EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities: addressing global challenges through partnerships. Our Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) are Europe-wide networks centred around addressing a specific societal challenge from sustainable energy to climate change to healthy food and green transport. They are communities of:

Mar 12, 2025 · With a Call for Proposals currently open to launch its next Knowledge and Innovation Community in water, marine and maritime ecosystems, the EIT Community currently counts nine KICs, each dedicated to tackling a major societal challenge through innovation. From climate change and health to digital transformation and sustainable energy, the EIT KICs bring together leading partners from business ...

Oct 23, 2024 · The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with its first three Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs): EIT Climate-KIC, EIT Digital and EIT InnoEnergy.

The EIT runs nine Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs), each of which tackles a specific societal challenge. The KICs support innovation and entrepreneurship and generate breakthroughs by fostering collaboration between higher education, research and businesses.

EIT Knowledge Innovation Communities (KICs) develop innovative products and services, start new companies, and train a new generation of entrepreneurs. Together, we power innovators and entrepreneurs across Europe to turn their best ideas into products, services, jobs and growth.

Mar 4, 2025 · The European Institute of Innovation and Technology has published factsheets of the EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities (EIT KICs). Each factsheet provides a snapshot of the EIT KICs' key activities, illustrating their extensive partnership network, geographical reach, impact numbers, and success stories.

The mission of the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) is to foster innovation activities and investments with added European value. This also includes supporting the creation of innovative start-ups as well as the development of innovative companies in addition to …

Since 2010, EIT has launched eight Innovation Communities. There are currently eight Innovation Communities and each focuses on a different societal challenge: EIT Climate-KIC: drivers of climate innovation in Europe and beyond; EIT Digital: for a strong, digital Europe; EIT Food: EIT Food connects businesses, research centres, universities and ...

Jan 30, 2024 · EIT Climate-KIC has become the world’s largest climate-focused acceleration programme, gathering around 450 partners and incubating over 2 100 climate-positive companies, attracting over EUR 2 billion in capital and creating more than 15 000 jobs. Read the EIT Climate-KIC report here.

The EIT AI community comprises several Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) that drive collaboration among businesses, higher education institutions and research organisations.