21/12/2021: INESC Brussels Hub Winter Meeting 2021, International Conference on Research Infrastructures, Horizon Europe missions info days, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– INESC Brussels Hub Winter Meeting 2021;
– International Conference on Research Infrastructures 2022;
– Horizon Europe missions info days to be held in January;
– EIC Accelerator disburses €627 million in largest funding round to date;
– Universities set out demands for next trio EU council presidency;
– What should happen to unspent EU research money?;
– Commission proposes new EU framework to decarbonize gas markets, promote hydrogen and reduce methane emissions;
– European Clusters Panorama 2021;
– Horizon Europe: bigger and more complex than ever – in some cases;
– In focus: The digital transformation of our energy system;
– European Green Deal: Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform kicks off;
– Long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas: launch of the Rural Pact;
– Online Info day on the 2022 AGRI Promotion Calls for proposals;

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10/12/2021: Smart Readiness Indicator platform launch event, launch of MapMyTree tool, launch of EU agricultural outlook 2021-31, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Smart Readiness Indicator platform launch event;
– Biodiversity: Launch of MapMyTree tool;
– EU agricultural outlook 2021-31: lower demand for feed to impact arable crops;
– Opening science up to society;
– Commission to push for European degrees as part of new universities strategy;
– Time is running out to regulate neurotechnology;
– EU passes first chunk of green investment rules, gas and nuclear still to come.

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09/12/2021: The world’s first AI treaty, ESIR virtual seminar, new tool to support decarbonisation in the EU, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– The world’s first AI treaty;
– Protect, prepare and transform Europe – ESIR virtual seminar;
– Commission makes software available to all to benefit businesses, innovators and areas of public interest;
– Annual Erasmus+ grant budgets should be equally distributed, universities say;
– New, data driven and user-friendly tool to support decarbonisation in the EU;
– Stories from 2050 – Radical, inspiring and thought-provoking narratives;

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03/12/2021: ICoWEFS 2022, European Business and Nature Summit 2021, Germany’s new government and R&I, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– International Conference on Water, Energy, Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2022);
– European Business and Nature Summit 2021;
– Research to be part of EU rival to China’s Belt and Road initiative;
– European Commission welcomes political agreement on the 8th Environment Action Programme;
– What Germany’s new government means for R&I;
– Data Governance: Deal on new rules to boost data sharing across the EU;
– UK-EU row may leave Copernicus €750M short.

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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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30/11/2021: WG Agro Workshop, Science Europe on Research Culture in the ERA, European Commission launches a new tool for transfers of renewable energy, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– The Commission launches a new tool to facilitate statistical transfers of renewable energy;
– WG Agro Workshop;
– Science Europe launches a vision for Research Culture in the ERA;
– A Soil Deal for Europe;
– Commission hosts second matchmaking event to speed up the development and production of COVID-19 vaccines;
– Europe’s climate legislation must work for citizens, says Spanish lawmaker;

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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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