Downtown Warsaw: Poland and other countries in central and eastern Europe have very few business angel networks with the resources and expertise needed to invest in start-ups and deep tech. Photo: Pe_Wu / Flickr An EU-funded project is aiming to increase the number of private ind … | Continue reading
Kristina Kallas, Estonia's minister for education and research. Photo: European Union Estonia is to introduce a new act on research, development and innovation, overhauling legislation dating from 1997 that the government says is “no longer efficient or effective enough in today' … | Continue reading
Mario Draghi (left), former President of the Council of Ministers of Italy, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. Photo credits: Aurore Martignoni / European Union The EU must make research and innovation a “collective priority”, former Italian prime min … | Continue reading
What would it actually mean if ‘Brussels’ had more of a say on education policy? EUA’s Anna-Lena Claeys-Kulik weighs in on the resurging debate on whether the EU has the power it needs to foster deep transnational cooperation. Lately, the idea of increasing the EU’s competence in … | Continue reading
Visit of Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, to Finland to participate in the launch event of the Destination Earth (DestinE) system on June 10, 2024. Photo credits: Alessandro Rampazzo / European Union The EU has activated a digital model of … | Continue reading
Project coordinators Aneta Kašlíková (centre) and Jiří Hájek (left) along with VŠE vice-rector for research and PhD studies Martin Lukeš (right). Coordinating a Horizon Europe project is no easy task, especially for institutions with little experience in setting up international … | Continue reading
Photo credits: zverge / BigStock On Thursday, the European Commission will open 35 calls for proposals focused on defence under the European Defence Fund (EDF), marking a further move by the EU in expanding its role in defence. From the 1990s to the early 2000s, the EU concentrat … | Continue reading
From left to right: Johan Hanssens, Pascal Lamy, Commissioner Ivanova and Olivier Poivre d’Arvor at the unveiling of the European Digital Twin of the Ocean prototype. Photo credits: European Union The European Commission has unveiled the prototype Digital Ocean Twin, which it hop … | Continue reading
Photo credits: maxxyustas / BigStock In a Council conclusion published last month on the evaluation of the Horizon 2020 research programme, member states called on the Commission to do more to enable the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the European Innov … | Continue reading
Photo credits: courtesy OXO Architectes Sorbonne University is currently selecting companies to take up home in its new incubator, the Cité de l’Innovation, under construction at its main research campus in the heart of Paris. But unusually for an incubator, at this stage is look … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Supatman / BigStock In the citation race, nobody comes close to DeepMind in Europe. The brains behind Gemini, one of the leading AI chatbots on the web, are the most-cited European authors over the last five years. According to Web of Science data, DeepMind-led art … | Continue reading
Bettina Stark-Watzinger, German Federal Minister for Education and Research. Photo credit: Picture Alliance for DLD / Hubert Burda Media An academic freedom scandal in Germany has claimed a top-ranking official in the country’s federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), a … | Continue reading
Eureka is the world’s biggest public network for international cooperation in R&D and innovation. Since 1985, governments and public funding agencies in our network have supported the R&D of over 7,000 ground-breaking commercialised innovations that have positively impacted econo … | Continue reading
Increasing information security threats and more detailed European and national regulation increase the need for secure research environments. The current European environment is fragmented, which is reflected in the lack of interoperability of systems and methods and poses chall … | Continue reading
An alliance involving South Korea, the United States, Japan, India and the European Union (EU) has been launched to put joint efforts to build a resilient supply chain in the biopharmaceutical sector, the presidential office said Thursday. The inaugural meeting of the Biopharmace … | Continue reading
At its meeting on June 13, 2024, the Senate of the Max Planck Society appointed Frank Appel, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom AG, as external Vice President—a role that has proven effective for the Max Planck Society over the past few decades. With his extens … | Continue reading
Much information on research is not public. That makes it difficult for researchers to collaborate and hampers societal impact. Utrecht University wants to change that, which is why it signed the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information on 14 May 2024. Openness of infor … | Continue reading
ETH professor Mirko Meboldt helps Swiss SMEs find the right technology to tackle the challenges they face. His early prototypes give companies a solid basis for decision-making – and the confidence to take things further. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Varavin88 / BigStock In the leafy Berlin suburb of Dahlem sits a research group whose expertise is in short supply across Europe. Following decades of exuberant - and some would say naïve - collaboration with China, research institutions across Europe are now rapid … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Supatman / BigStock In the citation race, nobody comes close to DeepMind in Europe. The brains behind Gemini, one of the leading AI chatbots on the web, are the most-cited European authors over the last five years. According to Web of Science data, DeepMind-led art … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Partenalia aisbl / Flickr Europe’s largest biotech industry association is calling the EU to make good on promises to address regulatory barriers, boost investment and support knowledge transfer, to make Europe a more attractive destination for biotech companies. I … | Continue reading
Pauline Rouch, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel (Bulgaria), the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. Photo credits: Aurore Martignoni / European Union The European Commission has appointed Pauline Rouch to lead the work of th … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Lukasz Kobus / European Union Following its formation in 2021, the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) is on the verge of operating autonomously and is poised to take on the management of Horizon Europe grants in this area. That will bring the centre cl … | Continue reading
The Junior Researcher LAB on Digital and Sustainable Transformation project brings together well-known German and Estonian institutions and scientists to discuss future research and exchange activities with young researchers (PhD students, junior researchers, and postdoctoral res … | Continue reading
