28/04/2021: Horizon Europe budget approved, Knowledge Valorisation Week, Hydrogen for aviation, and EU-China environmental cooperation
In today’s Morning Brief: Parliament votes to unlock €95.5B Horizon Europe | EU Knowledge Valorisation Week | Doubts over use of hydrogen for aviation | EU and China step up cooperation on biodiversity ahead of COP 15
27/04/2021: Horizon Europe workshops, public consultation on State Aid for RD&I, PCIs engagement, IP, and backlash to EU green taxonomy
In today’s Morning Brief: HUB’s workshop “Horizon Europe: Practical tips and Q&A” on May 18th | Webinar on latest updates on Horizon Europe – European Commission | Previous EC webinar on Horizon Europe available | Public Consultation on State aid for research and development and innovation | Webinar on how to engage communities with PCIs | World IP day | WWF and other NGOs protest against EU green finance taxonomy
InterConnect Webinar “Customer data management crucial to distribution system operators”


The project InterConnect – lead by INESC TEC – is organising a Webinar series on Open Innovation and Personal Data Protection in the ICT and energy fields. The fourth webinar will […]
26/04/2021: EIT NCPs, AI in education, pact for R&I, New European Bauhaus, CAPs simplified, Climate change board, and space & quantum research ban
In today’s Morning Brief: EIT NCPs as information multipliers for EIT Community opportunities | Commission calls for experts in AI and Data in education | Public Consultation on the “Pact for research & innovation in Europe”
New European Bauhaus Competition | New rules to simplify CAPs | EU to establish climate change science advisory board | Universities across Europe urge EU to remove threat of research ban on Israel, UK and Switzerland
23/04/2021: Mapping of pristine forests, pact for R&I, energy in the World Climate Summit, GMO consultation, and webinar with DG CLIMA
In today’s Morning Brief: JRC calls for mapping of untouched forests in Europe | Pact for research & innovation in Europe | Key messages on energy during the World Climate Summit | Open consultation on genetically modified soybean | Webinar “One Hour With Europe”
SparCity: the new collaborative project to create a supercomputing framework


Recently funded by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), the highly ranked SparCity just launched. With three years of duration and a total budget of 2.6M€, this […]
22/04/2021: EC proposes new rules on AI, adopts regulation on sustainable finance taxonomy, and more details on the Climate Law
In today’s Morning Brief: New rules for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence | Sustainable Finance Taxonomy | More details on the new provisional agreement on the European Climate law
21/04/2021: EU Climate Law, GDPR for health, ERC applications boom, technology sovereignty, digital transition, research careers, and research impact in policy
In today’s Morning Brief: EU reaches a deal on the European Climate Law | Data protection in health care and health research | ERC receives record number of Starting Grants applications in first round of Horizon Europe | CEOs call for €100B technology sovereignty fund | Digital Maturity Tool and the Innovation Radar | German Research Foundation adopts charter of principles for young research careers | EARMA Policy session: The research impact agenda and its influence on institutional strategies in the European and wider international context
INESC-ID Afonso Botelho publishes “Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous”


“Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous”, the book newly published by Afonso Botelho for Springer, is based on the master’s thesis of Botelho, winner of the Luis Vidigal Prize, written under […]
