EU will offer €20m in prizes for innovators
The European Commission is about to offer €20m in prizes for researchers to offer innovative solutions to specific problems.
A first pilot prize has been awarded this year to a biopharmaceutical company having delivered solutions to store vaccines without need for refrigeration. Another prize, for which submissions are now closed, has been launched with the aim of supporting the creation of apps for running local public services.
Next in line is a similar prize offering €7,238 for the best ideas for the promotion of technology-enabled growth and job creation in the EU. Funded by Horizon 2020, more prizes will be announced in 2015 and are expected to cover the areas of health, transport, energy and materials, and renewable biological resources. In 2016 and 2017, more prizes will be included in EU annual work programmes.
Read MoreEureka’s new call for funding technological innovation projects
EUREKA launched a new call for technological innovation projects. National innovation and funding agencies from four European countries are participating in this call, which are based in France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom. Applications are be submitted before Friday August 1st, 2014 to EUREKA National Project Coordinators.
Information about the application process is available at EUREKA’s website
For more details on the EUREKA call for joint collaborative project proposals, please click here.
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