31/01/2022: Horizon Europe twinning call, EU Soil Mission Board, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, Europe’s energy and climate security policy.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Horizon Europe twinning call receives 391 proposals;
– Call for applicants to join the EU Soil Mission Board;
– EU Members push to get EIC investment fund moving, breaking policy deadlock;
– Biodiversity: EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;
– UK Government launches new scheme for technologies producing hydrogen from biomass;
– The missing element of Europe’s energy and climate security policy;
– Launch of the stakeholder community of practice on the smart use of intellectual property.

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04/01/2022: ERC Consolidator Call 2021, AI Adoption Roundtables, Long-term vision for EU’s rural areas, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Session dedicated to the ERC Consolidator Call 2021;
– Adapting to climate change in European cities;
– Reaction Wall, European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (ELSA);
– AI Adoption Roundtables: UK End-User Review 2022;
– The Future of Mobility: What is the role of communications?;
– A long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas.

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27/12/2021: EU Soil Mission: submit your proposal, Imperial College is hiring academic experts in the digital revolution, news on the EU’s AI Act, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– EU Soil Mission: Call for Proposals is Open,
– Imperial College searches for 13 new leaders of the digital revolution,
– A new type of powerful AI could make EU’s new law obsolete,
– EU and UK reach agreement on fishing opportunities for 2022,
– Excellent research needs open science, G6 research funders say,
– BIOGEARS: bio-based materials for sustainable European aquaculture,
– Commission reports first fall in industry R&D investment in ten years.

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02/12/2021: WG Agro/META4 Workshop, Microplastics call for evidence, Health and Food Audits Analysis Programme for 2022 released, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– WG Agro/META4 Workshop;
– Microplastics: Contribute to call for evidence ahead of new proposal;
– Commission announces €272M for European Universities alliances;
– Commission publishes its Health and Food Audits Analysis Programme for 2022;
– Finland sets up its first quantum computer;
– Fraunhofer develops IT solutions for stable supply chains;
– Reforming research assessment: The way forward;
– Portugal exceeds limits for all environmental categories, study finds;
– EU Council pitches significant changes to AI Act proposal.

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25/11/2021: First calls for interregional innovation projects, lump sum funding in Horizon Europe, women are still under-represented in R&I, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Commission launches first calls for interregional innovation projects;
– Plans to expand lump sum funding in Horizon Europe are ‘premature’;
– Become an evaluator of security research proposals for Horizon Europe;
– Women are still under-represented in R&I;
– EU funded projects that will help save our soil.

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