16/11/2021: Energy Poverty Event, Event on City Transformation, EIT Health and Biogen launch the ‘neurotechprize’, and more.
In today’s Morning Brief:
– Energy Poverty Advisory Hub Launch Event 2021;
– Dialogue between EU Mayors and the EC on Cities and Communities;
– EIT Health and Biogen launch the ‘neurotechprize’;
– ‘A step in the right direction’: EU reacts to COP26 deal;
– EU Lawmakers and Member States want AI regulation more innovation-friendly.
15/11/2021: Horizon 2020 public-private partnerships are cleared, Horizon Europe call for space research, Mission Innovation’s new objectives, and more.
In today’s Morning Brief:
– Court of Auditors clears Horizon 2020 public-private partnerships;
– EUSPA opens first Horizon Europe call for space research;
– European Commission’s Webinar in declaring personnel costs in Horizon 2020 grants;
– Armenia joins Horizon Europe;
– Mission Innovation sets fresh objectives for international cooperation at COP26;
– Commission takes action against five Member States to improve waste management;
– German pro-nuclear activists make rare appearance in Berlin.
12/11/2021: Digital Europe, Innovation ecosystems, IP and market uptake, Metrology, COP26 R&I conclusions, academic freedom as law?
In today’s Morning Brief:
– Five EU countries form an anti-nuclear alliance at COP26;
– Digital Europe programmes adopted by the Commission;
– Innovation ecosystems and the open-access checklist;
– MEPs push to include academic freedom in EU treaties;
– Intellectual Property support to Market uptake;
– Horizon 2020 suggest the need for training researchers in ethics;
– Metrology partnership approved by the Parliament;
– COP26: The most important research and innovation announcements.
11/11/2021: BioNTech acquires EIT Health start-up, EU funded projects report on Climate Action, the challenge of greening agri-food system, and more
In today’s Morning Brief:
– European Commission and European Union Intellectual Property Office commit to closer collaboration;
– New report on Climate Action in a post-COVID-19 world from EU funded projects;
– EIB to triple climate adaptation finance;
– COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech acquires EIT Health start-up;
– China and US announce deal to accelerate climate action this decade;
– Challenge of greening agri-food system is ‘absolutely massive’.
10/11/2021: Event on COVID-19 therapeutics, OECD-EARTO collaborative workshop, AI development in France, and more.
In today’s Morning Brief:
– Virtual event on the development and production of COVID-19 therapeutics;
– OECD-EARTO Workshop on “The Role of Supporting the Sustainable Transitions”;
– France AI shifts focus to talent;
– COP26 initiatives to accelerate green technology in the developing world;
– EU’s criteria for biofuels will hinder supply.
09/11/2021: Cluster 4 info-days, Tidal energy, Smart Cities Mission, EU Energy Day 2021, and more.
In today’s Morning Brief:
– Save the date: Info-days for Horizon Europe Cluster 4 to take place between 29 November and 1 December 2021;
– Tidal energy: a missing piece in moves to replace coal;
– Viewpoint: More work needed to lay foundations for the Cities Mission;
– Webinar: “Connecting to the ecosystem of innovation”;
– EU Energy Day 2021;
– Registrations open for agri-food high-level mission in Singapore and Vietnam;
– New strategy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture;
08/11/2021: Cooperation on solar, green and hydrogen between India and the EU, Defence R&D coming together with ecological engineering, EU and Bill Gates team up, and more.
In today’s Morning Brief:
– EU and India develop deeper cooperation on solar, green, and hydrogen;
– Military capabilities and ecological engineering could be the next big thing in defence R&D;
– EU teams up with Bill Gates in €820M climate tech investment deal;
– Nuclear energy as the elephant in the room of COP26;
– EUA and partners call for the EC to finalise UK association to Horizon Europe;
– Agriculture research gets COP26 boost from joint US/UAE initiative;
– Leaked paper on gas and nuclear inclusion in EU Green Finance;
05/11/2021: INESC TEC joins efforts in the OceanACT, In the Black’21 Workshop registration is open, ERC looks to award three grantees, and more.
In today’s Morning Brief:
– INESC TEC Joins Efforts in the Ocean Act;
– ERC Looks to Award Three Grantees;
– INESC TEC’s Autumn Forum;
– In the Black’21 Workshop;
– EU-funded Projects Helping with the Climate Crisis;
– Four Problems we need to solve with Solar Energy;
– Science Business Launches new Climate Ideas Live Blog;
– Research Associations Plead with Europe for UK Horizon Europe Association;
– Inside Portugal’s bid to become a ‘start-ups factory’.
04/11/2021: EU calls for Excellence Hubs, ERA Chairs and others, EIT, COP26 updates and more.
In today’s Morning Brief:
– Commission launches new tool to digitalise work-based learning and boost educators digital competences;
– Calls for Excellence Hubs opened yesterday;
– COP26: US lays out its plan to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 ;
– EIT supports the New European Bauhaus with €5 million;
– Commission, Ukraine, Turkey, and Republic of Moldova working closer in research, innovation and education;
– Portugal launches €250M programme to boost tech transfer in universities;
– EC, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst and EIB Partnership in Climate;
– Open Discussion on the Mission Adaptation to Climate Change.
