22/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - EU awards €20 million to innovation projects. On Friday 22 January, the European Research Council (ERC) announced it would award 135 grants for a total value of €20 million for the “most promising innovation projects”. The projects, which are already subsidised by the EU, took part in the ERC's Proof of Concept competition. These top-up grants, each for up to €150,000, can be used to establish intellectual property rights, investigate business...