Horizon Europe Innovative Europe

Horizon Europe is open to everyone and has a broad range of focus areas, divided across 3 pillars: Excellent Science, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, and Innovative Europe. Each pillar has a specific set of grants and tenders connected to it. This page provides a brief overview of the Horizon Europe Innovative Europe pillar.

The Goal of Horizon Europe Innovative Europe

The goal of this third pillar is “stimulating market-creating breakthroughs and ecosystems conducive to innovation”. This is done within 3 different subdomains:

• European Innovation Council (EIC). Focusing on market-creating innovation and SME growth. The EIC program has been published, including EIC accelerator and EIC Pathfinder calls. Total estimated budget, 2021: €1141.80M.
• European Innovation Ecosystems. Aims at connecting with regional and national innovation actors.
• European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Focusing on integrating research, higher education, business and entrepreneurship.

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Official EC information on European Partnerships in Horizon Europe

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