The Commission has presented the Competitiveness Compass, the first major initiative of this mandate providing a strategic and clear framework to steer the Commission’s work. The Compass sets a path for Europe to become the place where future technologies, services, and clean products are invented, manufactured, and put on the market, while being the first …
As of Sunday, 2 February, the first rules under the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) started to apply. This includes the AI system definition, AI literacy, as well as a very limited number of prohibited AI use cases outlined in the AI Act that pose unacceptable risks in the EU. To facilitate innovation in AI, …
The 91 new projects are funded through the EU Horizon Europe framework programme for research and innovation, under Cluster 6 “Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment”. They will be working on delivering the commitments outlined in the EU Green Deal. Namely, to help curb environmental degradation, reverse biodiversity decline, better manage natural resources whilst ensuring food and …
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND) 2024 call is open as of 23rd of January 2025. The deadline for submission of proposals is 24 June 2025. Under this call, the European Commission will award €101.8 million to support institutional, regional, national and international training and career development programmes for researchers. COFUND allows …
The European Commission adopted an implementing regulation establishing the rules for joint scientific consultations on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, under the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Regulation. The implementing act provides detailed procedural rules for the joint scientific consultations, also known as scientific advice, covering: the submission of requests from health technology …
The Commission has launched 4 calls for public feedback on different secondary legislation relating to the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) Regulation 2024/1735. In the form of 3 implementing regulations and 1 delegated regulation, these rules are aimed at supporting the NZIA’s objective of creating a regulatory framework that boosts the competitiveness of EU industry and advances technologies …
The European Commission has registered a European Citizens’ Initiative, entitled ‘HouseEurope! Power to Renovation’. The aim of the initiative is to create incentives for the renovation and transformation of existing buildings. The organisers call on the Commission to propose legislation incentivising the reuse of existing buildings based on: (i) ‘tax reductions for renovation works and reused …
The European Commission has published a call for independent experts for the Strategic Advisory Board of Destination Earth. The Board will be composed of approximately 15 European high-level technical and scientific experts that will advise the Commission on strategic matters related to both the technological and scientific areas of development for the next two years. …
This article is published in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. Jean Tirole, Nobel Prize Laureate at Toulouse School of Economics, together with ERC President Maria Leptin, explain why Europe must take urgent action to address the major economic growth gap with the US and China. Research and innovation have been identified as key areas to …
The ERC Consolidator Grants 2025 call closed for applications on 14 January 2025. These are the preliminary data on the submitted proposals: The ERC received 3 121 applications, marking a 35% increase compared to the previous call and a 46% increase compared to the 2023 call. The highest number of applications came from the Physical Sciences and Engineering domain with 1 …