We take a final look at the European innovation landscape in 2021. 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
Innovator Country Type Projects in the area Grant received CNRS France Research 25 18.067.108 € UMC Utrecht Netherlands University 12 16.668.982 € UOXF United Kingdom University 16 15.410.161 € INSERM France Research 16 14.506.374 € ULEI Netherlands University 7 11.768.491 €
Climate change & Environment
Innovator Country Type Projects in the area Grant received CNRS France Research 55 26.946.074 € UCPH Denmark University 40 21.371.937 € NTNU Norway University 18 19.058.571 € DTU Denmark University 20 17.062.127 € ETH ZÜRICH Switzerland University 27 16.365.755 €
Energy
Innovator Country Type Projects in the area Grant received DTU Denmark University 20 26.771.620 € CNRS France Research 32 20.145.957 € UCAM United Kingdom Public Entity 20 19.861.403 € MCPHY France SME 1 19.093.386 € SINTEF Norway Research 10 18.647.964 €
Transport
Industrial Technology
Innovator Country Type Projects in the area Grant received CNRS France Research 1 1.068.546 € CIRMMP Italy University 1 623.250 € WARWICK United Kingdom University 1 602.231 € AU Denmark University 1 499.577 € UGOT Sweden University 1 437.148 €
Digital Economy
Innovator Country Type Projects in the area Grant received IFAG Germany Private Company 1 1.584.120 € NXP Netherlands Private Company 1 966.300 € AVL Austria Private Company 1 798.242 € IFAT Austria Private Company 1 678.376 € IMEC Belgium Private Company 1 543.053 €
Society
Innovator Country Type Projects in the area Grant received RUN-MC Netherlands University 5 10.566.541 € EPFL Switzerland University 2 10.566.541 € UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Norway University 11 9.156.492 € CNRS France Research 19 8.438.430 € GEANT VERENIGING Netherlands SME 1 8.289.387 €
Space
Innovator Country Type Projects in the area Grant received CNRS France Research 17 19.449.941 € UCAM United Kingdom Public entity 9 11.241.984 € CORPOWER OCEAN Sweden SME 1 10.846.649 € UNIVIE Austria University 6 9.321.812 € ETH ZÜRICH Switzerland University 9 9.154.004 €
Digital Transformation
Innovator Country Type Projects in the area Grant received RUN-MC Netherlands University 1 8.564.399 € POA Belgium Private Company 1 4.023.223 € CSC-IT CENTER FOR SCIENCE LTD Finland Other 1 3.966.875 € NTNU Norway University 2 3.839.085 € IMEC Belgium Research 4 3.636.629 €
Food
Innovator Country Type Projects in the area Grant received CNRS France Research 15 6.759.337 € CSIC Spain Research 14 5.156.038 € WU Netherlands University 12 6.463.389 € UCPH Denmark University 11 9.553.695 € INRAE France Research 11 5.323.438 €
Fundamental Research
Innovator Country Type Projects in the area Grant received ULEI Netherlands University 1 2.500.000 € NTNU Norway University 1 2.499.102 € KU LEUVEN Belgium University 1 2.499.065 € UCL United Kingdom University 1 2.000.000 € MPG Germany NGO 1 1.875.750 €
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