Matching people's potential
Promoted by EIC and EIT InnoNext concretises multidisciplinary collaboration among qualified researchers, start-ups and SME through “Innovation internships”.
Discover who can apply
Who is this for?
• European qualified start-ups and companies
• European qualified researchers and innovators
What to get?
A fully funded scientific collaboration within the European research ecosystem.
How to join?
Apply to InnoNext and
• promote your competencies
• create opportunities to collaborate
Applications are now open!
Who Can Apply
Visiting Talents
Are you a researcher driven to transform cutting-edge ideas into real-world solutions? InnoNext initiative addresses researchers and innovators working at the frontiers of scientific and deep-tech R&D, ready to move breakthrough technologies from lab to market.
Apply to InnoNext if you are:
- EIC Pathfinder PhD candidates
- EIC Pathfinder Postdoctoral researchers
- EIC Transition researchers
- Students or graduates from EIT Label Master’s or Doctoral programmes
- EIT Alumni members
- Researchers from other postdoctoral training programmes funded by the EIT Community
- Other KICs education programmes
The dedicated funding for new internships for EIT Talents has now been fully allocated. New internships activations involving EIT Talents are suspended until further notice.
For EIT Talents: We are unable to accept new applications at this time. For Hosting Companies: currently it is not possible to activate new internships with EIT Talents.
The program continues normally for all other talent categories (ERC, EIC Pathfinder, etc.) and for all hosting companies, including those from the EIT community.
- PhD and/or postdoctoral researchers participating in projects funded by the European Research Council (ERC)
- Fellows participating in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Fellows participating in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks
- Fellows participating in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND
- PHD and/or postdoctoral researcher participating as a consortium member in a project funded by the Research Infrastructures part of Horizon Europe
Hosting Companies
Are you an innovative start-up or SME willing to access new ideas and insights from the cutting edge of research and accelerate the development of your solutions? InnoNext initiative connects start-ups with researchers at the forefront of scientific and deep-tech R&D.
Apply to InnoNext if your company is:
- Start-ups and SMEs supported by the EIC Accelerator (including H2020 SME instrument)
- EIC awarded Seal of Excellence companies
- Start-ups and SMEs supported by EIC Transition
- Start-ups and SMEs supported by EIC Pathfinder
- Start-ups and SMEs supported by the EIT Community and its business creation services
- Businesses founded with support from Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs)
- Companies that have partnered with KICs for innovation activities
- Start-ups or scale-ups with at least one co-founder who is an EIT Alumni member
Success Stories
