The EIT is a unique EU initiative that drives innovation across Europe by integrating business, education and research to find solutions to pressing global challenges
- The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is an independent EU body created by the European Union in 2008. Its aims to increase Europe’s ability to innovate by nurturing entrepreneurial talent and supporting new ideas
- EIT supports the development of dynamic, long-term European partnerships among leading companies, research labs and higher education
- There are 8 Innovation Communities dedicated to finding solutions to a specific global challenge:
- The EIT Community offers a wide range of innovation and entrepreneurship activities: education courses that combine technical and entrepreneurial skills, tailored business creation and acceleration services and innovation driven research projects
- The EIT Hub in Israel creates synergies between the EIT community and the Israeli innovation ecosystem to support the growth of innovative start ups and increase the number of EU-Israel and Cross KIC collaborative projects
- For EIT opportunities for Israeli Startups see here
- See here the EIT Israeli Tech Companies in Europe report