Innovation

Are you a cluster or SME interested in pitching your idea for a greener and more digital Europe? Applications for the EU Industry Days (EUID) Pitching Contest are now open! The EUID Pitching contest is for all business ideas supporting the transition to a sustainable, digital and resilient economy...

Are you a cluster or SME in advanced technologies? The PITCCH project aims to promote open innovation through a European Network where technology centres facilitate collaborations between big corporations as technology seekers and SMEs as technology providers. In the PITCCH network, technology...

Are you a manager at an innovative cluster or SME? The European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (​EISMEA) have published a call to recruit up to six European Innovation Council (EIC) Programme Managers (PMs). Programme Managers direct the best teams of researchers and innovators from...

Are you a cluster or SME in innovation? Participate in an online survey to share your views on a stronger European innovation ecosystem. Context The European Commission is aiming to analyse the evolution of the European innovation ecosystem. A more integrated and cohesive European innovation...

Clusters are invited to apply for the Call for tenders ‘Study on measuring product non-compliance’, published under the Market Surveillance programme. The new Call, launched by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), forecasts a maximum budget of 320,000EUR for a contract...

The EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS) was introduced in 2014 to advance the innovation performance of countries with moderate or modest innovation scores as defined by the European Innovation Scoreboard. Countries eligible to take part are: EU Member States: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech...

Are you a European SME finding innovative solutions in the water and energy sectors? The EU Techbridge project matches innovative European SMEs with North American based end-users or corporate buyers. Through an intensive matchmaking programme, challenges from North American corporate buyers will be...

The first LIFE Call for Proposals has been announced, and over EUR 580 million is available in funding! Organisations are invited to submit their project proposals and ideas. The Open Call is under the new LIFE programme 2021–2027, and funding tenders are categorised into four sub-programmes: Nature...

The Affordable Housing Initiative is part of the EU’s Renovation Wave Strategy, which aims to build a fair, green society. A new call for proposals under the initiative seeks to provide support, capacity building, and networking for local industrial partnerships, with the ambition to pilot 100...

The EU Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind game-changing innovations. Applications to the 2021 edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators are now open. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 17:00 (CET). All applications must be submitted via the Funding and...

On 8 April, the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) launched the first edition of the EU Innovation Procurement Awards (EUIP Awards). This is a new European Innovation Council (EIC) prize which rewards public and private buyers in their efforts to promote procurement of...

The European Commission is mobilising €123 million from Horizon Europe, the new EU research and innovation programme, for urgent research into COVID-19 variants. This first emergency funding adds to a range of EU-funded research and innovation actions to fight COVID-19, and contributes to the...