16/7/2021: EU Council proposed cuts to HE, Switzerland out of HE, research funding for climate, new Forest Strategy, reactions to the climate package, China’s climate measures, digital sovereignty, and a webinar on HPC

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Research stakeholders against €316M proposed cut to 2022 Horizon budget
– EU suspends Swiss access to grants
– EU to raise R&D investments to reach climate goals
– Commission proposes new strategy to protect and restore EU forests
– Climate package: concerns about social and trade impact and the support of investors
– China launches a carbon trading scheme
– Digital Sovereignty at the core of the Industrial strategy debate
– Webinar “On the road to HPC: Major Challenges and New Opportunities” (22 July)

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14/7/2021: JRC calls for nuclear research infrastructures, Agri-Food survey, financing for tech start-ups, Open Science Cloud, EU digital sovereignty, and EuroHPC approved

In today’s Morning Brief:
– JRC research infrastructures – 4 calls to access nuclear research infrastructures
– Agri-Food TEF survey and workshop material
– Venture capital fund to finance tech start-ups
– Public private partnership for the EU Open Science Cloud
– Software industry needs more EU digital sovereignty
– Supercomputing partnership EuroHPC gets final approval

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1/6/2021: HUB Forestry and Deep Tech events today, HorizonEU webinar, research careers, EuroHPC, energy stakeholders dialogues, single-use plastic, and INESC article on Science|Business

In today’s Morning Brief: INESC Brussels HUB Spring Meeting is here! | New Commission webinar on Horizon Europe | Science ministers commit to improving research careers and agree on €7 billion for EuroHPC | Energy for the Green Deal: a series of on-line stakeholder dialogues | Commission guidance for harmonised application of Single-Use Plastic rules | Reminder: INESC article on Cancer Mission on Science|Business

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28/05/2021: HUB Deep Tech and Forestry events on Tuesday, INESC articles on Science Business, EuroHPC, Horizon Europe delays, and Switzerland leaves EU treaty talks

In today’s Morning Brief: Registrations still open for Deep Tech and Forestry events on Tuesday (1 June 2021) | INESC articles on Science Business | Parliament takes a joint position on EuroHPC and on equal access to public private research partnerships | Concerns over Horizon Europe delays and splits on plan to limit access to R&D projects | Switzerland ditches EU treaty talks, leaving question mark over research ties

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05/05/2021: Renewable energy, GMOs, leaked draft on renewables and industry green transition, Digital Europe, Datathon, and a new Quantum Computing HUB

In today’s Morning Brief: EC platform for renewable energy statistics transfer | EC study on gene editing in agriculture | EU’s draft renewables law confirms 38-40% target for 2030 | EC draft measures for a rapid green transition of industries | Parliament votes €7.5B Digital Europe programme | EU Datathon 2021 | ETH Zurich founds Quantum Computing Hub

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04/05/2021: EU Industrial strategy, Health Data, EuroHPCH, EU defence fund, IP, OECD survey, workshops on batteries and on Horizon Europe

In today’s Morning Brief: Call for transparency for the new EU Industrial Strategy proposal | European Health Union: Commission publishes open public consultation on the European Health Data Space | EU supercomputer partnership now headquartered in Luxembourg | European Parliament approved €7.9B European defence fund | EC public consultation on IP for industrial designs | OECD Survey addressed to all researchers | Batteries Europe hosts a workshop on the digitalisation of batteries | Webinar on latest Horizon Europe updates

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