The 2024 EU Prize for Citizens Science goes to three projects addressing marine pollution, agricultural biodiversity, and mental health

The winners of the EU 2024 Prize for Citizen Science were announced on June 12th. Citizen science – the general public engagement in scientific research activities – contributes to a vibrant civil society and is getting increasingly popular with Europeans. Out of the 288 applications, three citizen science initiatives received the main prizes and 27 …

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MSCA awards €78.5 million for international research cooperation projects

The European Commission will support 73 Staff Exchanges projects to boost knowledge transfer and innovation. The European Commission has announced the results of the 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) call for Staff Exchanges under Horizon Europe, the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. The Commission will assign €78.5 million for a total of 73 projects, promoting cooperation …

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MSCA opens €608.6 million call for Doctoral Networks

Doctoral Networks implement doctoral programmes through partnerships of organisations from different sectors across Europe and beyond to train highly skilled doctoral candidates and boost their employability in the long-term. The 2024 call for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks under Horizon Europe, the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation, is open for submissions with a deadline to apply by 27 …

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Next Doctoral Networks 2024 call opening soon: 6 steps to prepare your application

Get started with this funding scheme and learn how to prepare a successful proposal for this call opening on 29 May. MSCA Doctoral Networks implement doctoral programmes through consortia of organisations from different sectors across Europe and beyond. Selected networks expose the researchers to the academic and non-academic sectors, and offer them training in research, as …

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Commission invests over €1 billion in 54 ambitious defence industrial projects through the European Defence Fund

The Commission announced the results of the 2023 calls for proposals under the European Defence Fund (EDF) amounting to €1,031 million of EU funding to support 54 outstanding joint European defence research and development projects. The selected projects will support technological excellence across a wide range of defence capabilities in critical areas, including cyber defence, ground, air …

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New winners announced: EU Gender Equality Champions in Research and Innovation

Commissioner Iliana Ivanova and Director General for Research and Innovation Marc Lemaître with the representatives of the Gender Equality Champion organisations for 2023. To acknowledge outstanding results achieved by academic and research institutions in advancing gender equality, the European Commission is pleased to announce the recipients of the EU Award for Gender Equality Champions in …

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Pathways to Synergies: new projects bridging the gap between local and EU funding

The European Commission invests €20 million in new projects under the Pathways to Synergies action, with the goal of setting up interfaces between different funding systems and supporting cross-border collaboration. Pathways to synergies is a new funding opportunity, part of the Horizon Europe: Widening participation and spreading excellence funding sub-programme. The objectives of this action are to support the …

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CoARA’s First Call for Cascade Funding

CoARA Boost is funding up to 1.1M EUR for institutions to implement reform of research assessment. Call for applications open from 26 April until 26 June 2024, 17:00 CEST. Summary of the Call This call for Cascade Funding aims to enhance institutional change and target pilot and exchange-of-knowledge initiatives. It will fund +20 projects facilitating …

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The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions announce €1.25 billion to support cutting-edge research

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions will fund doctoral and postdoctoral programmes and collaborative research and innovation projects with various calls in 2024, supporting around 10,000 researchers. The European Commission has announced new calls under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) in 2024. This year, the MSCA will provide organisations with over €1.25 billion to fund cutting-edge research through excellent …

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New MSCA call to maximise research impact and links with EU policies

The Feedback to Policy call will award a maximum of €2 million to map MSCA’s impact and contribution to specific policies. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Feedback to Policy call is open as of 25 April. The deadline to submit proposals is 3 September 2024. Under this call, the European Commission will award up to €2 …

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