The EU supports the deployment of digital connectivity infrastructures with 151.3 million in funding under the Connecting Europe Facility

The European Commission has selected 39 projects that will receive EU funding to support safe, secure and sustainable high-performance infrastructure, including Gigabit and 5G networks across Europe. A total EU grant of €151.3 million will be distributed for the aforementioned projects, feasibility studies or works, which were selected among the proposals received for the first Connecting …

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The Cyprus Institute: Prof. Fadi Comair Elected Chair of the ECOMED Academy

Professor Fadi Comair, Director of Energy Environment and Water Research Center EEWRC at the Cyprus Institute was unanimously elected as Chair of the ECOMED Academy on the 12th of December 2022 during the Task Force First Meeting. Furthermore, it was decided that The Cyprus Institute will be the host of the ECOMED Academy, as Cyprus is …

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The Cyprus Institute: EAD Leads World-First Offshore Atmospheric Research Expedition Between Spain and UAE in Partnership with Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and The Cyprus Institute

The Media, Cognition and Learning (MCL) research group of the Department of Communication and Internet Studies at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) invites you to an online workshop aimed at journalists and communication studies students.  This workshop is part of a series of workshops for the JOUREDIS program and is free of charge. Registration: https://forms.gle/WsoLRiaff1vdMsJ36 Date: 21 December 2022, …

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Open University of Cyprus: The UNESCO Chair on “Visual Anticipation and Futures Literacy towards Visual Literacy” was officially established

It was established in a ceremony on 10.12.2022 at the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) UNESCO Headquarters with the subject ” Visual Anticipation and Futures Literacy towards Visual Literacy ” . It is the only UNESCO Chair in the field of visual literacy in the international area , which gives wide recognition to the activity of OUC and Associate Professor Vikis (Vayas) Karaiskou , Director of the Chair. It is also the 6th UNESCO chair to be established in Cypriot universities. The Launch …

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European University Cyprus: The Dean Of The Faculty Of Law Of the University Was Elected Vice-President Of The International Organisation Medreg

The international organisation Medreg is the most important organisation in the wider Euro-Mediterranean area and deals with the issues of energy and climate change. The vice-presidency is assumed by Greece, while the position of the vice-president is occupied by the professor of the Faculty of Law of the European University of Cyprus Prof. Konstantinos Tsimaras. …

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University of Cyprus: Two Young Researcher Awards 2022 to University of Cyprus Academics

The remarkable research work of two scientists of the University of Cyprus has been highlighted once again by the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) and the Federation of Employers and Industrialists (OEB), in the context of the annual institution of the “Cyprus Innovation Awards” and the “Cyprus Research Awards”. The “Cyprus Research Award – Young …

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University of Cyprus: Great Success for the University of Cyprus for the Creation of a Centre of Excellence for Research and Innovation

The University of Cyprus secured the highest ranking in the evaluation of the European Commission (EC) for the creation of the “PHAETHON Research and Innovation Center of Excellence for Intelligent, Efficient and Sustainable Energy Solutions”, in the context of the Call of Proposals “Teaming for Excellence” of the “Horizon Europe” Programme. “PHAETHON” secured funding of …

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University of Cyprus: 5 new “TWINNING” Research Projects of the European Union secured and will be coordinated by the University of Cyprus – €3.1 million will flow into the University!

The University of Cyprus has secured 5 of the 9 Twinning projects secured by Cyprus with funding of over 7.4 million euros, of which 3.1 million euros will flow exclusively to the University of Cyprus. The Twinning projects are part of the “Widening Participation & Strengthening the ERA” priority of the EU Framework Programme for …

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The 2023-2024 work programme of Horizon Europe is out!

With a budget of €13.5 billion, the European Commission has launched the new work programme of Horizon Europe,  the EU’s funding programme for research and innovation. The work programme will focus on: Delivering on climate action and digital transformation; Supporting a safe, secure and resilient Europe; Reinforcing access of Ukrainian researchers to European research infrastructures; Strengthening international initiatives in …

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MSCA announces new calls worth over €1.7 billion to support researchers and organisations

The European Commission has announced new calls in 2023 and 2024 to support researchers’ training, skills and career development and organisations under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. The calls follow the adoption of the Horizon Europe 2023-2024 work programme. With a total budget of €6.6 billion over 2021-2027, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions support researchers from all over the …

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