27 Mar 2025
EIC awards € 116 million to Pathfinder Challenges projects
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected 31 new projects under the 2024 EIC Pathfinder Challenges call for cutting edge research projects to achieve breakthroughs in five strategic areas. The successful projects were chosen among 401 submitted eligible proposals and will receive almost €116 million of EU funding (on average €3.73 million per project).
Participants predominantly come from higher education institutions (38%), private organisations (34%), and research organisations (23%).
With each specific Challenge, the EIC will establish a portfolio of projects that explores different perspectives, competing approaches or complementary aspects of the Challenge. Selected projects will receive not only grants but also access to tailored-made coaching under the EIC Business Acceleration Services and potential fast track access to the EIC Accelerator.
All projects have been notified of the results and have begun preparing the grant agreements. Funding will be dependent upon the signing of these agreements.
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