Regions ring alarm bell over proposed EU competitiveness fund

The European Committee of the Regions' building in Brussels, Belgium. Photo credits: European Union / Nuno Rodrigues The European Commission’s proposal to bundle most EU research programmes into a competitiveness fund spells trouble for regional innovation, according to the Europ … | Continue reading


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LIVE: Brave new world: Building Europe’s capacities for defence and security R&D

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LIVE NOW: Brave new world: Building Europe’s capacities for defence and security R&D

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A lab to grow tech entrepreneurs: what ‘big science’ can offer

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EU needs to experiment with new R&I funding mechanisms, Heitor report says

The way the EU funds research and innovation isn’t really working, and the European Commission urgently needs to experiment with new ways to do it, according to a new Read more here | Continue reading


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News analysis: EU needs to experiment with new R&I funding mechanisms, Heitor report says

The way the EU funds research and innovation isn’t really working, and the European Commission urgently needs to experiment with new ways to do it, according to a new Read more here | Continue reading


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Time for a major shakeup of how the EU funds research, expert group says

Manuel Heitor, chair of the European Commission's high-level group on Horizon Europe and FP10. Photo: Council of the EU A group of experts tasked with advising the European Commission on the next Framework Programme for research and innovation is recommending a major overhaul of … | Continue reading


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Vinnova to prepare regulatory sandbox on net-zero technologies

Vinnova is commissioned by the government to analyze how a contact point for a regulatory sandbox for net zero technology can work in Sweden. It is about experimental activities to develop technology and regulations in, for example, the energy field, by letting companies test new … | Continue reading


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Elsevier Health expands access to ClinicalKey AI to individual medical residents and physicians

ClinicalKey AI is a leading clinical decision support solution that offers the latest evidence-based clinical information at the point of care. The AI-powered solution answers clinical questions – from simple to complex - enabling reliable and secure access to some of the world’s … | Continue reading


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CNRS defends the future of EU space research

The European Commission's recent work on new space legislation is an opportunity for the CNRS to defend the importance of preserving space research at a time when new threats are arising because of the multiplication of orbital objects. It has been customary since ancient times t … | Continue reading


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CNRS defends the future of EU space researc

The European Commission's recent work on new space legislation is an opportunity for the CNRS to defend the importance of preserving space research at a time when new threats are arising because of the multiplication of orbital objects. It has been customary since ancient times t … | Continue reading


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CERN teams up with Luxembourg and the World Food Programme to tackle global hunger

A new partnership funded by the Government of Luxembourg, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and CERN aims to use expertise in AI… Read more here | Continue reading


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Fitness trackers can provide useful information for patients with heart disease

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Fitness trackers can provide useful information for patients with heart disease

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EMBL is seeking an International Relations Officer

EMBL is Europe’s life sciences laboratory – an intergovernmental organisation with more than 110 independent research groups and service teams covering the spectrum of molecular biology. It operates across six sites in Heidelberg (headquarters), Barcelona, Cambridge, Grenoble, Ha … | Continue reading


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European Investment Bank hatches plans to keep start-ups in Europe

EIB Group president Nadia Calviño before the Eurogroup meeting. Photo credits: Liam McEvoy / EIB The European Investment Bank (EIB) has proposed new measures to support companies in scaling up, to ensure that technologies developed in Europe remain here. At a meeting with… Subscr … | Continue reading


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Non-associated countries participate less, but get more money, Horizon data says

“As open as possible, as close as necessary” is the mantra for international collaboration under Horizon Europe. And looking at the participation of international partners, it seems that the EU has indeed become more selective. <… Subscribe to read more | Continue reading


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European Research Council winners and losers in Horizon Europe

Photo credits: Thijs ter Haar / Flickr Recently released data from the European Commission has shone a light on which countries do particularly well or poorly at winning grants from the European Research Council (ERC) and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), compared to their… … | Continue reading


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The Ecosystem: Milan moves to bridge the gap between basic research and start-up formation

