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The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) celebrated the investment agreement with French company PASQAL, a leader in neutral atoms quantum computing. Founded on Nobel Prize-winning research of company’s co-founder Alain Aspect, PASQAL will use the funding to further develop its neutral atoms quantum computing platform, which it believes will deliver …
The call will fund collaborative research projects and support ground-breaking research through international staff exchanges. The second call of the MSCA-funded Staff Exchanges scheme under Horizon Europe closed on 8 March 2023. The European Research Executive Agency received 196 proposals. Applicants requested a total budget close to €194.5 million. Through this call, the European Union is expected …
The European Innovation Council (EIC) is looking for partners to facilitate the internationalisation efforts of top EIC beneficiaries in key World markets with particular emphasis on United States (including Silicon Valley), Asia, South America and Middle East. The future EIC partners should offer services to the EIC beneficiaries to help them ease the existing barriers …
The European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund) has taken 42 new investment decisions into deep-tech companies for a total of €331 million since the last announcement in November 2022. 13 companies have already signed their investment agreements. These are pioneering start-ups that are poised to bring breakthrough innovations to citizens and businesses: a new type of computer vision software …
In recognition of noteworthy strides towards gender equality carried out by academic and research organisations, the European Commission is delighted to announce the winners of the EU Award for Gender Equality Champions: Trinity College Dublin, from Ireland, as a Sustainable Gender Equality Champion. Karolinska Institutet,from Sweden, as a Sustainable Gender Equality Champion. Maynooth University, from Ireland, as …
International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate the women’s contribution to the global economy, and SME Week isa particularly effective initiative to promote and support women-led businesses. Each year, this event brings together entrepreneurs, policymakers, and other stakeholders to share best practices and discuss the challenges and opportunities facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). …
NetworkNature is a Horizon 2020-funded coordination and support action bringing together EU-funded research and innovation projects on Nature-based Solutions (NbS). It has partnered with WWF-Ukraine to launch the Ukraine Nature-based Solutions Hub. The official launch took place online on 9 March 2023, bringing together NetworkNature, WWF-Ukraine, the European Commission, Ukrainian officials and prospective partners, along with …
The European Commission unveiled a new investor report, on the occasion of the BlueInvest Day 2023. The report provided investors with an overview of investment activities and opportunities in the EU blue economy. Moreover, it featured the key innovative technologies and a sample of investment-ready companies across 10 sectors of the sustainable blue economy from the BlueInvest pipeline. …
The European Commission has announced an investment of over €116 million for the LIFE Programme’s new Strategic Projects. This EU funding will help eight major nature, environment and climate action projects reach their targets. The projects will take place in Belgium, Estonia, Spain, Italy, Poland (2), Slovakia and Finland. These additions to the LIFE portfolio will help Europe become a …
The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached with the European Parliament and the Council to reform and strengthen the EU Energy Efficiency Directive. This deal marks a further step in the completion of the ‘Fit for 55′ package to deliver the European Green Deal and the REPowerEU Plan. It shows once again the EU’s determination to become climate neutral …