Kat Borlongan of the EIC board helped France launch its start-up strategy. Now she wants more strategic direction from the EU

Under a new proposal, the EIC would fund dual-use technologies and defence would become the fourth priority of the STEP programme

The OECD applauds EU support for start-ups, but warns that grant funding can lull innovators into a false sense of security

The EU innovation agency wants to be more agile, as it plans to fund dual-use projects and create closer links with other EU funding institutions

Small, young health start-ups that are looking to scale up are best placed to secure funding from the European Innovation Council

Companies selected in first EIC STEP Scale Up call welcome new €30 million investment ceiling, and urge the EU to maintain ambition

A greater focus on user experience would help lift the burden of the next EU Framework Programme

Warning reflects consultants’ “increasingly aggressive” business practices and unjustified claims they can put applicants on an inside track

Mid-term review calls for broader success in winning grants and more French project coordinators

Newly independent EIT KICs will not cut less profitable activities, says EIT Digital chief, but someone must pay if Europe wants more