Matching people's potential

Promoted by EIC and EIT InnoNext concretises multidisciplinary collaboration among qualified researchers, start-ups and SME through “Innovation internships”.

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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 Talents
  • EIC Pathfinder PhD candidates
  • EIC Pathfinder Postdoctoral researchers
  • EIC Transition researchers 
EIT Talents
  • 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
ERC Talents
  • PhD and/or postdoctoral researchers participating in projects funded by the European Research Council (ERC)
MSCA Talents
  • 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
RI Talents
  • PHD and/or postdoctoral researcher participating as a consortium member in a project funded by the Research Infrastructures part of Horizon Europe
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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:

EIC Companies
  • 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
EIT Companies
  • Start-ups and SMEs supported by the EIT Community and business creation services
  • Start-ups and SMEs created as a result of receiving support from KICS
  • Start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs that have been partners of KICs for Innovation activities
  • 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
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Success Stories

Talent

"The process went very professionally and efficiently, and the support from InnoNext was second to none once CinSOIL and I found an agreement on the vision and the way forward.During the next 6 months, I am aiming to make CinSOIL's technology the go-to solution for affordable and quick soil testing and soil data within the agri-food value chain. I also intend to learn loads in this process."

Nicolas Gholam
EIT Alumnus, EIT Food Innovator Fellowships
Berlin, Germany
Company

I think this program is ideal for companies that are growing at this stage and need this kind of support where they get access to high class talents that have prior experience in the exact ecosystem we are part of (e.g. EIT Food in our case), and being able to support the talents financially at the same time through the InnoNext program.

The process was really smooth. We advertised two positions (so far) and within a day we started getting applicants (up to 15 applicants for one position). This was followed by scheduling interviews with the candidates with the most interesting profile(s) and finalising the hires.

Dr. Tavseef Mairaj Shah
COO and Co-Founder CinSOIL GmbH
Berlin, Germany
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