A donation from philanthropist Dr Victor Dahdaleh will take Imperial’s heart and lung research to the next level, creating a new graduate centre. The gift of over £10 million will support the refurbishment of the Dr Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building – a new home for world-changing … | Continue reading
On June 12, 2024, the senate of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft appointed Prof. Constantin Häfner as the executive board member responsible for Research and Transfer. He is currently the executive director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen and is expected … | Continue reading
On June 3, the research catamaran r/v Oceanograf from the University of Gdansk set off on the BaltArctic research cruise. Organised within the framework of the European university alliance SEA-EU, the cruise took the Oceanograf towards the Arctic. Carrying out a broad-based inter … | Continue reading
A panel discussion, featuring Patrick Cramer, president of the Max Planck Society, on education, science and innovation at the Ukraine Recovery Conference on 12 June. Photo credits: Hans-Joachim Rickel / German Federal Ministry of Education and Research A coordinated approach to … | Continue reading
Thomas Jarzombek, German parliamentary spokesman for the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on education, research and technology assessment. The successor to Horizon Europe should feature more competitions between teams of innovators, with only those that hit early mile … | Continue reading
Photo credits: JLV Image Works / BigStock The Alliance of German Science Organisations has criticised research boycotts of Israel, saying they are “discriminatory”, “misguided” and “counterproductive”. In a statement on 11 June, the body representing university rectors, funding a … | Continue reading
Transitioning from an IMI or IHI project to a non-profit association is one way to ensure the sustainability of project results. PharmaLedger and conect4children shared their experiences as they navigate this process. | Continue reading
Photo credits: leeser / BigStock In the competition to be most attractive start-up ecosystem in the world, nowhere can beat Silicon Valley. But nine cities and regions in Europe are in the top 40 of the Global Start-up Ecosystem Ranking 2024, with London (2), Netherlands (13), Pa … | Continue reading
Photo credits: zak zak / Flickr The EU aims to be carbon neutral by 2050 and to get there it is pumping funding into clean tech innovation. Here’s how it will spend €100 million on this through the Horizon Europe Clean Energy Transition partnership this year. What is the CET part … | Continue reading
European Investment Bank's headquarters in Luxembourg. Photo credits: Caroline Martin / European Investment Bank The European Investment Bank (EIB) says its new rules on security and defence technologies will accelerate the deployment of funds earmarked for dual-use research and … | Continue reading
The winners of the 2022 EU TalentOn, including the eventual founders of OncoSwab. The 2024 edition takes place in Katowice in September. Photo credits: 2024 EU TalentOn Hackathons are great for inspiring students and creating a buzz around innovation, but does this rapid brainsto … | Continue reading
IQM’s existing fabrication facility in Espoo, Finland. Photo credits: IQM Finnish company IQM Quantum Computers has won French government funding to build what is claimed to be the first industrial-scale quantum processor production facility in Europe. The factory was announced a … | Continue reading
Photo credits: ERC / European Union Lump sum funding is said to be a simplification, but the learning curve for Horizon Europe applicants is steep. Over the last six months, the European Research Council (ERC) has been hard at work trying to communicate what the introduction of l … | Continue reading
Photo credits: zverge / BigStock Cybersecurity is an increasingly critical field, as the way in which it is influencing both military outcomes and civilian safety in the war in Ukraine highlights. The EU has acted to enhance cybersecurity by combining regulatory measures, interna … | Continue reading
Roberta Metsola, current president of the European Parliament, was re-elected as an MEP with a reported 87,000 first preference votes. Photo: Philippe Buissin / European Union The results of the EU elections will not cause an “earthquake” for research and innovation policies, as … | Continue reading
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) have celebrated their almost 25 years long cooperation at DKB`s headquarter in Berlin, by signing a second cooperation that will support renewable energy projects of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in Germany. Wi … | Continue reading
Imperial celebrated its growing links with Thailand by announcing several new programmes to strengthen connections with the country. Leaders from 13 Thai universities and officials from Thailand’s Ministry of Education visited Imperial - which has just been ranked as the UK and E … | Continue reading
The first version of the Destination Earth system will be launched on 10 June at an event which will take place at the LUMI data center in Kajaani, Finland. It is hosted by CSC – IT Center for Science as project partner. LUMI and CSC have played a significant role in the European … | Continue reading
Is your organisation interested in training employees to recognise cyber risks? Are you looking for inspiration or ready-to-use materials? Then be sure to take a look at the newly launched Security Awareness Resources Hub! The Security Awareness Resources Hub is an initiative of … | Continue reading
Polytechnique Montréal is playing a major role in the new aerospace innovation zone designated by the Government of Québec, which is benefiting from investments totalling $415 million. At a news conference held at the opening of the Aéro Montréal International Aerospace Innovatio … | Continue reading
The Destination Earth (DestinE) Initiative of the European Commission is accelerating the development of machine learning techniques that can dramatically improve the accuracy of extreme weather simulations and climate change projections. “Machine learning is revolutionising our … | Continue reading
Sustainable Development Goals projected onto the UN Headquarters in New York, US. Photo credits: Cia Pak / United Nations Photo / Flickr Europe’s venture capital sector is increasingly investing in companies working on products or services that address sustainable development goa … | Continue reading
The latest news HUNGARY DECRIES MISINFORMATION: The European Commission has sent out a letter to Europe’s research community reminding them that Hungarian universities can still participate in Horizon Europe projects, even if some cannot receive funding through the programme. The … | Continue reading
Mali M. Baum, entrepreneur, investor and EIC board member. As serial entrepreneur and investor Mali M. Baum sees it, there are two kinds of investors in the world of innovative growth companies: “dumb money” and “smart money.” The dumb money just invests the cash: that’s necessar … | Continue reading