Two online courses developed by EIT Urban Mobility and RMIT Europe won Best eLearning Project and Best eLearning Design at the 2022 LearnX Awards. The global annual awards are given to course designers and educators that demonstrate innovation, and new practices and technologies that support talent development. Urban Mobility for Liveability – a five-week online course for urban planning …
Two “Pathfinder” calls and an internship scheme are part of the EIC 2023 work programme. The European Innovation Council (EIC) aims to transform game-changing scientific results into life-changing innovation. The EIC is investing €750 million in critical technologies for Europe in 2023, including €343 million to support multi-disciplinary research teams to undertake visionary research with the potential …
The European Commission selected 78 innovative companies under the latest 2022 EIC Accelerator cut-off. They are set to receive up to €470 million of funding in a combination of grants and investments. The companies were selected from over 1000 start-ups and SMEs that submitted a full application for funding for the 5 October 2022 cut-off, of which …
EIT Urban Mobility announced today that it is joining forces with 8200 Impact and its partner CityZone to act as its ecosystem agent in Israel for 2023. This collaboration aims to build bridges between the European and the Israeli mobility ecosystems, to support start-ups from both sides, and to unlock the untapped potential of the mobility sector. Following the announcement of …
In response to persisting regional disparities in innovation performance in Europe, the EIT launched the Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) in 2014 to provide tailored capacity building support as well as widened regional outreach to what the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) designates as “modest” and “moderate” innovator countries. While the EIT looks ahead to new horizons for the 2022-2027 …
These exciting projects will be able to use their EUR 10 000 Makerspace voucher to develop their ideas. They were recognised for their potential to contribute to the the New European Bauhaus initiative to create a beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive Europe. The EIT Community New European Bauhaus hackathons support fresh ideas from students and local entrepreneurs and help develop these ideas in an …
During its December plenary meeting the ERC Scientific Council decided on changes to the ERC’s application forms and evaluation procedures for the 2024 calls. The current CV and Track Record templates will be combined and simplified and applicants will be able to add short narrative descriptions to explain the information provided. Applicants will also be …
The initial results of the competitions for Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants and Advanced Grants under the ERC’s 2021 Work Programme were published in the first half of 2022. Since then, a majority of the successful candidates accepted the funding and signed their grant agreements. In the meantime, however, funding has become available for researchers in the reserve list, as a …
The 2022 edition of the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, published by the Commission today, shows that Europe’s industry is back on track in research and development investments with an increase of 8.9% in 2021 compared to the -2.2 % pandemic-related dip in 2020. The EU remains the global leader in R&D investments by the automotive sector, where the transformation …
HaDEA has launched the call for tenders ‘Service contract for a study on guidance to increase access to healthcare for people with disabilities including information and data on cancer prevention and care’ to be funded under the EU4Health 2022 Annual Work Programme. The overall aim of this call for tenders is to support EU countries with …