Small and medium-sized companies can apply for grants of up to €2.5M and direct equity investments of up to €15M in the first calls

After a three-year pilot phase, the EIC emerges fully formed, with €1.5B to invest in innovation this year and calls for proposals launching today

At first event to be jointly organised by European Innovation Council and European Institute of Innovation and Technology, entrepreneurs call for EU to fill gaps in support and funding their companies need to scale up and be profitable

Commission launches scheme aiming to close the gender gap in the male-dominated EU innovation ecosystem

EU commissioner for research and innovation announces Women TechEU, an EIC-led initiative that will offer coaching, mentoring and funding to promising female tech entrepreneurs.

Leaked draft – dating from January - envisages the European Innovation Council handing out €602M to start ups and €507 million for targeted calls addressing specific areas of research in the next 11 months

As the European Innovation Council emerges from pilot mode, SMEs and researchers will be in line for a new type of funding for translating EU-funded research into products and more top-down, targeted calls

EIC takes first step to becoming one of Europe’s biggest venture capital investors as it acquires €178M of shares in emerging science and technology companies. That could increase to €3B over the next seven years

Switch to green hydrogen, more smart grids, extra funding for innovative start-ups are among 64 new measures announced by Trudeau government