The Tech Europe Foundation will be based at Milan’s Parco dei Gasometri, currently being redeveloped as an innovation hub for the Politecnico di Milano. A plan to build up Milan’s innovation ecosystem unveiled in September spans basic research, entrepreneurship and company innova … | Continue reading


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CEPI and the Gates Foundation are looking for epidemic modellers

Photo credits: digitalista / BigStock CEPI and the Gates Foundation are building a network of infectious disease modellers in the Global South. As a first step, they’re looking for experts to train the future networks of researchers. Subscribe to read more | Continue reading


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Funding Radar: This week’s round up of calls in mental health research

Photo credits: zverge / BigStock Last Thursday was World Mental Health Day, an event dedicated to raising awareness about mental health that dates back to 1992. The EU too has a… Subscribe to read more | Continue reading


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Dialogue-based funding is making headway in university budgets

Ben Jongbloed, senior researcher at the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) at the University of Twente. Photo credits: University of Twente As university to-do lists expand inexorably, with new societal and labour challenges to tackle, experts believe this is ushe … | Continue reading


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EMBL: This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry acknowledges advancements in protein science

David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. One half of the prize has been awarded to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure predic … | Continue reading


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Innovate Together 2024 launches €5 million call

EIT Manufacturing and EFFRA call for innovative green manufacturing projects Launching its second call, Innovate Together is inviting previous Made in… Read more here | Continue reading


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CSC announces new service for publishing sensitive medical research data

The FEGA service, developed for sensitive biomedical research data, enables the secure publication of research data. The Federated European Genome-phenome Archive (FEGA) differs from other available publication and analysis services in that the data are not exported from the serv … | Continue reading


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Committee of the Regions and EIB Group partner for more cohesion in Europe

During a plenary debate of the Committee of the Regions with European Investment Bank (EIB) Group President Nadia Calviño, the two institutions renewed their common goal to promote convergence and economic growth across the EU’s regions, both in urban and rural areas, with a spec … | Continue reading


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Elsevier and Times Higher Education sign new partnership

Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and analytics, and Times Higher Education (THE) opens in new tab/window, the provider of insights that evaluate university excellence in every… Read more here | Continue reading


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UT Arlington research contributes $302M to U.S. economy

A new report shows that research projects at The University of Texas at Arlington contributed nearly one-third of a billion dollars—$302.1 million, to be exact—to the national economy through 976 vendor contracts and subcontracts between 2018 and 2023. Of those contracts, 124 wen … | Continue reading


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New report: photonics key to limitless clean energy

Fusion energy, the ultimate tool for generating endless clean, safe and decarbonised energy sources, depends on advanced light technologies, according to a new report. A report published today by Europe’s premier platform for light-based… Read more here | Continue reading


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Viewpoint: EU needs to boost investment in research infrastructures

Katarina Bjelke, director general at the Swedish Research Council. Research infrastructures have been notably absent in the ongoing discussions about the next EU framework research programme FP10. But without strong investments in these large scale and expensive facilities, we… R … | Continue reading


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New UK technology secretary promises new era of cooperation with Europe

Keir Starmer (left), Leader of the Labour Party, and Peter Kyle (right), Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, visit AstraZeneca in Macclesfield, 2023. Photo credits: Keir Starmer / Flickr The UK’s new secretary of state for technology has talked up sc … | Continue reading


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New UK technology secretary promises fresh era of cooperation with Europe

Peter Kyle (right), UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, on a tour of CERN earlier this month. Photo credits: Adam Rennie / 2024 CERN The UK’s new secretary of state for technology has talked up scientific and technological cooperation with the EU, in a … | Continue reading


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Call for dedicated fund for civil security research and deployment

Photo credits: DFSB DE / Flickr Industry is calling on the EU to step up investment in civil security by setting up a new programme covering everything from research to procurement - which could mean moving existing research support out of Horizon Europe. … Read more here | Continue reading


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Spain's CDTI drives collaboration in neuroscience with Singapore

