In today’s Morning Brief:
2023: The Morning Brief in Review
INESC News
Funding
Intelligence reports
Strategic Projects – Elevating INESC’s impact
Our Social Media presence
Together we Innovate
Summer Meeting 2023
INESC Winter Meeting
Our new calendar tool
Events & Training workshops
In today’s Morning Brief:
Funding
EU launches €84M calls to strengthen AI and cybersecurity
EU Blue Champions: advancing ocean recovery projects with EIB support
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
AI in Science: evolving regulations and opportunities for INESC Institutes – insights from the HUB’s Intelligence Report
AI disruption: empowering boards to navigate strategic evolution
European Research Council issues warning on AI’s use in grant applications
Energy
New Wind Charter and national wind pledges underline ambition for wind power in Europe
Robotics
Robotics transform: opening opportunities for European factories with flexible materials
Research & Innovation
2023 Knowledge Valorisation campaign – Making research results work for society
How to make a European research framework programme
Replay 2023: The most significant research and innovation happenings of the year
Emmanuel Macron announces ambitious research reforms
European Research Executive Agency ‘s impact: facilitating EU R&I in 2023
New EIC Board members appointed
Assessing the impact of EU research grants: the Horizon 2020 effect on firm-level outcomes
Foresight analysis: informing Horizon Europe’s 2nd strategic plan
Proposed Horizon cut stuck as EU leaders fail to reach budget review deal
CESAER launches recommendations on Horizon Europe missions
INESC News
INESC MN secures 2.58M euros as certified technology and innovation center
INESC-ID Leads Horizon Europe’s SHIFT2DC Project: Advancing DC Solutions in Europe
INESC TEC facilitating digital transformation at Banco Português de Fomento
INESC TEC’s contribution to IFishCan, the award-winning food waste reduction project
Job Opportunities
Events & Training workshops
In today’s Morning Brief:
Funding
European Innovation Council (EIC) 2024 work program: less budget, overall continuity and €1.2 billion for strategic technologies
MSCA Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Concerns arise over RD&I cuts in Horizon Europe: EARTO’s warning
European Council endorses Multiannual Financial Framework Revision: president Michel’s statement
CHIPS Joint Undertaking amends work programme 2023 and opens call for pilot lines
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
Commission’s Policy Brief Explores AI’s Role in Revolutionizing Science and Innovation
AI Act agreement gets mixed reaction from European tech
European Research Executive Agency: AI’s Role in Shaping Europe’s Future
Energy
Commission welcomes deal on electricity market reform
Microelectronics
Industry calls for more transatlantic cooperation in semiconductor research
Research & Innovation
2023 EU Industrial R&D Scoreboard is out
Horizon programme: a catalyst for remarkable business growth in Europe
EU countries agree on steps to attract and retain research talent
Commission publishes foresight report paving the way for Horizon Europe’s next Strategic Plan
MEPs agree position on EU Health Data Space to boost research
Concerns arise over RD&I cuts in Horizon Europe: EARTO’s warning
Concerns arise over RD&I cuts in Horizon Europe: EARTO’s warning
European Council endorses Multiannual Financial Framework Revision: president Michel’s statement
EU leaders advance accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova
INESC News
Exploring INOV’s strategic engagement in ECP’s ceramic and crystal agenda
Vanguard Initiative Introduces VInnovate: A New Interregional Funding Mechanism for Innovation
INESC TEC’s robots already traverse the vineyards of Douro
Job Opportunities
Events & Training workshops
In today’s Morning Brief:
Funding
€337 million to fund new Research Infrastructures projects
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
ERC warns researchers on use of AI in proposals
Energy
EU Energy Days at COP28 reaffirm commitment to clean energy transition
Bioengineering
New Report: Food 2030 Research and Innovation – Pathways for action 2.0
Commission consults citizens and stakeholders on evaluation of the Nitrates Directive
Microelectronics
EU launches chips partnership with €1.7B for pilot lines
UK innovation agency lists 50 most promising emerging technologies
Research & Innovation
Manuel Heitor to lead advisory group for EU’s next research program
Study supporting the assessment of EU missions and the review of mission areas
Launch of EU Science Diplomacy Working Groups: Results of call for expressions of interest published
EU and Greenland sign strategic partnership on sustainable raw materials value chains
United Kingdom joins Horizon Europe and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
ELIXIR publishes its new scientific programme
INESC News
INOV spotlights IRIS Tools: advancing IoT and AI cybersecurity
INESC-ID contributes in advancing adult reading with intelligent systems
INESC TEC aims to streamline the offshore wind energy ecosystem
Job Opportunities
Events & Training workshops
In today’s Morning Brief:
Funding
Calls open for 2023 Innovation Fund proposals with record €4B budget
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to develop the Smart Specialization Observatory
