10/02/2022: EIC online info-day, HERA programme is out, Women in academia webinar, Western Balkans fully part of Horizon Europe, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Save the date: European Innovation Council online info-day – 22 February;
– HERA: €1.3 billion plan for first year of new pandemic preparedness programme is out;
– Women in academia: Breaking the glass ceiling or rebuilding the house? – Webinar;
– Validation survey on the “Low-Carbon Industrial Technologies Roadmap for Energy-Intensive Industries;
– Latest ERC winners in limbo as expiry of UK Horizon Europe safety net looms;
– Quantum Ambitions: Strengthening Europe’s leadership;
– Albania completes the Western Balkans association to Horizon Europe;
– New Booklet – Trust in the European digital space in the age of automated bots and fakes;
– New Thematic Report: Blockchain Applications in the Healthcare Sector;
– Energy prices on the rise in the euro area in 2021;
– Opening of exploratory talks for the association of New Zealand to Horizon Europe;
– Brussels to address hazardous chemicals in EU products initiative.

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10/02/2022: HE Cluster 4 Consultation Session, French Presidency Events, EIC Work Programme 2022 published, “The Insider” – new episode, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Info and Consultation session: Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry and Space) and testing and experimentation facilities;
– AI for Industry and Society: Trust and Frugality;
– Horizon Europe: The first assessment – initial feedback;
– Quantum Ambitions: Strengthening Europe’s leadership;
– “The Insider” – new episode with Ben Glocker;
– EU Datathon 2022;
– EIC Work Programme 2022 finally published;
– EU’s energy import dependency decreased in 2020;
– Food biotechnology and food safety: finding answers;
– Fusion energy breakthrough at the world-leading Joint European Torus facility;
– We need to speak the language of companies, not Eurocrats.

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07/02/2022: EU birthday, COVID-19 travel measures, European Code Against Cancer Webinar, STEM Out of the Box, European Industry Days 2022, European energy crisis, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– 30 years ago, the European Union was formally created;
– A common approach to COVID-19 travel measures in the EU;
– European Code Against Cancer (ECAC) Webinar;
– STEM Out of the Box: Women Imagining New Career Paths Beyond Hard Science;
– European Industry Days 2022 – European Research Agency’s contribution to the Green and Digital transitions;
– Digital Industry sets out laundry list for EU-US Trade and Technology Council;
– Ukraine at the crossroads of a European energy crisis;
– Blue Farming: New Strategic Vision for Sustainable Aquaculture;
– Transition Pathway for Tourism published.

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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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28/01/2022: “The Insider” – new episode, Horizon Europe Cluster 6 presentation, Research Assessment process, Innovative Health Initiative

In today’s Morning Brief:
– “The Insider” – new episode with Inna Braverman, co-founder and CEO of Eco Wave Power
– Horizon Europe – Cluster 6 (Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment) Presentation and Consultation
– EU to go ahead with reform of its research assessment process in the face of scepticism
– Guidelines on State aid for Climate, Environmental Protection and Energy 2022
– Horizon Europe gets a lukewarm welcome from researchers
– €800 million new European Biodiversity Partnership to spearhead protection of earth’s biodiversity
– €2.4B Innovative Health Initiative kicks off
– Europe holds its own in supercomputer race
– 7th Plenary meeting of the African Union-European Union High-Level Policy Dialogue for Science, Technology and Innovation

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07/01/2022: Energy Transition Expertise Workshop, French EU presidency conference on R&I, Hydrogen wells, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Energy Transition Expertise Centre Stakeholder Workshop;
– ‘Liquid tree’ in Belgrade fighting back against air pollution;
– France to hold EU presidency conference on international cooperation in R&I;
– Hydrogen could be taken straight from the ground;
– Europe needs to understand Chinese research – or risks being exploited.

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17/11/2021: New method of sharing biomedical datasets, new opportunities for energy innovators, EU investment in green technology, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– International consortium develops identity and access standard for sharing biomedical datasets;
– Global collaboration to open opportunities for energy innovators features EDP;
– EU invests €1.1 billion in green technology translation projects;
– Launch of the Start-up Village Forum: delivering the vision for EU’s rural areas.

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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.

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