25/05/2021: HUB spring meeting events, new Health Tech podcast, ERC Advanced Grant, greener batteries, Turow mine dispute, and EU summit on green transition

In today’s Morning Brief: INESC Brussels HUB spring meeting (1-2 June 2021) | New podcast on smart medical devices published | ERC Advanced Grants call under Horizon Europe | University of Twente develops greener batteries | Turów mine: the intersection between national dispute and green transition | EU leaders to debate who will pay for the green transition

24/05/2021: Registrations open for the HUB spring meeting, EU Maritime Day, EU nature restoration, EU Social Economic Summit, and non-EU countries out of sensitive EU R&D projects

In today’s Morning Brief: INESC Brussels HUB spring meeting (1-2 June 2021) | European Maritime Day 2021: Towards a sustainable blue economy and ocean literacy | New handbook to help develop European nature restoration targets | European Social Economic Summit | Brussels stands firm on plan to limit foreign access to ‘sensitive’ R&D projects

21/05/2021: EIC Transition calls, surveys on research skills and research careers, EC webinars on funding, R&I days, EU Covid Passports, RU research legislative framework, The Guardian key moments, and the Council reading list on AI

In today’s Morning Brief: EIC Transition Calls are open | EC online survey on Skills for researchers | Survey on the influences on research careers | European Commission webinar: The Funding & Tenders Portal for Beginners | European Commission webinar “All you need to know on Dissemination and Exploitation under Horizon Europe” | R&I Days 2021 (reminder) | EU Digital COVID Certificates (aka Passports) should be in use by July 1 | Council complements EU research legislative framework | Weekend Read: The key 200 moments as reported by The Guardian since 1821 | Deep-dive: The EU Council reading list on Artificial Intelligence

20/05/2021: New HUB podcast on personalised medicine, Erasmus package, ERC and EIC closer to the market, EIC call extended, trade and biodiversity, EU Algae, EC strategy for international cooperation

In today’s Morning Brief: New INESC Brussels HUB podcast on personalised medicine available | European Parliament adopted the ERASMUS package worth €28 billion | EIC and ERC in search of adequate instruments for up-to-market solutions | EIC Pathfinder call deadline extended ‘due to technical problems’ | Impacts of trade on biodiversity | EC consultation on EU Algae initiative | EC adopted strategy for international cooperation

19/05/2021: INESC article on fisheries published on Science Business, HUB workshop material, Horizon Europe, Blue economy strategy, fusion power, and energy performance workshops

In today’s Morning Brief: INESC article on fisheries published on Science Business | HUB Horizon Europe workshop | Newer member states’s hardship in extracting value from Horizon Europe | Commission strategic guidelines for sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture | EC and EIB for a new blue economy strategy | Fusion power: EU ITER and EU-Japan DEMO | Workshops on the green & digital transition | OLISSIPO Twin Seminars on Computational Biology

17/05/2021: IP code of practice, EU Open Data days, Carbon economy, Zero pollution plan, global data transfer, and Digital Service’s Act

In today’s Morning Brief: Towards a Code of Practice for Smart Use of IP | EU Open Data Days | Carbon economy – Studies on support to research and innovation policy in the area of bio-based products and services | Zero pollution action plan | Global data transfer uncertainty to jeopardise EU digital ambitions | Digital Service’s Act to tackle online disinformation

12/05/2021: Horizon Europe, research partnerships, EIC, EU start-up scoreboard, women’s cancer, renewable energy, chemical strategy, and the path to SDG 14

In today’s Morning Brief: New EC webinar on Horizon Europe | Launch of Horizon Europe work programmes postponed to late May | MEPs enquire about research partnerships in industrial strategy | EIC freezes funds for start-ups | EU-wide start-up scoreboard | Health Commissioner: EU cancer plan must ‘break the silence’ on women’s cancers | IEA: Renewable energy to account for 90% of new power expansion post-COVID-19 | EC Chemical Strategy: roadmap to revise REACH and CLP | New report on EU’s performance on the SDG 14 (Life under water)

07/05/2021: Reduction of fossil fuels, EU islands, new analysis on hydrogen, ELIIT project, COVID19 calls, the Conference of the Future of Europe, and the EU Council presidency

In today’s Morning Brief: Eleven EU countries call to ban fossil fuels from trans-European energy infrastructure | Clean Energy for EU islands forum | Using hydrogen for cars and homes is discouraged by climate researchers | Horizon Europe Covid-19 call deadline extended | Evaluation of the 2nd call of the ELIIT project | Launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe – we need to make our voice heard | Deep Dive: Slovenian Presidency Priorities for Research and Innovation (July-December 2021), What is the presidency of the Council of the EU?, Participation in the Trio Presidency