277 innovators selected for funding under EIC’s SME Instrument
The companies will receive a total amount of €13.7 million to share between their projects to get their innovations faster on the market.
Examples of the projects selected include a world-first foldable car seat, a satellite monitoring system for wildfires, a fast test for breast cancer screening, a smart charger for mobile devices, a fast control system for acrylamide in food, 4D asset modelling for drones, an artificial intelligence-based software platform and a platform detecting and preventing cyber-violence.
In this phase of the SME Instrument each project, 274 in total, will receive €50.000 to draft a business plan. Several companies can team up to propose one project. The companies will also get free coaching and business acceleration services.
Most companies selected for funding are in the field of information and communication technology (ICT), health and engineering. Most companies are based in Spain (46), Switzerland (23) and France (22).
The European Commission received 2822 proposals for the 13 February cut-off.