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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05/11/2021: INESC TEC joins efforts in the OceanACT, In the Black’21 Workshop registration is open, ERC looks to award three grantees, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– INESC TEC Joins Efforts in the Ocean Act;
– ERC Looks to Award Three Grantees;
– INESC TEC’s Autumn Forum;
– In the Black’21 Workshop;
– EU-funded Projects Helping with the Climate Crisis;
– Four Problems we need to solve with Solar Energy;
– Science Business Launches new Climate Ideas Live Blog;
– Research Associations Plead with Europe for UK Horizon Europe Association;
– Inside Portugal’s bid to become a ‘start-ups factory’.

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27/10/2021: Sixth report on the State of the Energy Union, Maria Leptin takes up post as Head of the ERC, COP26, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Sixth Report on the State of the Energy Union;

– Science Europe Panel: Empowering Policy Makers with Informed Scientific Knowledge to Address the Climate Crisis;
– As COP26 Approaches, European Universities lag on Fossil Fuel Divestment;
– Maria Leptin takes up post as Head of the ERC;
– European Academies call for more equitable Access Publishing;
– New €1.5 Billion Call for Green Technology Demonstrators.

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21/9/2021: Reform of the Research Assessment System, CH to fund ERC proposals, Open Access, Quantum investments, new U-Multirank HE cooperation index

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Reform of the Research Assessment System
– Switzerland will temporarily fund ERC proposals with own funds
– Monitoring the open access policy of Horizon 2020
– UK starts construction of new £93 million quantum computing centre
– New ERC President, Maria Leptin, to take over on 1st November
– U-Multirank creates new ‘Higher Education Cooperation Index’
– 2022: Year of Youth and ERASMUS as a tool to promote European Education Area

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22/7/2021: Scientists for the Future of Europe, NextGeneration EU funding guide, DG RTD new deputy chief, COP26 preparation, and teleworking in the EU bubble

In today’s Morning Brief:
– ERC urges scientists to contribute in the Conference on the Future of Europe
– How to mobilize research funds from the NextGeneration EU pandemic recovery fund
– DG RTD: Joanna Drake is new deputy director general
– EU ministers discuss preparations for COP26 conference
– Will the Zoom revolution transform the Brussels bubble?

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21/7/2021: First European Innovation Ecosystems calls, EIC summit dates, EuroGEO workshop, ERC funding, alliances for microchips, EU green hydrogen plan, and scepticism on the digital euro

In today’s Morning Brief:
– First calls of the European Innovation Ecosystems Work Programme
– First EIC summit announced for 24-25 November
– EuroGEO workshop 2021 (20-23 September)
– ERC president asks more attention to fundamental research
– New alliances to foster microchips and cloud technologies
– EU’s green hydrogen plans welcomed by industry
– Digital euro: experts air their scepticism

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19/7/2021: Pact for R&I in Europe, struggle with HE 2022 budget, ERC 2022, industrial partnerships, EIC call for project portfolio managers, LIFE CET call, R&I regulations for the Green Deal, renewable energy directive, data governance, and the Industrial Forum

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Commission adopts proposal for a Pact for R&I in Europe
– European Research Council to award €2.4B in 2022
– Parliament tries to fight back on proposed cut to 2022 HE budget while Commission pushes for more investment
– Parliament to settle on recommendations for 10 industrial partnerships
– EIC seeks six project portfolio managers
– First LIFE 2021 call on clean energy transition
– New laws and regulations bind R&I programmes to Green Deal targets
– Renewable Energy Directive
– Data governance: new rules to boost data sharing across the EU
– New Industrial Forum collaborative platform

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5/7/2021: EIC-ERC collaboration, GÉANT network enlarged, WHO on AI for health, State Aid, EDF, energy efficiency platform and rules, EU rural areas and Green Deal blueprint for cities

In today’s Morning Brief:
– EIC and ERC strengthen collaboration in joint workshop
– FCCN first NREN to migrate to new GÉANT fibre network
– Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health (World Health Organisation)
– New state aid rules to facilitate researchers
– EU defence research fund to increase technological sovereignty
– Energy efficiency financing platform: DEEP 2.0
– New EU measures for energy efficiency of electric motors
– Long-term vision for EU rural areas
– A blueprint for cities to implement the EU Green Deal

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