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EU invests €4.8 billion of emissions trading revenues in innovative net-zero projects

Today, the Commission has selected 85 innovative net-zero projects to receive €4.8 billion in grants from the Innovation Fund, helping to put cutting-edge clean technologies into action across Europe. For the first time, projects of different scales (large, medium and small, alongside pilots) and with a cleantech manufacturing focus are awarded under the 2023 call […]

Commission joins forces with venture capital to support deep tech innovation in Europe

Today, the Commission has launched a Trusted Investors Network bringing together a group of investors ready to co-invest in innovative deep-tech companies in Europe together with the EU. The Union's investment comes from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, which is part of the EU research and innovation programme Horizon Europe. The first group comprises […]

Independent experts call for increased investment to strengthen Europe's research and innovation leadership

More excellent research, impactful innovation and technology scale-ups are needed to make Europe more globally competitive, secure and sustainable. These are among the twelve expert recommendations presented today to the Commission to strengthen Horizon Europe, the EU research and innovation programme, and its successor. The recommendations have been drafted by an independent group of 15 […]

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

2023 European Capital of Innovation announced: Lisbon and Linköping are the winners of this year's iCapital Awards

The European Commission has revealed today the winners of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital), with the main prizes going to the cities of Lisbon and Linköping. Moreover, the 1st and 2nd runners up have been also announced as follows: The European Capital of Innovation category: Lisbon (Portugal) - winner Warsaw (Poland) - 1st […]

Next Generation Innovation Talents

Horizon Europe. Coordination and Support Actions. Call for proposals. Next Generation Innovation Talents (HORIZON-EIC-2023-TALENTS-01-01).

Food processing industry Innovation

Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument (I3). Cascade funding. Hancing dIgital and Green growtH in the Food processing industry via Interregional innoVation invEstments (HIGHFIVE). 1st open call for innovation projects (I3-2021-INV1-MANU).

European Innovation Council Fund: first equity investments for a total of €190 million under Horizon Europe

The EIC Fund - the equity investment arm of the European Innovation Council (EIC), which is a key component of the New European Innovation Agenda to identify, develop and scale up deep tech innovations, has taken 35 investment decisions, the first batch under Horizon Europe. The announcement has been made today by Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner […]

New Research and Innovation Performance report

The Commission has released the 2022 edition of the Science, Research and Innovation Performance (SRIP) report, analysing the EU's innovation performance in a global context. It provides insights into how research and innovation policies can help build an inclusive, sustainable, competitive and resilient Europe by leveraging the essential role of research and innovation as a source […]

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 […]
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