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European Innovation Council (EIC) Info D...

by Brigid Burke

150 innovators, entrepreneurs and industry experts made their way to Enterprise Ireland on Wednesday 6 November for a European Innovation Council (EIC) info day. Organised by National Contact Points James Walsh and David Flood, the event highlighted the range of funding opportunities available under the EIC programme.

Bio-based artificial lungs to change pat...

by Brigid Burke

European Innovation Council

CellMembrane, a Horizon Europe project led by Irish medtech firm Smart Reactors, is developing a nanocellulose membrane that could transform the fortunes of those with lung disease around the world. “We’re taking woody plant matter, effectively like sawdust, processing it at a nanoscale level and building a scaffold that will act as an artificial lung,” explains Mark Brassil, Smart Reactor’s co-founder and CTO.

MBRYONICS AWARDED €17.5 MILLION FROM EUR...

by Paula Vigueras

European Innovation Council

Mbryonics announced that they have been approved for a recommended investment of €17.5m from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator.

Femtech Innovations – HIHI Femtech Call ...

by Anne-Marie Daly

Cluster 1 Health

Health Innovation Hub Ireland has launched its first call for Irish Femtech Innovations – HIHI Femtech Call 2023. Researchers or start-up with innovations for female healthcare are encouraged to apply. The call closes on 17th November 2023.

€18m funding win for four Enterprise Ire...

by Anne-Marie Daly

European Innovation Council

20 June 2023 – Four Enterprise Ireland-backed companies have won funding approvals of up to €18m in the latest competition under Horizon Europe’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Programme. The four successful companies are Luminate Medical, Hooke Bio, BioSimulytics, and Celtic Biotech.

Ireland ranks second in Horizon Europe E...

by Anne-Marie Daly

European Innovation Council

30 March 2023 – Ireland has ranked second in Europe in the latest funding competition under Horizon Europe’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Programme. Three Irish-based companies have been approved €22.4m according to evaluation results released by the European Commission.

Rockfield set to disrupt global tube fee...

by Anne-Marie Daly

Cluster 1 Health

As a person with cystic fibrosis, Tomás Thompson was acutely aware of the challenges of tube feeding and how much they affected patients’ quality of life. “Over the past 40 years, lots of medical devices have changed hugely,” explains Thompson, founder, and CEO of Rockfield Medical Devices.

Two Irish women entrepreneurs win EU Pri...

by Anne-Marie Daly

EU Prize for Women Innovators

Two talented and inspiring Irish women entrepreneurs are winners in the EU Prize for Women Innovators 2022. Dr Ciara Clancy, founder and CEO of Beats Medical, has won in the Women Innovators category while Niamh Donnelly, co-founder and CRO of Akara Robotics, won in the Rising Innovators category.

EU funding enables Ovagen to tackle glob...

by Anne-Marie Daly

European Innovation Council

With the support of €3.4m in European Research and shareholder matched funding, Irish biotech firm Ovagen Group Ltd has succeeded in producing a world-first product that can significantly boost the global production of vaccines.

Three Enterprise Ireland Companies Secur...

by Anne-Marie Daly

European Innovation Council

21 October 2022 – The European Commission has released evaluation results showing that three Enterprise Ireland-backed companies have been selected and approved for a total of €24.3m in funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Programme.

Four Enterprise Ireland Supported Compan...

by Anne-Marie Daly

European Innovation Council

Four Enterprise Ireland Supported Companies Secure €23m in European Innovation Council Accelerator Call. Ireland is ranked 5th in most competitive EIC Accelerator call to date in Horizon Europe.