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Newsletter October 2024

EIT Newsletter 03 Oct 2024

EIT Newsletter: October 2024

Welcome to the EIT's October Newsletter!
 
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) was recognised for its added-value and efficiency in two latest independent Horizon Europe Reports. The report highlighted the EIT KIC's powerful leverage effect of turning every one euro to up to eight euros and the EIT's ability to successfully tackle Europe’s geographic innovation gap. 
 
Don't miss the opportunities and open calls now available, including the EIT HEI Initative's biggest call for proposals and EIT Manufacturing's Innovate Together call. Our newsletter also includes a recap of all the online information webinars organised for EIT Water - our upcoming call for a new Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) in the Water, Marine and Maritime Sectors and Ecosystem. 
 
Events around the corner include INNOVEIT Slush happening in Helsinki, the EIT's Women and Girls in STEM Forum taking place in October, and a series of online webinars for the 2024 EIT HEI Initiative call for proposals. Enjoy the reading!

News

EIT ‘successful in unifying and integrating the Knowledge Triangle and in supporting the development of long-term pan-European innovation ecosystems’ says new independent study of Horizon Europe

EIT

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s (EIT) ‘grassroots connections across all EU Member States enables the EIT a flexible and dynamic approach that allows Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) to act quickly’ says the Evaluation Study of the European Framework ...

Sep 17

 

EIT KICs: Driving Innovation With Strong Focus on Leverage and Synergies

EIT

The Biennial monitoring report 2024 on Partnerships in Horizon Europe ‘Performance of European partnerships’ has highlighted the strong performance of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s (EIT) Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) in advancing Europe’s research and in ...

Oct 02

 

EIT HEI Initiative Launches EUR 56 Million Call To Boost Innovation, Entrepreneurship And Deep Tech In Higher Education

EIT

19 September – Budapest, Hungary – The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is launching a new call under the EIT Higher Education Institutions (HEI) Initiative. The EIT HEI Initiative Call for Proposals 2024 offers an opportunity for higher education institutions and business p ...

Sep 19

 

UNITE programme launches in Brussels to bridge Europe’s digital health divide

Digital

EIT Digital has announced the official launch of UNITE, a major pan-European programme aimed at transforming healthcare through digital deep tech innovation.Selected as part of the European Commission’s Regional Innovation Valleys initiative under the New European Innovation Agenda, the 4-year pro ...

Sep 24

 

Join Our Info Sessions on the Upcoming Call for Proposals for EIT Water

EIT

Register now for the information sessions about the upcoming Call for a new EIT KICWe are excited to announce a series of information sessions focusing on the upcoming Call for Proposals for a new EIT Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) in the water, marine, maritime sectors and ecosystems. The ...

Sep 09

 

ecop: From EIT Award Winner to Pioneering Heat Pump Innovator

EIT Community

ecop, the innovative Austrian company previously known as REHEAT, has achieved a significant milestone in its journey towards revolutionising the industrial heating sector. Celebrated for its high-temperature heat pump technology, ecop’s success story is a testament to the power of innovation ...

Aug 29

 

New European Bauhaus ignites innovation in four European cities

Climate

Launched in early 2021, the New European Bauhaus (NEB) provides funding for projects leading the transformation of cities into more thriving and resilient communities that are better prepared to tackle the climate crisis.NEB is an EU-backed initiative built on the principles of sustainability, inclu ...

Sep 17

 

Events

Join EIT HEI Initiative info sessions to learn more about Call for Proposals 2024

EIT Community

The EIT HEI Initiative is organising a series of online info sessions to present the Call for Proposals 2024 in more detail and answer applicants’ questions. The webinars will cover different topics, and each webinar will build on the previous one.Session 1: Overview of EIT HEI Initiative Cal ...

 

Women and Girls in STEM Forum 2024

EIT

Join the Women and Girls in STEM Forum 2024 on 10 October, live-streamed from Budapest, Hungary.The Women and Girls in STEM Forum is an annual flagship event celebrating the success of the Girls Go Circular initiative, led by the EIT Community, in cooperation with the EIT and the European Commission ...

 

The EIT Community’s INNOVEIT will bring people together again around SLUSH in Helsinki in November 2024

Food

Mark your calendars!19 November 2024 – INNOVEIT Conference | 11.00 to 17.0020-21 November 2024 – INNOVEIT @ SLUSH | 8.00 to 18.00Check the main EIT SLUSH page to get tickets19 November 2024 – INNOVEIT ConferenceHow does money help accelerate innovation? Which role do women entrepreneurs play i ...

 

Opportunities

Innovate Together 2024

Manufacturing

The second edition of the Innovate Together 2024 Call, launched by EIT Manufacturing in collaboration with the European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA), and co-financed by the Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD).The Call is designed to foster collaboration b ...

 

EIT Digital Champions is open for applications!

Digital

Europe’s signature scale-up competition is back!EIT Digital welcomes applications from scale-ups that need fundraising support. In this 12th edition, EIT Digital will select 50 finalists to pitch their companies to the jury of international investors. The winners, the Champions, will receive ...

 

NetZeroCities Call for Enabling City Transformation

Climate

The Enabling City Transformation Call invites Mission Cities to propose innovative actions to overcome systemic challenges faced when implementing climate action. This eighteen-month programme aims foster large-scale, city-wide transformation, building upon and progressing beyond the Pilot Citi ...

 

Empowering SMEs Call 2024 is now open!

Manufacturing

What is 'Empowering SMEs'?Empowering SMEs 2024 Call seeks small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including start-ups, ready to scale up their business by addressing industrial challenges and contributing to a competitive and sustainable European manufacturing sector.Proposals should:Adapt existi ...