We connect Europe’s brightest talents with startups & SMEs through fully-funded internships. Funded by the European Innovation Council

Europe
Joined November 2024
Welcome to InnoNext, the platform that connects startups, SMEs, and Europe’s top talents. Funded by the @EU_EISMEA , we’re here to foster innovation through collaboration. Follow us for updates on how we’re driving growth and real-world solutions across Europe! #InnovationEU
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We are excited to announce that InnoNext has officially been extended until 31 July 2027. Thanks to a recent extension, the programme will continue, creating more opportunities for talent, start-ups, SMEs, and innovators across Europe. 🚀 Stay tuned. #InnoNext #EUFunding
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🇪🇺 InnoNext WAS at the #EICSummit2026 in Brussels! Two days of networking and collaboration with Europe's leading innovators, researchers, start-ups and investors. We are proud to contribute to an ecosystem that connects talent with opportunities. #InnoNext #EICSummit
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🇪🇺 Innovation doesn’t wait. Neither should you. On 12 March at 16:00 CET, we’re hosting the new InnoNext Info Session. If you missed the last one, here's your chance to catch up! 🔗 Secure your spot: forms.office.com/Pages/Respo… #InnoNext #Innovation #EUFunding #Internships
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From Eindhoven to Bucharest and everywhere in between, we're breaking down borders and working remotely. Thanks to InnoNext, a talent from EIT InnoEnergy joined SC Recycllux SRL, which is supported by EIT Climate-KIC, for a business operations and strategy internship. #InnoNext
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Season’s greetings from the InnoNext team! Thank you to all talents, startups & partners for making 2025 a year of innovation and collaboration across Europe. Let’s keep building an open, diverse, and impactful community.
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At the Mimica’s production site, the collaboration with Miranda brought hands-on support to prototyping and lab workflows. Her clarity, motivation and willingness to learn improved daily processes and knowledge transfer inside the team.
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At Quas Drinks, the collaboration with an InnoNext talent has energized the company’s R&D work in weeks. Their hunger to learn, curiosity and data-driven mindset improved recipe refinement, experimentation structure, and insight capture.
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Join the InnoNext Info Session on 12 Dec, 16:00 CET – discover fully-funded internships for talents, startups & SMEs across Europe. Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rTAc…
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Giorgio Roffi joined InnoNext to explore how innovation links construction, engineering and energy.
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ekolive highlights how their InnoNext talent brought invaluable on-the-ground insight for the Ghana market launch — accelerating their innovation in sustainable agriculture.
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Read the full story and discover how connecting research talents and companies drives European innovation: eic.eismea.eu/community/stor…
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On 26 Nov at 16:00 CET we’ll present how InnoNext connects research talents with startups & SMEs through fully-funded innovation internships. Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/qtVA…
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On 26 Nov at 16:00 CET we’ll host an online Info Session for startups, SMEs and research talents interested in fully-funded innovation internships with InnoNext. Learn how the platform works, who can apply and what support is available. Register here: forms.office.com/e/JPhFifqQA…
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Chen-Yu Lee joined the InnoNext programme to explore opportunities where sustainability, entrepreneurship and technology converge. Through the platform, she connected with CinSOIL, a startup within the EIT Food ecosystem in Germany.
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Before joining the InnoNext programme, Narendiran had just finished his EIT InnoEnergy master’s studies. Through InnoNext, he found the opportunity to join Rivus Batteries, a cleantech company developing sustainable energy storage solutions in Sweden.
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Success Story | InnoNext Talent Experience EIT student Wissal Nada Sengouga joined Jawsaver BV (Utrecht) through #InnoNext, leading the pilot phase of a digital health solution for sleep bruxism. #EITCommunity #EICBAS #DigitalHealth #Innovation
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Success Story Ömer Faruk Şengül, an EIT InnoEnergy talent, joined Lumii Energy Spain SL through #InnoNext — turning learning into impact with mentoring, training and support across Europe. “The platform connected me with an InnoEnergy alumnus startup.”
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As Marie Curie once said: “One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.” That’s why we match talents and companies who are not afraid to ask: what’s next? Because progress is never final—it’s continuous. 👉 innonext-project.eu
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EU-funded Innovation Internships — Info Session (8 Oct, 16:00 CEST) Learn: how it works, eligibility, apply/post, timelines + live Q&A. Proven reach: 600+ talents, 250+ companies, 27 countries. Register: forms.office.com/e/RWsFtAkm3… #InnoNext #EIC #EUinnovation #DeepTech
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