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European Innovation Scoreboard 2024

09/07/2024

The European Commission published the Innovation Scoreboard 2024: a comparative assessment of the Research and Innovation performance of EU Member States, other European, and selected third countries. Czechia is still placed among the Moderate Innovators (70 - 100 % EU average), however, its innovation index increased by 2,3 % compared to 2023 .

Top innovation leader is Denmark, followed by Sweden which placed first in 2023. Estonia newly joined the club of Strong innovators.

The Innovation Scoreboards for national as well as regional levels are available here.

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The first EIC Pre-Accelerator call attracted over 1,000 applicants

26/11/2025

The first EIC Pre-Accelerator 2025 call, with a deadline of November 18, 2025, received 1,056 eligible applications from a total of 30 countries. This is a new instrument funded under the WIDERA Work Program 2025. Eligible beneficiaries are small and medium-sized enterprises...

EIC Accelerator: New Annotated template and check list

05/03/2025

The international Access2EIC network has published two new support documents for applicants to the EIC Accelerator programme. The first document is an annotated version of the project application form for Step 1 (the short proposal, which is the first step in the...

EIC Pathfinder Open call 2025

20/02/2025

EIC Pathfinder Open call for 2025 opened on February 20, 2025. The programme supports interdisciplinary research leading to the creation of a basis for a breakthrough technology or a future innovation. Project application must be submitted by an international...

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