29/11/2021: Citizen’s Energy Forum 2021, Pact for R&I approval, EC indicators of gender balance in R&I, and more.
In today’s Morning Brief:
– Evolution of the EU market share of robotics: Data and methodology
– Proposal success in Horizon 2020: A study of the influence of consortium characteristics;
– EC indicators of gender balance report in R&I (SHE Figures 2021);
– New rules for Important Projects of Common European Interest;
– UNESCO sets international open science standards;
– Commission welcomes approval of the Pact for Research and Innovation in Europe and future governance of the European Research Area;
– Citizen’s Energy Forum 2021.
Net-Zero Climate Emissions: The role of nanotechnologies for advanced energy generation, conversion, and storage.


The UT Austin Portugal Program, the long-standing Science and Technology Partnership between the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is […]
26/11/2021: Call for application for researchers, Aquaculture technologies, Erasmus+ call for 2022 is open, and more.
In today’s Morning Brief:
– Call for applications: Evidence for Policy Course;
– EUMOFA online talk: Impact of new aquaculture technologies;
– European Commission opens Erasmus+ calls for 2022;
– European Innovation Council Forum launched at Brussels Summit;
– The 2021 State of the Energy Union Report.
25/11/2021: First calls for interregional innovation projects, lump sum funding in Horizon Europe, women are still under-represented in R&I, and more.
In today’s Morning Brief:
– Commission launches first calls for interregional innovation projects;
– Plans to expand lump sum funding in Horizon Europe are ‘premature’;
– Become an evaluator of security research proposals for Horizon Europe;
– Women are still under-represented in R&I;
– EU funded projects that will help save our soil.
24/11/2021: CONCORDi 2021, Quantum Breakthrough Conference, Denmark and Southern Europe denounce DMA, and more.
In today’s Morning Brief:
– CONCORDi 2021;
– “FUTURAS IN RES – The Quantum Breakthrough” Conference;
– BNCT/CSTP High-Level Conference: “Technology in and for Society: Innovating well for inclusive transitions”;
– Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Spain issue warning on DMA ahead of ministerial meeting;
– Europe’s social climate fund too small to make a difference, critics say.
Towards a Research and Innovation roadmap for Health Technologies – a vision for 2030


An international workshop with the participation of internationally reputed researchers and medical doctors to discuss the INESC vision of HT in 2030 and the R&I roadmap to take us there. […]
High-Level Conference: AI & Robotics – Synergy for the Future


Watch the full recording of the event here Full agenda High Level Conference – The AI, Data & Robotics convergence 14h30 – 18h30 (CET/Brussels Time) 14h30 – Opening Marina Bill […]
Research Careers in Research Performing Organisations – The case of the European Research Council (ERC)


A research career can take many different paths and depends, on the one hand, on the choices of the researcher. However, the organisational context surrounding the researcher is also of […]
23/11/2021: INESC TEC Autumn Forum, European Hydrogen Week 2021, calls for investment for the European Research Community, and more.
In today’s Morning Brief:
– INESC TEC Autumn Forum 2021;
– Energy Infrastructure Forum 2021;
– European Hydrogen Week;
– An Enhanced EOSC Portal for the European Research Community;
– The EU invests in over €1 billion innovative projects to decarbonise the economy;
– Stop the mining rush in protected nature
