The surveys provide insights into MSCA researchers’ experience, skills acquired and career paths after their fellowship. All MSCA project participants must complete an evaluation questionnaire immediately after the fellowship a follow-up questionnaire two years later Since 2018, a total of nearly 18,000 MSCA fellows have completed the evaluation questionnaire and over 2,000 the follow-up questionnaire. …
The deep tech sector in Europe is thriving, with many promising companies developing cutting-edge technology. However, these companies often struggle to scale up and compete on a global level. EIT Digital launched the tenth edition of its flagship competition for European digital deep tech companies, the EIT Digital Challenge, providing a platform for these companies …
The ERC Synergy Grants 2023 call closed for applications on 8 November 2022. These are the data on submitted proposals: This year the ERC received 395 applications. In total, 1,350 principal investigators with 1,236 host institutions applied. An average proposed project involves three principal investigators and has a budget of about €9.4 million. Most of …
It is known, that between 4 and 10 percent of patients who have a particular genetic profile and receive certain prescribed drugs will experience serious adverse side effects that frequently require medical treatment and can lead to death. If all known interactions between genetic makeup and particular common drugs are taken together, this would concern …
The Commission announced that a new Horizon Europe programme (HE) office is expected to open its doors in Kyiv in 2023. The office will provide support to the National Contact Points across Ukraine and strengthen research and innovation (R&I) networks between Ukrainian and European institutions. Hosted by the National Research Foundation, it aims to take …
The European Social Innovation Competition (EUSIC) winners have been awarded by the Commission and the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). The 2022 challenge: “the future of living” was designed to attract applications from diverse fields tackling the challenge linked to the current architecture and sustainable solutions of European housing districts. Winners of …
321 researchers have won 2022 European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants. The funding – worth in total €657 million – is part of the EU’s Horizon Europe programme. It will help excellent scientists, who have 7 to 12 years’ experience after their PhDs, to pursue their most promising ideas. The grants will be invested in scientific projects spanning …
The ERC has announced the results of the third and final round of the Proof of Concept Grants competition of 2022 and 90 new winning projects on 24 January 2023. It put the total number of grantees who received this top-up innovation funding in two separate calls under the ERC last year’s work programme to 366. New …
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced 90 new Proof of Concept Grants, concluding the final round of the 2022 competition. This brings the total number of grantees who received this innovation top-up funding, in two separate calls under the ERC last year’s work programme, up to 366. The grants – each worth 150.000 euro …
EIT Urban Mobility is proud to contribute to the implementation of UPPER, a new EU- funded project working to strengthen the role of public transport as the backbone of mobility in cities. UPPER (Unleashing the Potential of Public transport in EuRope) is a 48-month project funded under the Horizon Europe Programme of the European Commission. …