EIT Water, the EU’s new community for water-related innovation, is set to start work in 2026, with the first calls for projects and training launching in 2027.
This new knowledge and innovation community will be the tenth launched by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Like its predecessors, EIT Water will provide entrepreneurship training, as well as business and acceleration support to innovators across Europe.
In November, the EIT selected a group of 50 organisations from 24 countries to launch EIT Water, with Denmark’s Aarhus University taking the lead. The consortium will receive €5 million and one year to establish the organisation, recruit staff, and develop a comprehensive strategy.
“It’s like rapidly building and scaling a very fast start-up,” said Michelle Williams, project coordinator at Aarhus University, in an interview with Science|Business.
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