Introduced in 2014, the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS) is a new element of the EIT Community
outreach strategy and the EIT’s answer to encouraging wider participation in its innovation activities.
The EIT RIS is an outreach scheme that:
increases the innovation capacity of the moderate and modest developed regions in Europe by innovation,
supports the regions to benefit from the EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs),
supports the integration of business, higher education, and research institutions.