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The Cyprus Institute (CyI): CyI Students Receive the CyI 2022 Innovation Award for their Innovative Project Ideas

PhD students Aliki Christodoulou (Energy, Environment & Atmospheric Sciences program), PhD student George Polykratis (Computational Sciences program) and Master’s student Christoforos Skourides (Environmental Sciences program) were awarded the CyI 2022 Innovation Awards and will each receive 5,000 euros to use for their proposed projects’ development. The CyI 2022 Innovation Awards are offered by the Institute’s …

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Launch the Mediterranean Initiative under Horizon Europe in Cairo

On 30 January, the EU in collaboration with the UfM organised an event on the Mediterranean Initiative. It is part of Horizon Europe work programme for 2023-2024 and an immediate result of the roadmaps on common research and innovation priorities in climate change, health, and renewable energies endorsed at the UfM R&I Ministerial on 27 …

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Transitional arrangements for New Zealand participation in Horizon Europe

The Commission and New Zealand Government have successfully concluded the negotiations for association of New Zealand to the Horizon Europe programme in December 2022. The signing of the Association Agreement is expected to take place in 2023, pending the completion of all necessary validations on both sides. Under the transitional arrangement, researchers and organisations in …

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EIT Digital Venture Programme 2023 now open for applications in 22 European countries

More than 200 entrepreneurs supported, and 124 startups launched, several of which have quickly raised investment and signed outstanding clients. Launched six years ago, the EIT Digital Venture Programme, designed to support early-stage entrepreneurial teams from the Baltics, Eastern and Southern Europe in their journey to market, boasts a valuable track record. And the program keeps …

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EIT Digital wins EU project to train SMEs for the Digital Decade

During the next three years, EIT Digital and its project partners will deliver short-term training programmes for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises with a focus on three digital technology areas of strategic importance for Europe: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Cybersecurity. Europe needs to enhance digital skills of its workforce The EU has a significant and systemic …

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND 2022 call receives 107 proposals

This call will fund doctoral and postdoctoral programmes promoting MSCA’s best practices and excellent working conditions for researchers. The second call of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions-funded COFUND scheme closed on 16 February 2023. The European Research Executive Agency received 107 proposals. By comparison, 116 proposals were submitted in 2021 and 27 were eventually selected for funding. …

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COST Action research open to the world via Open Research Europe

It is important to ensure that the COST Actions’ scientific and technology related results, outcomes, and impacts are shared widely with the Research and Innovation community. To further support this, COST Actions were recently invited to start submitting their networks’ research to Open Research Europe (ORE), the European Commission’s Open Access publishing platform for research. The latest COST …

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Intellectual property: Final step taken to launch the Unitary Patent system

The Commission welcomes Germany’s deposition of instrument on the ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement triggering the final step required for the system to start operating on 1 June 2023. The unitary patent system will provide businesses with a one-stop-shop for obtaining patent protection and enforcing it in Europe. It will make both obtaining …

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EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’: 20 new projects to restore our blue Planet by 2030

20 multinational projects will receive over €117 million to contribute to the objectives of the EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and waters’: protect and restore biodiversity, cut pollution, support a sustainable blue economy. The projects gather 297 partners from 39 countries, including most of the EU Member States. A full overview of the projects can be …

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