The European Commission has published the results for the fifth cut-off date, of 1 June 2016, for the Fast Track to Innovation Pilot call under Horizon 2020. Out of 280 proposals received, 15 were selected for funding, representing an average success rate of 5.4% and involving 70 partners from 19 countries. The European Commission will allocate a total of €32 million to the selected projects.

Among the 8 Italian entities involved in 5 of the funded projects is the Lombardy-based company ADR, acting as project coordinator for "TEKNOAX 2.0".

Since the launch of the Fast Track to Innovation pilot phase in January 2015, the Commission has received a total of 1,446 project proposals and selected 77 for funding, with a total financial contribution of over €166.5 million. Almost half of the participants in the projects are small and medium-sized enterprises.

The next deadline for the submission of proposals is 25 October 2016.

The full list of funded projects can be viewed by clicking here. For further information, please refer to the EASME website