Fighting extreme weather with extreme computing power
Energy
Commission proposes 166 cross-border energy projects for EU support to help deliver the European Green Deal
Commission sets out actions to accelerate the roll-out of electricity grids
Microelectronics
EU and India sign semiconductor memorandum of understanding
Research & Innovation
Canada to sign Horizon Europe association deal next year
No more New European Bauhaus Mission
Nature-inspired flying robots: advancements in environmental monitoring
Over €75B of the recovery funds will go to European Research Area objectives
Lisbon crowned European capital of innovation for 2023
Maria Leptin’s perspectives on university challenges and innovation
EU’s Industrial R&D Scoreboard updates
INESC News
RTP3 features INOV’s AI-integrated inspection system in RiaStone production
APPRAISE system: INOV contributes to enhancing security in public spaces through innovative technology
INESC TEC collaborates on a European project that promotes the use of algae in sustainable aquaculture
INESC TEC’s podcast among the nominees for a national award
Job Opportunities
Events & Training workshops
In today’s Morning Brief:
Horizon Europe
– Marc Lemaître´s viewpoint on how to strengthen impact of research and innovation during the next phase of Horizon Europe
– Horizon Europe was €34B short in first two years according to Commission’s new analysis
– EIC Accelerator – change in the application submission platform
– Portfolio analysis, EU mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”
– Showcase your research at the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions Science-Policy pitch competition – now open
Research & Innovation:
– Open data initiative to plough on with global agenda amid geopolitical tensions
– When artificial is beneficial
– Conference on deep tech and entrepreneurship held in Stockholm, on 1-2 June
– EU and US hatch transatlantic plan to rein in ChatGPT
– Call to encourage academic engagement with deep tech entrepreneurship
– Universities call for an Africa-EU science fund
– EU’s lower rate of private sector R&D investment driven by structure of its economy
– Open Science: Stakeholders welcome European efforts towards publicly owned and not-for-profit scholarly communication
– Commission and industry players commit to make the textile sector greener, more digital and competitive
Europe seeks flourishing forests through restoration
– The innovative EU research projects fighting plastic pollution
– Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Research – report by ENISA – European Union Agency for Cybersecurity
– New Agenda to strengthen EU’s partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean
News from INESC institutes:
– EBRAINS announces that INESC TEC has joined the EBRAINS AISBL as an associate member
– Immersive learning: it’s not fiction, it’s the future
– From 1985 to 2023: How to account for 38 years of INESC TEC
– INESC-ID researchers and IST Professors Arlindo Oliveira and Isabel Trancoso on AI
– INOV: APPRAISE project team meet in Brussels
– INESC TEC attends OCEANS23 in Limerick
– Job Opportunities
Events & Training workshops
In today’s Morning Brief:
Horizon Europe
– The Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2025-2027 analysis
– Commission launches €122 million calls for proposals to bridge innovation gaps across the EU and empower innovation ecosystems
– Horizon Europe calls: European Innovation Ecosystems
Research & Innovation:
– EU Industry Days 2023: Stakeholder sessions
– Call for experts: European Multi-Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation
– Public Consultation: New framework for standard-essential patents (SEPs)
– Public consultation: Revised framework for compulsory licensing of patents
– Research manager recruitment hampered by lack of role clarity
– EU Commission issues internal guidelines on ChatGPT, generative AI
– OCEAN Season 5, Episode 5 – Critical infrastructure
– The EU blue economy report 2023
– The FAIR Cookbook – the essential resource for and by FAIR doers
– REPowerEU – one year on
– Urban food system transformation in the context of Food 2030 – current practice and outlook towards 2030
– Fraunhofer president resigns amid allegations of misuse of funds
– Germany and Ireland to work together on hydrogen research
– UK to boost tech and innovation ties with India
– Japan wants to privatise its Science Council
– EU and US partner on cancer research with new task force
– United States: updated roadmap to focus federal investments in AI research and development (R&D)
– United States: A new report on the risks and opportunities related to AI in education
– How the US debt-ceiling crisis could cost science for years to come
– Spanish Presidency starting on 1st July and snap national general elections to take place on July 23
– Beijing releases white paper for web3 innovation and development
– WHO Launches Global Infectious Disease Surveillance Network
News from INESC institutes:
– INESC TEC leads project to study lung cancer using Artificial Intelligence
– INOV projects at RISE-SD2023
– INESC-ID student Catarina Botelho wins “3 Minutos de Tese”
– INESC MN at the IEEE ISCAS 2023
– Job Opportunities
Events & Training workshops
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
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
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