European Innovation Council managers could hand-pick projects in the next Framework Programme

EIC and collaborative research projects should have easy access to deployment funds, says Zaharieva

The European Innovation Council will pilot ARPA-style challenge calls on physical AI and replacing animal testing

The European Commission and private investors want to launch an ambitious fund to help technology companies scale-up in Europe

Michiel Scheffer says overload is “problematic,” as he explains how the European Innovation Council will become more like a US-style ARPA

Michiel Scheffer says mobility, soils, AI and quantum computing hardware are possible topics for 2026 pilot challenges

Germany’s innovation agency gives money rapidly to multiple competing teams to find radical new technologies. The EIC is creating similar contests

Programme managers at the European Innovation Council could be in line for more responsibility as the Commission refines the role