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In today's Morning Brief:
New information portal on Horizon Europe
A new support portal is now available to everyone interested in participating in Horizon Europe calls, the recently created “Horizon Europe NCP” portal. On this portal, you will be able to access a range of information, training, support tools, and services that NCPs develop to support the wide participation in Horizon Europe. The mission of this portal is to serve as a stable entry point during the whole duration of the programme, complementing the official Funding and Tender Portal.
Horizon Europe work programmes
In the unlikely case you missed it, the Horizon Europe work programmes 2021-2022 have finally been published last week and are now available here. For this occasion, Science|Business has made a useful recap of all the new aspects of the new framework programme and of the negotiations that went into the approval of Horizon Europe and its work programmes.
The first calls of the Horizon Europe 2021-2022 work programmes will open on 22 June. Nonetheless, the details of the participation of third countries to quantum and space research calls are still under discussion, which means that 21 quantum and space research calls had to be further postponed, to 28 October. Read more on the work programmes and the political reactions here.
Experts wanted for the new I3
DG REGIO and EISMEA, who will implement the new Interregional Innovation Investments (I3), are now looking for individuals in their personal capacity as evaluation experts for the I3 funding programme. The experts must have a high level of expertise and professional experience in the fields of smart specialisation strategies, interregional innovation ecosystems and related topics. The call for expression for interest will remain open for the whole duration of the current MFF (until 2027), and the application must be done via the Portal Expert Database.
EARTO webinars now available in the Private Area
Last week, EARTO hosted a series of three webinars on topics of interest for RTOs with EU officials. The three webinars touched three key topics:
- The New European Defence Fund: What’s in it for RTOs? – with Inge Ceuppens, Policy Officer of European Defence Fund (Research), DG DEFIS, European Commission
- Collaboration between the European Investment Fund (EIF) and RTOs – Jerome Samson, Investment Manager, EIF
- Digital Europe Programme & EDIHs: State of Play – Sandro D’Elia, Programme Officer, Digital Transformation of Industrial Ecosystems, DG CONNECT, European Commission
EARTO has shared the presentations of these events and you will find them in the Private Area of this website, in the folder EU R&I funding > Digital Europe > Digital Europe Programme Information, or at these links: European defence fund, EIF and RTOs1 and 2, and Digital Europe.
Commission webinar on personnel costs within Horizon 2020
Last week, the Commission hosted a webinar regarding the accounting practices for projects funded within the last framework programme, Horizon 2020. The webinar, titled Avoiding errors in declaring personnel costs in Horizon 2020 grants can be rewatched on the page of the event, where you will also find all the presentations and supporting User’s Guide for the Personnel Costs Wizard.
Commission’s guide on funding opportunities for hydrogen projects
The Commission presented last week the Hydrogen Public Funding Compass, an online guide to public funding instruments at EU and national level, supporting renewable and low-carbon hydrogen projects. The guide helps stakeholders identify relevant programmes and funds and find out which projects they can finance, what type of funding is available and which conditions apply.
For more information on the ways the EU is supporting clean hydrogen, check the dedicated page here.
Intellectual Property Enforcement Summit
On Tuesday and Wednesday (22 and 23 June), will take place the 4th International IP Enforcement Summit 2021. The event will bring together key European and international decision makers, enforcement agencies, multinational companies and other relevant players to discuss ways to improve protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in the EU and around the globe. The event is organized by the European Commission, the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Swedish IP Office (PRV). Registrations are now closed, but you can find all the details about this event here.
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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