Category Archives: News

  • EU Prize for Women Innovators

    The opportunities created by novel technologies and disruptive innovations promise to deliver the fair and sustainable recovery Europe needs. But Europe risks missing out on these opportunities if half its population is overlooked as a source of innovation and creative talent....
  • Horizon Europe’s first strategic plan 2021-2024: Commi

    The European Commission adopted the first strategic plan for Horizon Europe, the new EU research and innovation programme worth €95.5 billion in current prices. The strategic plan is a novelty in Horizon Europe and sets the strategic orientations for the targeting of...
  • EU to launch new support scheme for women in deep tech a

    On International Women’s Day, the Commission announced a new initiative called ‘Women TechEU’ to support women leading deep tech start-ups in Europe, and help grow their companies into tomorrow’s deep tech champions. ‘Women TechEU’ will offer first-class coaching and mentoring to...
  • New High Level Expert Group to assess need for an Intern

    The European Commission (EC) launched a High Level Expert Group (HLEG), whose mandate is to assess the needs, options, impacts and possible approach for an International Platform for Food Systems Science (IPFSS). In particular, this Expert Group will address gaps in the provision...
  • European Research and Innovation Days 2021

    European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond. The event will take...
  • Audit preview: What is the EU doing to address the innov

    In the EU, the capacity of private and public actors to undertake state-of-the-art technological research and innovation (R&I) differs between Member States. This divide between innovation leaders and underperforming countries prevents the EU from exploiting its R&I potential to the full...
  • Let’s help bridge the digital divide in Central and Ea

    The Google.org Impact Challenge Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is an open call for grant applications to provide €2m in grants to support initiatives that put digital inclusion at the heart of economic recovery. Application Nonprofit organisations, for-profit organisations and academic institutions submit...
  • Practical Guide to the International Alignment of Resear

    This resource offers targeted guidance for organisations, scientific communities, as well as individual researchers, to organise research data and preserve it appropriately Originally released in 2019, and following its successful uptake by many organisations, the extended edition features a brand-new rubric to...
  • Launch of Horizon Europe

    The event brings together speakers from all over Europe and includes interventions by researchers, business leaders and political and governmental officials with the aim of mobilizing the whole Europe for the “Horizon Europe, 2021-27” programme and its articulation with national programmes...
  • Commission launches debate on responding to the impact o

    The European Commission presented a green paper to launch a broad policy debate on the challenges and opportunities of Europe’s ageing society. It sets out the impact of this pronounced demographic trend across our economy and society and invites the public to express...