In the dynamic landscape of innovation and entrepreneurship, securing funding is often the key to transforming ground-breaking ideas into reality. Recognizing this critical need, the European Union has introduced the European Innovation Council (EIC) Transition activities Seal of Excellence and the EIC Seal of Excellence. These are quality labels under Horizon Europe, the EU’s research… Continue reading Understanding the EIC Seal of Excellence
The European Commission 2024 work programme of the European Innovation Council is now on. The programme focuses on strategic technologies and scaling up companies. The emphasis, specifically, is on empowering SMEs and start-ups to foster the development and scaling up of ‘deep tech’ innovations. Critical sectors include generative artificial intelligence (AI), space, critical raw materials,… Continue reading EIC 2024 Work Programme: €1.2 Billion in Funding for Innovation
A recent European Commission report examined Horizon Europe. The €95.5 billion program backs research together with innovation in Europe. It requires an extra €34 billion to fully fund all high-quality proposals from 2021-2022. Of those high proposals, 71% did not receive funding. That shows a slight improvement over Horizon 2020. In that program, 74% of… Continue reading Horizon Europe: a €34 billion funding gap
The European Commission reorganized its directorate general for research and innovation (RTD). The reorganization was effective last May and a new organizational chart was published. The chart revealed the transfer of management of the European Innovation Council (EIC) funding programme to the directorate for the European Research Area and Innovation. Ms. Anna Panagopoulou leads… Continue reading European Innovation Council is revamped to enhance oversight
This post is the first in a series of guides to help our readers better prepare for their EIC grant proposals. You can check this series of posts here or ask us for an evaluation here. Many people do not know how to properly do a SWOT analysis. Unfortunately, that is why this relatively basic… Continue reading How to do a good SWOT Analysis as part of your EIC Proposal
This is the post number four of a series that explains the revised EIC Investment Guidelines. We focus on Methods as well as Investment Strategies. The Investment Guidelines have been updated to provide more clarity to applicants and to reflect recent changes in the management of the EIC Fund and will remain in place until the… Continue reading Revised EIC Investment Guidelines (2022): 4. METHODS AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Andriotto Financial Services is very pleased to support Empath Design during their journey with the Horizon Europe programme! About the company: Empath Design Factory helps create mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their customers. They have created the first social identification code that brings together owners of the same product. Thanks to this innovation, it… Continue reading #AmazingProjects: let’s talk about “Empath Design”
This is the post number three of a series that explains the revised EIC Investment Guidelines. We focus on Buckets (investment scenarios). The Investment Guidelines have been updated to provide more clarity to applicants and to reflect recent changes in the management of the EIC Fund and will remain in place until the end of 2022. Updated: 1st March… Continue reading Revised EIC Investment Guidelines (2022): 3. BUCKETS
This is the post number two of a series that explains the revised EIC Investment Guidelines. Here, we focus on Characteristic of Investment. The Investment Guidelines have been updated to provide more clarity to applicants and to reflect recent changes in the management of the EIC Fund and will remain in place until the end of… Continue reading Revised EIC Investment Guidelines (2022): 2. INVESTMENT CHARACTERISTICS
This is the first post of a series that explains the revised EIC Investment Guidelines. We focus on characteristic of types of innovation. The Investment Guidelines have been updated to provide more clarity to applicants and to reflect recent changes in the management of the EIC Fund and will remain in place until the end of… Continue reading Revised EIC Investment Guidelines (2022): 1. TYPES OF INNOVATION
