EISMEA - EIC selects 40 science and technology projects

Science Business | 23/01/2025 | Europe - The European Innovation Council (EIC) selected 40 projects out of 413 submissions, following its Transition call, which will obtain up to €2.5 million to develop innovations in all fields of science and technology. The EIC Transition is a funding programme under Horizon Europe “devoted to maturing the technologies and build a business case for specific applications,” the EIC said in a statement. It targets innovations that go beyond the experimental proof of principle.

Date: 23/01/2025

With no predefined thematic restrictions, the EIC pointed to “the most popular [call] so far in terms of submissions.”

Among the winning projects, HeartWise plans on advancing a prototype for an implantable mechanical device that would support blood circulation, FOREVER-WATER targets the destruction of polyfluoroalkyl substances, and UPSRPING seeks to drastically reduce energy consumption of computer chips.