European Innovation Council

About the European Innovation Council The EIC is Europe’s flagship innovation programme to identify, develop and scale up breakthrough technologies and game changing innovations **Who we are** The European Innovation Council (EIC) has been established under the EU [**Horizon Europe**](https://ec.europa.eu/info/horizon-europe_en) programme. It has a budget of €10.1 billion to support game changing innovations throughout the lifecycle from early stage research, to proof of concept, technology transfer, and the financing and scale up of start-ups and SMEs. The strategy and implementation of the EIC is steered by the [**EIC Board**](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-communities/eic-board_en), which has independent members appointed from the world of innovation (entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, corporates and others from the innovation ecosystem). The **EIC and SME Executive Agency** responsible for supporting the EIC Board and its President, and for implementing the EIC’s activities which are set out in an annual [**EIC Work Programme**](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-2023-work-programme_en).