The EIT Community joins European Research & Innovation Days
European Research and Innovation Days, the European Commission’s annual flagship event, brings together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and citizens to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond.
An Open EIT Call for Europe’s Innovation Leaders – EIT is looking for new members for its Governing Board
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is looking for innovators to help Europe transition to a greener, healthier and more sustainable future. The EIT is selecting up to four new members for its Governing Board, and the Call of Expression of Interest is now open. Applicants have until 30 September 2020 to express interest and help drive innovation in Europe.
AquaInSilico receives EIT RawMaterials Booster grant to commercialise wastewater treatment software
The grant from EIT RawMaterials Booster will allow AquaInSilico to build on its collaboration with a leading European environmental, water and waste management group to commercialise its software tools to remove phosphorus from wastewater in a more environmentally friendly and effective way than existing methods. The recovered phosphorus can then be sold for use in fertilisers.
EIT RawMaterials and Eramet team up in Real-time Monitoring Challenge 2020 for smart raw materials processing solutions
EIT RawMaterials and Eramet are jointly organising the Eramet Real-time Monitoring Challenge 2020 to find new innovative solutions for in-situ and real-time monitoring. The challenge offers start-ups and SMEs the opportunity to collaborate with a global industrial leader and to validate their solution.
30 innovative ideas to fight water scarcity in Southern Europe
The Cross-KIC project on Finding innovative solutions for water scarcity in Southern Europe is bringing together 30 start-ups from all over Europe to provide solutions to this issue. In the next three months, the start-ups will receive training and advice and the best ones will receive an economical award. The program will end with a final competition between the start-ups in Spain.
Recycleye to build the world’s first fully digitised materials recovery facility
Recycleye start-up supported by EIT RawMaterials secures a GBP 0.5 million project to reinvent recycling facilities with 21st-century technology. The world’s first fully digitised materials recovery facility will accelerate the transition towards a circular economy.