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What is the CResPace project and its main innovation?
CResPace develops adaptive pacemakers based on central pattern generators and invented artificial neurons on silicon chips that behave like real neurons, enabling new therapies for cardiorespiratory and functional neurological diseases through interdisciplinar...
What is the EIC Community?
The EIC Community is an exclusive virtual meeting place with a directory of over 5,700 EIC companies and 440 research teams, a community forum, event tools, and a marketplace to announce innovation challenges.
What is the purpose of the Buyers Partnership Programme?
It connects EIC innovators with public and private buyers through early market consultation and procurement scouting days to help overcome procurement barriers for start-ups.
What key impacts did the FET Traces study find for FET projects?
Analyzing 224 FET Open and Proactive projects (2007–2014), the study found 36% impacted more than 20 scientific fields, 83% dealt with research ideas not present before, 29% received scientific awards, 33% had at least one publication with industry partners, 2...
What outcomes did GENESINK achieve after EIC support?
After EIC support, GENESINK secured BAS access, the CEO won an EIC pitching contest and obtained funding from Rise Tide 3, and the company started a partnership with L’Oréal following an EIC Corporate Day.
What services are provided by EIC Business Acceleration Services (BAS)?
EIC BAS offers tailor-made coaching, mentoring, expertise and training; access to global partners (corporates, investors, procurers, distributors and clients); and connections to innovation ecosystem partners and peers, leveraging a network of 5,700+ quality-s...
Who evaluates EIC proposals and what are the benefits of becoming an evaluator?
Pathfinder evaluators were mainly from academia (52%), research organisations (24%) and private firms (6%); Accelerator evaluators include venture capitalists (26%), innovation and industry specialists (29%), entrepreneurs (24%), business angels and others (21...
Can you give examples of EIC-backed digital/quantum and robotics companies?
IQM (Finland) received €2.5 million in grants and €15 million in investment to commercialise superconducting qubit and quantum processing technologies (developing the Prometheus 1,000-qubit computer). Indoor Robotics Ltd (Israel) received €2.5 million in grant...
How does the EIC measure progress and impact (KPI highlights)?
The KPI framework (developed in 2020) monitors short-, medium- and long-term impact. Examples: KPI1—90.44% of EIC Accelerator companies addressed at least one SDG in 2020; KPI2—market capital multiple of following investment was 3.4 for 2015 and 2.4 for 2016;...
How does the EIC monitor innovations generated by Pathfinder projects?
The EIC uses the Innovation Radar methodology to monitor innovations generated by EIC Pathfinder projects.
How does the EIC support digital technologies and Industry 5.0?
The EIC portfolio includes start-ups, scale-ups and projects in high-performance computing, edge computing, quantum technologies, cybersecurity, AI, blockchain, cloud technologies and IoT; of the 93 centaur companies in the EIC portfolio, nearly 50 are in the...
How innovative are the Pathfinder innovations and what is their time to market?
About 60% of the identified innovations are considered highly innovative; in 50% of cases the time to market is less than five years; almost three quarters have potential to create new markets or target emerging markets, and in around half the cases there is n...
How many innovations have been identified in Pathfinder projects?
Innovation Radar identified 827 innovations in 146 EIC Pathfinder projects, with on average around five innovations developed per project.
How many patent applications and grants have resulted from Pathfinder projects?
So far, 29 EIC Pathfinder projects have made 58 patent applications and been awarded 28 patents.
How many projects has the EIC Pathfinder funded since 2014 and in which fields?
Since 2014 it has funded 408 projects in Health, Digital/ICT, Energy and Environment, Manufacturing and Infrastructures, and Food and Agriculture.
How prevalent is SME participation in Pathfinder projects and what impact has it had?
SMEs participate in more than 70% of Pathfinder projects; SMEs involved have reported almost €40 million in revenue growth and created an estimated 586 new jobs; about 12% of projects led to a spin-off company.
What is an example of a Pathfinder project in sustainable textiles?
Spinnova & FLIPT (Finland) received €3.7 million and developed a technology to produce textile fibre from cellulosic biomass with very low CO2 emissions and minimal resource use; a pilot factory was set up in Jyväskylä and Spinnova carried out an IPO in June 2...
What is EIC Transition and what does it support?
EIC Transition is a scheme to support follow-up of EIC Pathfinder and ERC projects, taking them from proof of concept to technology demonstration for a specific application and developing a business case; it builds on a pilot that supported 134 projects with a...
What is the EIC Pathfinder?
The EIC Pathfinder funds cutting-edge, high-risk and high-reward research and innovation projects that aim to demonstrate completely new technological paradigms and strengthen Europe’s deep-tech ecosystem.
What is the QUSMI project and what are its advantages?
QUSMI aims to commercialise a non-radioactive alternative for non-invasive cancer diagnosis and staging; the prototype has reached an advanced stage and offers lower material costs, operation at room temperature, MRI compatibility, results in about two minutes...
What is the share of women among researchers in Pathfinder projects?
In total, 31% of the researchers in EIC Pathfinder projects are women.
What is the typical composition of EIC Pathfinder teams?
Teams are transnational (from at least three different countries), involve mainly universities and research institutes as well as private companies and industrial partners, and span 49 different countries including all EU Member States.
What kinds of research does the Pathfinder support?
It supports high-risk, high-impact research on future and emerging technologies with a focus on interdisciplinarity and visionary approaches; it is open to all fields with targeted funding for particular challenges.
What level of grant funding does the EIC Pathfinder provide?
It awards grants of up to €3–4 million for trans-national collaborative projects.