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The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected the next set of proposals under the 2024 EIC Pathfinder Open call. 45 new projects will receive altogether up to €138 million and will develop cutting-edge technologies throughout a wide range of fields – health, artificial intelligence, computing, environment, and energy.
The successful applications were chosen among 1110 evaluated submissions. Selected applicants come from 25 countries, with the highest number coming from Italy, Germany, Spain and France. Participants mostly come from higher education (46%) and research organisations (22%) and SMEs, accounting for around 22% of participants.
One of the successful projects is coordinated from Serbia:
CancerScan: “Smart pathology slide scanner for diagnosis and patient-specific treatment recommendation in oncology” is coordinated by NEOVIVUM TECHNOLOGIES DOO NOVI SAD.
The EIC Pathfinder scheme supports the exploration of bold ideas for radically new technologies. It welcomes the high-risk/high gain and interdisciplinary cutting-edge science collaborations that underpin technological breakthroughs.
Grants of up to €3 million (Pathfinder Open call – fully bottom-up) or up to €4 million (Pathfinder Challenges call – with thematic priorities) support early-stage development of future technologies (e.g. various activities at low Technology Readiness Levels 1-3), up to proof of concept. EIC Pathfinder projects benefit from interactions with EIC Programme Managers and can receive additional funding for testing the innovation potential of their research outputs or for working across projects for portfolio actions. In addition, promising results can receive substantial follow up funding through the EIC Transition scheme to create a commercial venture or use the Fast Track scheme to access the EIC Accelerator to bring innovations to the market.
Selected proposals will receive not only grants, but will also have access to tailor-made coaching under the EIC Business Acceleration Services.
For more examples please consult the source page of this news: https://eic.ec.europa.eu/news/eic-pathfinder-eu138-million-support-bold-ideas-radically-new-technologies-2024-09-05_en and the list of projects here.
The EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2024 call is open for applications with a deadline on 16 October 2024 at 17:00 CET.