Discover the most innovative stakeholders on the European scene in 2023

Discover the most innovative stakeholders on the European scene in 2023

We take a final look at the European innovation landscape in 2023. In this article, we detail broken down by different areas, who were the most innovative stakeholders last year. Universities, research centres, SMEs… Discover the top 5 most innovative in each area.

Health

InnovatorCountryTypeHealth projects in 2023Grant received in these projects
IRSNFranceResearch249.651.967 €
ANSESFranceResearch539.067.350 €
UBAGermanyResearch323.855.246 €
ARIANEGROUP SASFrancePrivate company218.433.656 €
AUDenmarkUniversity2417.777.102 €

Climate change & Environment

InnovatorCountryTypeProjects in the areaGrant received in theses projects
EIT FOODBelgiumOther1179.237.059 €
STEGTunisiaPrivate company1153.823.952 €
EIT KIC URBAN MOBILITY SLSpainSME6132.124.853 €
MINISTERO DELL’INTERNOItalyPublic entity2110.181.710 €
CNRSFranceResearch8463.731.394 €

Energy

InnovatorCountryTypeProjects in the areaGrant received in theses projects
H2GS ABSwedenUnknown1250.000.000 €
EIT FOODBelgiumOther1179.237.059 €
STEGTunisiaPrivate company1153.823.952 €
DEVNYA CEMENT JSCBulgariaUnknown1151.038.639 €
EIT RAW MATERIALS GMBHGermanyPrivate company1136.112.353 €

Transport

InnovatorCountryTypeProjects in the areaGrant received in theses projects
H2GS ABSwedenUnknown1250.000.000 €
DEVNYA CEMENT JSCBulgariaUnknown1151.038.639 €
RZADOWEJ AGENCJI REZERW STRATEGICZNYCHPolandUnknown1135.848.000 €
AIR LIQUIDE INDUSTRIES BELGIUMBelgiumPrivate company1108.864.768 €
CARBFIX OHFIcelandPrivate company1106.990.000 €

Industrial Technology

InnovatorCountryTypeProjects in the areaGrant received in theses projects
EIT HEALTH EVGermanyPrivate company1142.850.588 €
EIT MANUFACTURING ASBLFranceOther197.364.990 €
BIOZIN HOLDING ASNorwayPrivate company175.000.000 €
FRAUNHOFERGermanyNGO7355.742.291 €
KIC SENetherlandsPrivate company244.317.820 €

Digital Economy

InnovatorCountryTypeProjects in the areaGrant received in theses projects
EIT DIGITALBelgiumSME230.640.042 €
MOTOR OILGreece Private Company 213.432.725 €
UCYCyprus University 110.696.594 €
SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWERFrance Private Company 27.726.859 €
UNIBOItalyUniversity 77.283.742 €

Society

InnovatorCountryTypeProjects in the areaGrant received in theses projects
EIT RAW MATERIALS GMBHGermanyPrivate company1136.112.353 €
ESSO NEDERLAND BVNetherlands Unknown130.497.000 €
SGRE-DKDenmark Private company130.000.000 €
CNRSFrance Research 4021.315.540 €
UNL PortugalUniversity1118.207.880 €

Space

InnovatorCountryTypeProjects in the areaGrant received in theses projects
EIT KIC URBAN MOBILITY SLSpainSME3130.255.851 €
EIT KIC URBAN MOBILITY SLNetherlandsSME142.336.513 €
CNRSFranceResearch3937.319.178 €
RZADOWEJ AGENCJI REZERW STRATEGICZNYCHPolandUnknown135.515.202 €
CNESFrance Research425.530.809 €

Digital Transformation

InnovatorCountryTypeProjects in the areaGrant received in theses projects
EIT FOODBelgiumOther1179.237.059 €
EIT DIGITALBelgiumSME432.392.742 €
KNG-KARNTEN NETZ GMBHAustriaPrivate company123.468.372 €
ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATORSloveniaPrivate company119.400.000 €
MINISTERO DELLA SALUTEItalyPublic entity116.972.097 €

Food

InnovatorCountryTypeProjects in the areaGrant received in theses projects
EIT FOODBelgiumOther2179.476.684 €
RZADOWEJ AGENCJI REZERW STRATEGICZNYCHPoland Unknown135.515.202 €
MSB THE SWEDISH CIVIL CONTINGENCIES AGENCYSwedenPublic entity125.225.894 €
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MAGAGEMENT AUTHORITYTurkeyPublic entity120.813.800 €
INRAEFranceResearch1611.166.177 €

Fundamental Research

InnovatorCountryTypeProjects in the areaGrant received
CNRSFranceResearch1268.541.313 €
MPGGermany NGO1138.262.370 €
UOXF United Kingdom University 1109.966.237 €
CSIC Spain Research154.258.725 €
THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE United KingdomPublic entity1109.397.379 €