EIT is pleased to announce 18 Citizen Engagement projects from across 14 countries selected to receive support under the EIT Community New European Bauhaus Initiative. In addition to joining Europe’s largest innovation ecosystem, each citizen-led project, working to address local challenges will local solutions, will receive between EUR 15 000 and EUR 45 000 to …
Diabeloop, a key player in therapeutic artificial intelligence (AI) applied to insulin delivery, has announced a new financing round of EUR 70 million to accelerate its international expansion. The Grenoble-based start-up was created in 2015 by Erik Huneker, an alumnus of several EIT Health programmes. The high-growth diabetes start-up closed its Series C financing round, led by …
Launched in January 2022 as a co-creation exercise, the process of drafting an agreement for reforming research assessment has reached an important milestone. On 8 July, the final version of the agreement was presented at a Stakeholder Assembly bringing together the 350+ organisations from 40+ countries having expressed interest in being involved in the process. The final Agreement …
Funded by EIT Urban Mobility, the Urban Air Mobility Accelerator programme will accelerate 10 start-ups from over Europe during the next 6 months. The selected start-ups will receive mentoring and coaching, expert workshops, and access to local ecosystems and markets, in addition to the possibility to test their solutions in living labs throughout cities of Europe. …
On 16 June 2022, the European Commission granted the legal status of European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) to the Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI), making MIRRI-ERIC be the 24th ERIC established since 2011. MIRRI was acknowledged as an ESFRI Landmark in 2021 and is part of the Health & Food domain. The mission of MIRRI is to …
World Brain Day is dedicated to increasing public awareness and promoting advocacy related to brain health, worldwide. This year’s theme is ‘Brain health for all’ which focuses on sharing crucial information about brain disorders to reduce their burden for everyone. To date, around 165 million Europeans are living with a brain disorder. Improving brain health cannot …
HaDEA has launched a new call for tenders for Multiple Framework Contracts in cascade to support expert groups in the field of health in 2023-2025. The objective of this call for tenders is to support the management of the Commission health expert groups and their policy development and actions on key public health challenges through managerial, …
Specialising in deep neural network development for various industries – from healthcare to manufacturing, Czech-based Iterait is transforming scientific work into real-life artificial intelligence solutions. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a smart choice for the future of businesses in various industries. With this in mind, Prague’s Iterait project is developing and delivering complete computer vision AI solutions that …
Did you know that 36% of the total waste generation in the EU comes from construction waste? And that waste generation is predicted to increase by 70% by 2050 compared to current levels? Yet, it’s difficult to measure what the construction ecosystem is doing to address this problem. In order to fully reap the benefits …
The Commission has adopted a proposal for a Regulation by the European Parliament and the Council establishing the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA) for 2022-2024. As announced in the Joint communication on the Defence Investment Gaps in May, the Commission is delivering on its commitment to set up a Short-Term EU Instrument reinforcing European …