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A Czech candidate nominated for European Prize for Women Innovators

06/02/2025

The co-founder of a Czech innovative start-up RoboTwin Megi Mejdrechová has been nominated for this year´s European Prize for Women Innovators. The prize is jointly awarded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the European Innovation Council (EIC).

Megi Mejdrechová is nominated in the EIT Women Leadership category intended for exceptional representatives of the EIT community. The other two categories are the Women Innovators Prize for women who strarted up successful innovative companies and the Rising Innovators Prize for female innovators under 35.

The awards will be presented on April 3rd during the EIC Summit in Brussels. Further details are available here.

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EIT issues statement on EIT Manufacturing and support for beneficiaries

24/04/2026

On 23 April 2026, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) issued a statement on EIT Manufacturing, stating that the claims process is now open for beneficiaries. Following the opening of judicial liquidation proceedings concerning EIT Manufacturing...

New interactive Dashboard opens access to results of European analysis on Horizon Europe rules

24/04/2026

The results of the European analysis Horizon Europe’s Legal, Financial and Administrative Rules – A Report on their Practical Use, prepared by the network of National Contact Points (NCPs) within the Horizon Academy project, are now also available through an interactive...

Geographical imbalance between selected EU programmes: Horizon Europe stands out

21/04/2026

In an article published on March 12, 2026, we looked at the participation of Czech entities in selected other EU’s programmes, with an emphasis—primarily for methodological reasons—on participation in projects. We are addressing this topic—at least tangentially—because...

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