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European Innovation Council to award prizes for better battery technologies

New details of how the EIC will operate are included in EU draft plan, which sets out proposals for research in nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology and manufacturing from 2018 - 2020

03 Oct 2017

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Macron wants to set up ‘EU agency on disruptive innovation’

French President looks to science, technology and education to revive Europe – and gives a political boost to Moedas proposal for a new innovation council

26 Sep 2017

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Here’s the latest app from Estonia: Brains meet money in innovation clusters

Estonian innovators are organising themselves around clusters to help start-ups take their ideas to global markets

19 Sep 2017

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European Innovation Council needs leading innovators and a sense of urgency

Former chair of the US House of Representatives science committee Bart Gordon shares lessons he learned from setting up the innovation funding body ARPA-E, to promote advanced energy projects

29 Jun 2017

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European Innovation Council advisers say it will set a new standard of excellence for EU funding

Innovation advisors publish statement of intent, saying EIC should be catalyst for new wave of innovation

01 Jun 2017

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EU agrees to more support for venture capital for start-ups

Small and growing companies will enjoy better access to finance on the back of new EU rules agreed as part of the Commission's drive to stimulate venture capital investment

31 May 2017

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Start-ups must be made to feel at ease to grow in Europe

As head of innovation at EIT Digital, Chahab Nastar gives entrepreneurs the guidance to scale-up that was missing when he was building his own company

30 Mar 2017

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EU to propose array of measures to help companies scale-up

Leak shows Brussels officials preparing new ideas to turn ‘acorns into mighty oaks’ and ease the pathway to growth for start-ups

29 Sep 2016

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EU invites business experts to help shape European Innovation Council

Twelve-person advisory panel will make recommendations on how the new body should function

29 Sep 2016

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Time to re-think public support for innovation in Europe

The EU still has not learned basic lessons about innovation from its US competition. Professors Gunnar Landgren and Ramon Wyss, both instrumental in the formation of EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities, explain how to remedy the European innovation paradox

25 May 2016

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European Innovation Council to award prizes for better battery technologies

Macron wants to set up ‘EU agency on disruptive innovation’

Here’s the latest app from Estonia: Brains meet money in innovation clusters

European Innovation Council needs leading innovators and a sense of urgency

European Innovation Council advisers say it will set a new standard of excellence for EU funding

EU agrees to more support for venture capital for start-ups

Start-ups must be made to feel at ease to grow in Europe

EU to propose array of measures to help companies scale-up

EU invites business experts to help shape European Innovation Council

Time to re-think public support for innovation in Europe

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