The starting date of Michiel Scheffer's appointment is still to be determined.

 
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EIC Fund investment signature ceremony with PASQAL

The EIC and the EIB celebrated the investment agreement with French company PASQAL, a leader in neutral atoms quantum computing at Hello Tomorrow in Paris.

 
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EIC delegation meets Silicon Valley deep-tech investors and talent

A delegation from the European Innovation Council accompanied Commissioner Gabriel on a visit to Silicon Valley on 21 and 22 March.

 
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News
New group of deep tech start-ups to receive Accelerator investments

A new set of 32 companies have been selected to receive EIC funding following the first 2023 EIC Accelerator cut-off in January. 40% have a female CEO, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) or CSO (Chief Scientific Officer) which is the highest share to date.

 
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EIC Pathfinder Open call 2023 closed with high interest

The EIC Pathfinder Open provides funding for projects in science or technology, based on high-risk breakthrough interdisciplinary research. The EIC received 788 project proposals, requesting €2.412 billion of grant support.

 
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European Capital of Innovation Awards 2023 edition is now open

The iCapital Awards, supported by the EIC under Horizon Europe, has opened the 2023 addition for applications! This award recognises cities who are pushing the boundaries of innovation and technology for their citizens.

 
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2023 European Social Innovation Competition now open

The prize promotes the potential of social innovation to provide solutions to societal challenges and to foster sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe. This year’s challenge concerns "fighting energy poverty – RePower EU".

 
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EIC Transition: tips for applicants

Are you an SME or a start-up that would like to apply for the EIC Transition scheme? Check what is available and some useful advice on the steps to follow.

 
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The first edition of the European Prize for Humanitarian Innovation kicks off

The prize will be awarded to organisations and companies that are developing technology to deliver better quality humanitarian assistance to vulnerable people affected by crises and natural hazards.

 
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Episode 6 of the EIC Podcast is here

EMPE Diagnostics has drastically sped up the testing time for antibiotic resistance for tuberculosis and has acquired joint funding from the EIC and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop, commercialise and scale up.

 
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News from the EIC Community
Meet the EIC delegation of industrial pioneers to exhibit at Hannover Messe

The delegation of EIC companies is for the Hannover Messe, the world’s largest international trade fair for industrial technology, taking place from 17 to 21 April 2023 in Hannover, Germany.

 
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International Women’s Day: Two inspirational stories of women in innovation

To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, 2 former participants of the EIC WLP were invited to walk us through their experience as women in the world of science, research and business.

 
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Neste & EIC-funded Circularise join forces after an EIC Corporate Day

Following the EIC Corporate Day with Neste, Dutch-based company Circularise teamed up with top corporate Neste, announcing a collaboration to bring Circularise’s traceability software into circular polymers and chemicals supply chains.

 
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EU-funded project LINkS finds breakthrough technology for measuring long-range protein

Funded by the EIC Pathfinder programme, project LINkS discovered experimental evidence of long-range attractive forces between cellular proteins. Findings were published in the scientific journal Science Advances (AAAS).

 
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EIC Coffee Break with Mcule

This month, guests were David Havasi and Attila Wootsch, from Mcule, a Hungarian company that aims to provide the best web-based drug discovery platform for pharmaceutical researchers.

 
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EIC Multi-Procurer Day with Třinecké Železárny & Refrasil: The benefits of green, digital and circularity innovation for metal producers

This EIC together with Třinecké Železárny and Refrasil, organised an online EIC Multi-Procurer Day. During the event, 10 EIC-backed innovators had the opportunity to match the procurers’ needs or challenges and pitch their innovative business solutions with market maturity on topics.

 
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Start applying for services on the newly launched EIC Partners’ Service Catalogue

A group of European organisations are now offering several services to EIC innovators. Learn how you can apply for services through the brand new EIC Partners’ Service Catalogue and discover which organisations are collaborating with the EIC!

 
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Scantrust releases software for wine and spirits aligned with EU wine labelling regulations

Backed by EIC, Scantrust developed a new software solution called Scantrust e-Label to provide wine businesses all over the world with a simple-to-use and reliable software system for the preparation and provision of mandatory wine-related product information.

 
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Additional calls for applications
Explore global opportunities and lead the future of consumer industry at IFA 2023

The EIC OTF Programme 2.0 offers the unique opportunity to 20 pioneering EIC-funded companies to be a part of the EIC Pavilion at IFA Berlin 2023, the world’s largest international tradeshow for consumer electronics and home appliances.

 
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The EIC launches Tech to Market Entrepreneurship & Venture Building Programme

EIC Tech to Market Programme (T2M) helps innovators from projects funded under EIC Pathfinder and Transition in their transition from lab to market. Check if you have what it takes and apply to any of the 3 open opportunities.

 
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Come with the European Pavilion to Gastech 2023

The EIC invites beneficiaries to Gastech 2023, the world’s largest meeting place for the gas, LNG, hydrogen, low-carbon solutions, and climate technologies industries in Singapore, under the EIC Overseas Trade Fairs (OTF) Programme 2.0.

 
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EIC Investor Day on Climate Tech

Companies working on renewable energy, energy storage & green hydrogen, agritech & food, Green Mobility & Sustainable cities, and Industrial Biotech & Advanced materials, will pitch their disruptive business ideas to top European later-stage investors.

 
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EIC Multicorporate Day on Chemical Recycling

The EIC together with Amcor, Borealis and INEOS invite EIC beneficiaries to apply to an online EIC Multicorporate Day designed to gear up collaboration with the corporates and forge new partnerships related to the chemical recycling sector.

 
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