Category Archives: General

  • New Webinars on Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe

    We would like to inform you about four new webinars, two on Horizon 2020 and two on Horizon Europe, that the European Commission is organising in the next few months: Title: Avoiding errors in declaring personnel costs in Horizon 2020 grants Date: 27 September...
  • Stakeholders and Commission reach agreement on reforming

    After months of negotiations and fine tuning, a plan for reforming research assessment in Europe has been published on 20 July. A consultation process between research stakeholders across Europe and the European Commission has come to a close today, after organisations...
  •  Mission Charter for the Mission Restore our Oceans and

    The European Commission organized an event on 30 June in Lisbon at the Oceanário de Lisboa. The aim of the event was to launch the Mission Charter. Members States, regions, and relevant stakeholders were invited to discover the charter and further...
  • ERC SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL TENTATIVELY AGREES LUMP SUMS FOR

    Scientific council says yes to no-strings-attached funding for experienced researchers. The move is meant to reduce the administrative burden – but universities warn it must not compromise scientific excellence he European Research Council (ERC) is set to introduce lump sum funding...
  • Performance of European partnerships

    The Biennial Monitoring Report (BMR) aims to provide a strong and continuously evolving evidence base to guide the implementation of European Partnerships throughout their life cycles and to inform strategic discussions on Horizon Europe’s new policy approach to them. European Partnerships...
  • EUROPEAN FUND FOR DISPLACED SCIENTISTS

    The European Fund for Displaced Scientists (EFDS) has been established through a partnership between ALLEA and the Breakthrough Prize Foundation to support scholars and scientific institutions impacted by the war in Ukraine. The programme, endowed with $1.5 million, will provide funding to academic...
  • First report on the performance of European Partnerships

    Today, the Commission released its first report on the ‘Performance of the European Partnerships: Biennial Monitoring Report 2022 on Partnerships under Horizon Europe’ (BMR 2022). The report provides an overview of the new Partnership landscape under Horizon Europe and establishes the basis for...
  • New European Bauhaus: five lighthouse projects to be fin

    The Commission is announcing the five selected projects for the €25 million call for the development of ‘lighthouse demonstrators‘ of the New European Bauhaus (NEB). The Commission is currently negotiating grant agreements with the selected beneficiaries. The projects will create more sustainable,...
  • Proposal for a Digital Services Act — Research, Educat

    Statement by LIBER’s Copyright & Legal Matters Working Group Schools and universities are highly reliant on the multiple digital platforms and infrastructures that provide services to students, teachers, and researchers. It is therefore surprising that the Digital Services Act (DSA) does...
  • EU outlines plans to enhance food security

    In the light of the war in Ukraine, the EU Commission presented plans Wednesday to combat rising food prices with actions to enhance global food security and to support farmers and consumers in the EU. With a surge in global commodity...