Recently, the CDTI innovation has held in singapore, the innovation in Neuroscience, Tecnología e Inteligencia Artificial (IA) that have been aimed at creating a platform for dialogue to allow the sector ’ s spanish entities show their skills and innovation in different areas of … | Continue reading


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COST highlights strong research cooperation with Western Balkans at ministerial meeting

The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) opened the Western Balkans Ministerial Meeting in Skopje with a dedicated session highlighting its key role in promoting research cooperation in the region. A newly presented study showed an impressive doubling of their pa … | Continue reading


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Imperial and National University of Singapore sign major research partnership

Imperial and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have announced a new partnership to strengthen research collaborations. The three-year partnership will see the two universities explore cooperation in early-stage research and ideas that might not otherwise be pursued. Read … | Continue reading


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MEPs reject cuts to research and innovation

Victor Negrescu MEP, rapporteur for the 2025 budget. Photo credits: Mathieu Cugnot / European Union MEPs have voted for a €242 million boost to Horizon Europe for next year, as part of a bid to head off a total of €1.52 million in cuts member states have proposed to the 2025 EU b … | Continue reading


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Commission prepares to bundle all research and innovation money into competitiveness fund

The European Commission is making moves to bundle all research and innovation funds, including the European Research Council (ERC) and the European Innovation Council (EIC), into a new mega competitiveness fund that would be launched under the new multiannual budget due to start … | Continue reading


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Western Balkans research sector looks for closer relations with EU

András Inotai (first from left), head of unit for innovation policy at the European Commission’s research directorate, Nada Witzanyová (second from left), senior external affairs manager at ELI-ERIC, Anastas Mishev (third from left), professor of computer science and engineering … | Continue reading


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Viktor Orbán blasts Brussels for Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe ‘blackmail’

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán presenting the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, on October 9, 2024. Photo credits: Philippe Buissin / European Union Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán says his government is go … | Continue reading


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Academics push back against moves to put Polish Academy of Sciences under government control

The Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) has hit back at government plans to reform the structure of the academy, claiming the ministry of science is attempting to impose political control. The government says the goal is to “democratise” the academy… Read more here | Continue reading


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Researcher in Transport Economics and Business, Future Needs

Future Needs is a Cyprus-based SME which helps Tech-innovators get their R&D funded and overcome the “death valley curve” for their new products. We do so in 3 ways: 1) by helping our clients apply for funding and develop sustainable business models, 2) by optimizing the design o … | Continue reading


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ESA opens ‘moon on earth’ to advance space research

Photo credits: DLR German Aerospace Center / ESA Researchers, space agencies and companies from around the world will have access to a new facility in Cologne designed to recreate the moon’s surface, to research, develop and test their technologies. … Subscribe to read more | Continue reading


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Horizon Europe rare disease partnership to launch first calls in December

A new Horizon Europe rare disease partnership will launch its first calls in December, as it embarks on a seven-year mission to consolidate research and improve treatment. Subscribe to read more | Continue reading


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The Ecosystem: support grows for social impact start-ups

Zarah Bruhn (third from right), social impact start-up founder and Commissioner for Social Innovation at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, at the launch of the Social Impact Republic in September. Photo courtesy of Startups for Future. Start-ups with a social missio … | Continue reading


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Universities look to EU funding to fill investment gaps

Enora Pruvot, deputy director for governance, funding and public policy development at the EUA. Photo credits: EUA As budgets stretch thin, the first place universities are looking to diversify and top up their incomes is EU funding, according to a new survey by the European Univ … | Continue reading


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Funding Radar: This week’s round up health-related calls

Photo credits: zverge / BigStock The last month has seen a surge in calls related to health research, with deadlines set for November or later. Here’s a list of some current grant opportunities: In mid-September,… Subscribe to read more | Continue reading


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UK offers £150M for long-term fellowships to create scalable green tech

UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering. Photo credits: Royal Academy of Engineering The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering is distributing £150 million in grants to researchers who want to build commercially viable new green technologies, in what it says is a “unique” funding model. … … | Continue reading


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