The European Commission will award €417 million to 1696 postdoctoral researchers to work at top universities, research centres, private and public organisations and small and medium-sized enterprises. The European Research Executive Agency (REA) received 10,360 applications for this call, 16.6 % of which were selected for funding. Female awardees represent 43.8%. The selected applicants represent nearly 95 nationalities. They will work …
Signing of a Local Green Agreement in Strovolos Municipality to create a platform for energy communities, accessible to the public. A Local Green Agreement with nine stakeholders was signed on Thursday 12 December 2024, by the Mayor of Strovolos, Stavros Stavrinidis. The agreement was signed on behalf of the University of Limassol (CIIM Bioeconomia Center) …
On 23 February, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the European Commission held a flagship event for the European Year of Skills, bringing together over 400 young people from all EU Member States to shine the spotlight on the skills needed for current and future jobs. From car painting and floristry to mechanical engineering and demining robots in …
The European Commission will invest €54 million in new projects under the European Excellence Initiative, with the goal of strengthening R&I collaboration and excellence in universities from across Europe. The European Excellence Initiative (EEI) is part of the Horizon Europe: Widening participation and spreading excellence funding sub-programme. The objectives of the action are to improve science and value creation …
The European Commission has published two reports focusing on gaps of research and academic literature. They identify crucial aspects that need to be addressed in human and social sciences to guide Europe’s fair green and digital transition in terms of evidence-based science policy investment and to better focus on the relation of green and digital …
The Commission is calling for applications with a view to selecting members of the group, whose mission is to accelerate the digitalisation of the energy system and contribute to the smart energy transition. The Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy (‘DG ENER’) and Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (‘DG CNECT’) have just launched a Call for …