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European Innovation Agenda

2026 European Innovation Council work programme to boost Europe's deep tech innovation

Today, the European Commission has adopted the European Innovation Council (EIC) work programme, allocating €1.4 billion to support Europe's most promising deep tech entrepreneurs and researchers. The new programme focuses on what European innovators need most: simplified access to substantial funding, investment and easier access to customers and partners across Europe and beyond. Building on […]

European Innovation Scoreboard 2025

The EU's innovation performance has made steady long–term progress, increasing by 12.6 percentage points since 2018. This latest edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) reveals significant shifts in national innovation performance. Thirteen Member States improved their score since last year, with Malta (+7.6 points) and Luxembourg (+5 points) seeing the largest gains. Since 2018, […]

Torino and Braga win European Capital of Innovation Awards

Today, the Commission has revealed the winners of the 2024-25 European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital), celebrating a decade of recognising cities that lead the way in delivering innovative solutions for their citizens. This year's top prizes, funded under the EU research and innovation programme Horizon Europe, were awarded to the cities of Torino and […]

Implementation of the New European Innovation Agenda

On the implementation of the New European Innovation Agenda

European Innovation Scoreboard 2024

The innovation performance of the European Union continues to improve at a steady pace, reaching a 10% increase since 2017 and a growth of 0.5% between 2023 and 2024. According to the 2024 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) published today, most EU Member States have boosted their innovation performance, but the increase varies […]

Commission provides new evidence for approach to R&I for a more competitive Europe

Today, the Commission has published the 2024 edition of the Science, Research and Innovation (R&I) Performance report (SRIP). Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in EU investments in R&I which has contributed to the EU's competitiveness in green tech especially, and to the overall high quality of EU research. The report […]

New European Innovation Agenda

Report on the implementation of the New European Innovation Agenda

Innovation Fund: €100 million offered for innovative small-scale clean tech projects

Today, the European Commission is launching the third call for small-scale projects under the Innovation Fund, one of the world's largest funding programmes for the deployment of innovative low-carbon technologies. Financed by revenues from the auctioning of emission allowances from the EU's Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), this call for small-scale projects will further boost […]

Report on the implementation of the Innovation Fund

Report on the implementation of the Innovation Fund, including the review referred to in Article 24 of Regulation 1031/2010

New European Innovation Agenda to spearhead the new innovation wave

Today, the Commission adopted a New European Innovation Agenda to position Europe at the forefront of the new wave of deep tech innovation and start-ups. It will help Europe to develop new technologies to address the most pressing societal challenges, and to bring them on the market. The New European Innovation Agenda is designed to position Europe […]

European Urban Initiative

This European Urban Initiative is an essential tool to support cities of all sizes, to build capacity and knowledge, to support innovation and develop transferable and scalable innovative solutions to urban challenges of EU relevance. CALLS FOR PROPOSALS The calls for proposals are published periodically on the website of the initiative. LEGAL BASIS Regulation 2021/1058 […]