EUROPE-AFRICA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CALL ON RENEWABLE ENERGY NOW OPEN FOR PRE-PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

The Long-term Europe Africa Partnership on Renewable Energy (LEAP-RE) is a 5 years programme co-funded by the European Commission under Horizon 2020, aiming at developing a long-term partnership between Europe and Africa on Research and Innovation (R&I) in renewable energy. The programme is conducted by a consortium of 83 partners from European and African countries. …

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STARTUPS4PEACE: BUSINESS IDEAS TO BRING US TOGETHER

The EU funded Innovative Entrepreneurship project has launched the 2022 Startups4Peace (Su4P) programme in cooperation with the Embassy of Finland. The programme aims to encourage innovative entrepreneurs with new business ideas and intercommunal vision in Cyprus to come together, work in partnership and develop closer contacts between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. The successful …

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ERC REVEALS MAPPING OF ITS FUNDED RESEARCH

Driven by curiosity and crucial to facing global challenges: in-depth study finds ERC-funded research under Horizon 2020 programme highly relevant to Europe’s policy ambitions. A new in-depth analysis of all research projects funded by the European Research Council under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation framework programme has been made public. The study – “Mapping …

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WINNERS OF ERC PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AWARD ANNOUNCED

Professors Mariska Kret, Alpa Shah and Jonathan Tennyson have been awarded the ERC Public Engagement with Research Awards 2022. Professor Artur Obluski has received a special mention following an online vote for the public’s favourite project. The names of the laureates have been announced in an award ceremony at the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) in …

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MSCA STRONGLY CONTRIBUTES TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENTS IN EUROPE, BUT MORE CAN BE DONE, STUDY SHOWS

The study provides an in-depth analysis of MSCA mobility flows and recommendations for a more balanced movement of researchers and talent (“brain circulation”) in the European Research Area. The European Commission carried out a study to understand the structure and determinants of researchers’ mobility and how to make mobility flows across countries more balanced. The study analyses …

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MSCA4UKRAINE: UPCOMING CALL IN SEPTEMBER – PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS

A call for applications under the recently announced MSCA4Ukraine scheme, funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and aiming to support displaced researchers from Ukraine, is coming up in September. About MSCA4Ukraine MSCA4Ukraine will enable researchers from Ukraine to continue their work at academic and non-academic organisations in EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries, while …

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UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS: PROFESSOR OF UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS MARIOS POLYCARPOU WAS ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE ΑCADEMIA EUROPAEA

A great honor for the University of Cyprus and the scientific community of Cyprus in general, is the election of Professor Marios Polycarpou of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Cyprus and the Director of the KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus, as a regular member …

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EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS: THE UNIVERSITY PARTICIPATES IN THE PROJECT RIGHT TO CONNECT NOW: DIGITAL INCLUSION FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

The European University Cyprus, through its Centre of Excellence in Research and Innovation in Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, SoScieAtH, participates as a partner in the two-year project Right to Connect: digital inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities, which is co-funded by the European Union as an Erasmus+ programme. Active participation in daily life today …

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NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS (NTUA): THE DAEDALUS SUPERCOMPUTER IS COMING TO NTUA

A very powerful new generation supercomputer, “DAEDALUS” will be installed in the Lavrion Technological Cultural Park (LTCP) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). On Friday, 1 July 2022, a memorandum of long-term cooperation between the Ministry of Digital Governance and NTUA was signed by the Minister Mr. Kyriakos Pierrakakis and the Rector Prof. Andreas G. Boudouvis. …

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