Fifty-eight novel, high-impact technologies have been selected in the last round of investment from the European Innovation Council (EIC) ‘Pathfinder Open’ Pilot, funded under Horizon 2020, the EU research and innovation programme. This represents the highest-ever budget (€191 million), number of selected projects (58) and number of applications (902) for this type of funding, which helps to transform high-risk, high-impact research ideas into novel technologies.
Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, said:
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