Ivan Sotiriadis 
The University of Cyprus is proud to inaugurate AM2C3 – Centre for Prosthetic Manufacturing and Advanced Materials, an ambitious new project with a total budget of €2 million, funded by Horizon Europe Twinning. The AM2C3 project aims to strengthen Cyprus’s research excellence by creating a benchmark for local and regional industry in the field of …
The EU has made strides towards building a more integrated, efficient and attractive single market for research and innovation, but further work is needed to fully tap into its potential. These are the conclusions of the Communication on the implementation of the European Research Area (ERA) that the Commission adopted, reaffirming its commitment to placing …
The Commission has selected 85 innovative net-zero projects to receive €4.8 billion in grants from the Innovation Fund, helping to put cutting-edge clean technologies into action across Europe. For the first time, projects of different scales (large, medium and small, alongside pilots) and with a cleantech manufacturing focus are awarded under the 2023 call for proposals. This is the largest …
The Commission has granted more than €380 million to 133 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action. The allocated amount represents more than half of the €574 million total investment needs for these projects – the remainder coming from national, regional and local governments, public-private partnerships, businesses, and civil society organisations. LIFE …
The Commission has published three calls for proposals under the Creative Europe programme, aiming to support media freedom and pluralism, increase media resilience and help enhance media literacy. The first call for proposals will fund pluralism and collaboration actions to promote journalism partnerships with a total amount of €10.5 million. The pluralism action is aimed at organisations that can set up …
The EOSC EU Node was launched at the EOSC Symposium in Berlin. Serving as a connection point to the emerging EOSC ecosystem, EOSC EU Node is both a platform and an information gateway helping bring together digital research infrastructure across Europe. The ambition of the EOSC is to create a ‘Web of FAIR Data and Services’ for …
The Commission has opened the fourth set of calls for proposals worth €323 million under the digital strand of the Connecting Europe Facility programme (CEF Digital). The new calls aim to speed up the deployment of fast, secure, and sustainable advanced infrastructures, contributing to the development of backbone connectivity, 5G networks, and quantum communication. €128 million of …
The University of Limassol is pleased to announce the participation of its Director, Dr. Afxentis Afxentiou, in a highly impactful study visit to the Robotics Innovation Center (RIC) at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Bremen, Germany, from October 14-17, 2024. The visit, sponsored by the EU-funded project NCP_WIDERA.NET under Horizon Europe, …
CYENS Centre of Excellence presented the outcomes of our Lionfish E+ Project [2023 – 2024, KA210-SCH-2023-004] at the AECT 2024 International Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. The paper is titled: Learning experience design for navigating climate action Paper Abstract: This investigation aims to present a learning experience design tailored to students aged 12-16, centered …
The University of Nicosia (UNIC) and Ecliptic Defence and Space (EDS) have formalised a strategic partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU was signed by the Rector of the University of Nicosia, Professor Philippos Pouyioutas, and the CEO of Ecliptic Defence and Space, Dr Andreas Papanastasiou, during a ceremony held …