08/04/2022: ‘The Insider’, EIC Women Leadership Programme, Societal Transformations in the Digital Age, Wind and Nuclear Energy, Military Research, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– ‘The Insider’ – new episode featuring Carlos Henggeler, INESC Coimbra’s President;
– EIC awards €145 million in challenge-drive call for research projects;
– EU space agency calls on space innovators to aid humanitarian efforts in Ukraine;
– Societal Transformations in the Digital Age: Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research in Horizon Europe;

– FAO launches new phase of agriculture policy initiative with $11 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation;
– New EUFOMA Talk: From Revolution to Evolution – The Fishery and Aquaculture Market in a Post COVID-19 World;
– Open Call – EIC Women Leadership Programme;
– Should scientists study how to dim the sun?;

– INESC-ID welcomes EMBL Olissipo Researchers;
– Converting wastewater into clean water: The AFTERLIFE project presents its results;
– UK unveils wind and nuclear focused energy plan following gas price hikes;
– The economic benefits of climate action will outweigh the costs, IPCC report finds;
– Science goes to war: Western allies step up collaboration in military research;
– New European Bauhaus: Commission launches ‘NEB LAB’ with new projects;

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01/03/2022: First issue of OLISSIPO newsletter is out, Solidarity with Ukrainian researchers, latest IPCC report, Gender inequality in digital, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– First issue of the OLISSIPO newsletter now available;
– Solidarity with Ukrainian researchers;
– 2nd Pan-European Cruise Dialogue: the road to sustainable cruise tourism;
– The view from Kyiv: Head of Ukraine’s research agency calls for international help;
– Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems (AnaEE) granted European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) status;
– EU ministers consider speeding up connection of Ukraine’s electricity grid to EU’s;

– Lithuania to call for Russia and Belarus ban from European higher education forum;
– Urgent need to adapt to massive impacts of climate change highlighted in latest IPCC report;
– Addressing gender equalities crucial to closing digital gaps, say Commission officials;

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