10 Dec 2020

EIC awards € 74 million to 18 new innovative projects

The European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder Pilot has selected 18 new projects from the latest round of applications for funding. The successful projects were selected from a total of 236 submissions. They aim to support the EU green and digital transitions, and will receive a total of €74 million. The highest numbers of selected applicants come from Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. The majority of participants originate from higher education and research organisations, and 18% are SMEs.

In addition to their share of the €74 million budget, the selected projects will receive access to EIC business acceleration support and coaching services. Following the success of the EIC pilot phase (2018–20), the fully-fledged EIC is expected to be launched early next year under Horizon Europe.

Funding was available under two calls: FET Proactive: Emerging Paradigms and Societies and Environmental Intelligence. The average EU grant is €4 million per project.

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