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In today’s Morning Brief, EIT opens call in bid to help universities innovate, In the Black ’21 happens today, the info-day for Horizon Europe Cluster 2 is happening soon as is the EIC Summit and the EIC Women Leadership Programme, and more! Have a good weekend!
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In today's Morning Brief:
In today’s Morning Brief:
EIT opens second call in bid to help universities innovate
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is moving its university innovation initiative to the next phase as it launches the second call for proposals.
The EU innovation agency is calling on higher education institutions to join forces with companies, research centres, public authorities and association to design activities that would help them better support and grow innovations. The selected candidates will receive up to €1.2 million to carry out the task.
Find out more here!
In The Black ’21
Today, marks this year’s edition of In the Black ’21 focused on “Impact Assessment for Future Exploitation of Underwater Minerals”, expected to generate renewed momentum to the Raw Materials Community in general. In addition to strengthening the connection between the In the Black community, we aim to redefine future enabling strategies.
Don’t miss more information on the website here!
Save the Date: Info-day for Horizon Europe Cluster 2
The European Commission has announced a new info-day for Horizon Europe Cluster 2 to be held virtually on 7 December 2021.
The info-day will present the research topics proposed under the work programme 2022 of the Horizon Europe Cluster 2 giving the opportunity to prospective applicants to learn more about the funding options under the new programme.
For a detailed agenda, participation, information and practical details, visit the event website here.
A brokerage event will also be organised on 8 December 2021 to connect interested partners. For more information and registration visit the following website.
The Guild signs R&I manifesto for the Conference on the Future of Europe
The Guild joins 19 European R&I actors in calling for research and innovation to be placed at the core of the debates within the Conference on the Future of Europe.
The signatories of the joint Manifesto urge the Conference on the Future of Europe to discuss and deepen R&I issues over the months to come as Europeans should play an active role to make R&I the foundation for building the Europe of the future.
The Manifesto ‘Research and Innovation for the Future of Europe’ can be read here. The signatories invite organizations and individuals to join supporting the initiative.
EIC Women Leadership Programme & EIC Summit on 24-25 November 2021
The European Innovation Council (EIC) is organizing its first Summit on 24-25 November 2021. The sessions can be followed either in person at the EIC Summit venue or online. The EIC Summit is open to everyone, including EIC-funded companies: mentors, and coaches.
Click here to register!
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26/05/2023: New Horizon Europe calls, a global drive for open science, European Commission DG RTD recent reorganisation, EU-China & much more
In today’s Morning Brief:
Horizon Europe
– Twinning call for proposals is open – Read all about it
– Horizon Europe ERA Fellowships call is now open
– EUR 20 million available for Pathways to synergies – Call for proposals
– New Horizon Europe funding opportunity: Dissemination & Exploitation Support Facility call
– Commission Open Call: Expert Group on the Interim Evaluation of Horizon Europe
– Industry 5.0 Award contest opens: apply by 1 September 2023
– Horizon Europe: The EU and the Republic of Korea launch formal negotiations on association to the programme
– European Space Agency chief seeks ‘forward-looking decisions’
Research & Innovation:
– EU research ministers make fresh call for a full transition to free open access publishing
– Open Science: stakeholders welcome European efforts towards publicly owned and not-for-profit scholarly communication
– Global drive for more open, rigorous research is growing
– European Commission sets up new European Innovation Council unit in the research directorate
– Spain wants EU presidency to be ‘bridge’ with Latin American R&D
– Green industry law haunted by old conflicts over nuclear, financing
– The five EU research projects involving China’s military-linked universities
– Critical Raw Materials: EU ministers want to move fast but dilemmas abound
– G7 ministers call for rules to improve research security
– Territorial Economic Data viewer supports policy monitoring
News from INESC institutes:
– INESC Brussels HUB is signing an Open Letter regarding changes to Who is Who in EC Directorate
– ECI Cruelty-free cosmetics – Consultation to adhere to joint final statement
– Structuring the ecosystem: RTOs collaboration with higher education institutions
– INESC TEC develops pioneering research in the application of variational quantum circuits to reinforcement learning
– INOV: MULTICAM prototypes, an online presentation on Blockchain and 5000 followers
– Job Opportunities
Events & Training workshops
19/05/2023: HUB Summer Meeting, Digital Europe Programme, Regional Innovation Valleys, European R&I funding and policy, and much more
In today’s Morning Brief:
Horizon Europe
– Commission Expert Group on the Interim Evaluation of Horizon Europe
– Commission launches first €122M call to create regional innovation ecosystems
– New calls for proposals of the Digital Europe Programme
Research & Innovation:
– EU research commissioner Mariya Gabriel resigns
– France to boost funding for health research infrastructures and UK to invest £100M in improving RIs
– Commission takes European Innovation Council management under its wing
– Industry 5.0 Award: The contest is open for applications
– AI Act moves ahead in EU Parliament with key committee vote
– Defence industry renews call for R&D spending boost
News from INESC institutes:
– Technology and Law: building a virtuous relationship, by Graça Barbosa
– The 2022 INESC-ID AnnualReport is out
– Exciting news from H2020-RESCUER
– Launch of the New Horizon Europe Project SYCLOPS
– INESC TEC supports the implementation of robotic technologies to reduce the ecological footprint
– INESC TEC develops virtual reality app to support youngster looking for jobs
– Job Opportunities
Events & Training workshops
05/05/2023: HE calls update, cohesion policy, open access, open science, cohesion policy and coordination of national and EU R&D policy.
In today’s Morning Brief:
Horizon Europe
– Horizon Europe – easy call and topic search
– From KOWI: MSCA: Model Working Contract for Doctoral Networks published
Research & Innovation:
– Report on the outcome of 2021-2027 cohesion policy programming
– Spain adopts national open access strategy
– Commission attempts to strengthen coordination between national R&D policies and EU research programs
– Commission Plans to launch a European Standardisation Panel survey
– Research funders draw attention to uneven implementation of open science
– EIT Climate to become financially sustainable by end of 2024
– Preparing for Belgium’s Thirteenth Presidency of the Council of the European Union
– African Union-European Union High Level Policy Dialogue – Science, Technology and Innovation. Senior official meet to endorse the AU-EU Innovation Agenda
News from INESC institutes:
– INESC MN has a new publication in Advanced Materials Journal
– INOV projects on Youtube
– Diogo Vaz published an article in Público
– Job Opportunities
Events & Training workshops
