Under the Reforming and enhancing the EU R&I system destination, 17 projects are receiving €35 million in funding to work on better ways of advancing research and innovation. As part of the Horizon Europe Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area (ERA) work programme, the Enhancing the European Research & Innovation system funding opportunity aims to improve …
The story of joint European nuclear research is almost as long as that of European integration itself. Over time, nuclear research achieved important results also in fields that are unrelated with energy, such as nuclear forensics and healthcare. Joint European nuclear research began with the Euratom treaty in 1957, which called for the establishment of …
At the Canada-EU Summit European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the conclusion of negotiations for Canada’s association to Pillar II of Horizon Europe, the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. It marks a significant milestone in our commitment to foster mutual collaboration in research and …
The Research and Innovation Week (R&I Week) will take place between 18 and 21 March 2024 both, online and physically in Tour & Taxis (Brussels, Belgium). The Research and Innovation Week is a series of events organised by the European Commission and the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Celebrating the 40-year journey through the Research and Innovation …
The concept of “Regional Innovation Valleys for Bioeconomy and Food Systems” was launched in an event in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) on 13 October 2023, which brought together around 150 bioeconomy stakeholders and other interested actors in person, and more than 500 people following online. The participants represented existing and potential emerging bioeconomy and food system valleys, …
Since 2015, the European Commission has been awarding the annual Innovation Radar Prize to innovators receiving EU funding, putting a spotlight on the promising innovations they are trying to get ‘out of the lab and into the market’. This year, the European Commission and Dealflow.eu are co-organising the Innovation Radar Summit in Lisbon, in partnership with Eura AG, …
The European Commission has officially announced the three winners of the European Social Innovation Competition 2023 : this year’s challenge was “fighting energy poverty”. The announcement took place in the context of the European Conference “Social Economy: People, Planet, Action”, organised by the Spanish Presidency in San Sebastian within the framework of the Spanish Presidency of the Council …
To support career building and raise the employability of research and innovation talents across different sectors, the European Commission is funding nine projects under the ERA Talents action, with an overall budget of around 24 million euro. Part of the Horizon Europe: Widening participation and spreading excellence funding sub-programme, the ERA Talents action aims to boost cross-sectoral talent circulation …
A new set of 47 companies have been selected to receive European Innovation Council (EIC) funding, combining grants and equity, following the third 2023 EIC Accelerator cut-off in June. This cut-off showed a strong performance of engineering and tech-based companies. They account for 25% of the selected companies, close to the traditionally strong performance of health tech …
The study on the Horizon 2020 ITN scheme further provides a framework for extracting and analysing innovative aspects in EU-funded projects, furnishing valuable insights and tools for policy-feedback activities and future EU programme enhancements. The European Union (EU) is constantly seeking to enhance and valorise innovation to respond to the challenges of our era. Notably, …