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09/06/2023: Horizon Europe Strategic Plan for 2025-2027, the EIC Scale Up 100 initiative, AI, data sharing & more

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

09/06/2023

02/06/2023: Challenges in attracting and retaining talent in research management, FP10: the HE interim evaluation and its 2025-27 strategic plan, R&I world & more

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

02/06/2023

02/05/2022: The Insider, EU report on R&I, Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking Event, Canada’s new innovation agency, Carbon Farming, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– ‘The Insider’ – new episode featuring Charlotte Andersdotter;
– EU foresight report points to need for more collaboration on R&I policy;
– INESC TEC helps younger people “prepare for the future”;
– Introducing the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking;
– A new report supports the EU’s efforts to provide opportunities for young people;
– Canada launches innovation agency and edges toward Horizon association;
– Creating a sustainable Finish textile industry with bio-based and recycled fibres;
– Council of the EU adopts conclusions on carbon farming;
– Time for Europe to get serious on Artificial Intelligence;
– Green Deal: EU announces €1 billion worth of commitments to protect the ocean;
– Supporting Ukrainian refugees in Europe;
– US plans campaign to attract Russian scientists, engineers to America.

02/05/2022

27/01/2022: Gulbenkian Science Institute open call, Webinar on Horizon Europe, Energy Infrastructure Investment, US to lure STEM talent from overseas.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Gulbenkian Science Institute opens calls for Group Leaders;
– Webinar: Horizon Europe – Quick guide to tackle gender dimension and cross-cutting issues;
– Renewable Energy on the rise: 37% of EU’s electricity;
– US launches measure to lure STEM talent from overseas;
– EU invests over €1 billion in energy infrastructure in support of the Green Deal;
– Commission appoints members of the European Group in Science and New Technologies;
– Europe needs a strategy for seasonal energy balancing.

27/01/2022

08/12/2021: Webinar on renewable energy technologies, call for further investment in European R&I, new tool to monitor EU countries’ resilience, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Webinar: Integration of offshore renewable energy technologies;
– Call for additional €4B investment in European research infrastructures;
– New digital tool helps EU countries monitor their resilience;
– EU to increase cooperation on rare diseases;
– US to push ‘democracy-affirming technology’ with prizes and research projects.

08/12/2021

11/11/2021: BioNTech acquires EIT Health start-up, EU funded projects report on Climate Action, the challenge of greening agri-food system, and more

In today’s Morning Brief:
– European Commission and European Union Intellectual Property Office commit to closer collaboration;
– New report on Climate Action in a post-COVID-19 world from EU funded projects;
– EIB to triple climate adaptation finance;
– COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech acquires EIT Health start-up;
– China and US announce deal to accelerate climate action this decade;
– Challenge of greening agri-food system is ‘absolutely massive’.

11/11/2021

09/06/2023: Horizon Europe Strategic Plan for 2025-2027, the EIC Scale Up 100 initiative, AI, data sharing & more

02/06/2023: Challenges in attracting and retaining talent in research management, FP10: the HE interim evaluation and its 2025-27 strategic plan, R&I world & more

02/05/2022: The Insider, EU report on R&I, Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking Event, Canada’s new innovation agency, Carbon Farming, and more.

27/01/2022: Gulbenkian Science Institute open call, Webinar on Horizon Europe, Energy Infrastructure Investment, US to lure STEM talent from overseas.

08/12/2021: Webinar on renewable energy technologies, call for further investment in European R&I, new tool to monitor EU countries’ resilience, and more.

11/11/2021: BioNTech acquires EIT Health start-up, EU funded projects report on Climate Action, the challenge of greening agri-food system, and more

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