EIT Health: 17 healthy ageing start-ups to receive funding

EIT Health, together with nine global collaborators representing nearly 50 countries and territories, today announced the winners of the third round of the Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards. The awards are part of the Healthy Longevity Global Competition – a multiyear, multimillion-dollar international competition seeking breakthrough innovations to extend human health and function later in life. Founded by …

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Save the date: Horizon Europe Info Days to take place on 15-16 December

The European Commission announces today that new Info Days for Horizon Europe Cluster 5 – Climate, Energy & Mobility – will be held as a hybrid event on 15-16 December 2022. The hybrid (virtual/limited physical) Info Days will present the research and innovation topics proposed for 2023 under the Work Programme 2023-2024 of Horizon Europe …

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Forest fires: €170 million to reinforce rescEU fleet

Following a record-breaking forest fire season in Europe, the Commission is proposed €170 million from the EU budget to reinforce its rescEU ground and aerial assets  starting from the summer of 2023. The rescEU transitional fleet would therefore have a total of 22 planes, 4 helicopters as well as more pre-positioned ground teams. As from …

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DiscoverEU – Be ready for the next application round!

Are you 18 years old and a legal resident of one of the EU Member States or third countries associated to Erasmus+? Get ready to explore Europe! The next application round for DiscoverEU will be open from 11th October 2022 to 25th October 2022 (12:00 CEST). Visit the European Youth Portal for more information, and be …

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Help us improve the European Student Card!

The annual European Student Card survey for students and higher education institution runs until 4 November. The European Student Card annual survey is targeted at students and higher education institutions in Erasmus+ programme countries. With this survey they want to gather information on the student cards used in Erasmus+ programme countries identify your needs to access student services (especially …

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Two weeks of EIT Digital Summer School inspire a new career course

Two weeks of EIT Digital Summer School gave Aleksandar Yonchev a whole new vision for his career. “The summer school changed the way I view the business world. Before starting the master’s degree I imagined myself working at a high position in a company. However, now I feel quite excited about entrepreneurship and would definitely …

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Researchers at Schools: researchers meet children to show the wonders of science

The European Commission is announcing a new flagship initiative called “Researchers at Schools”, which will foster direct interaction between researchers, teachers and pupils. These exchanges will allow participants to better grasp the challenges faced by our societies broaden access to science, technology, arts and mathematics (STEAM) and research activities for all In the next two …

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Youth Mission

Young people are a critical part of our future as they will deliver the deep change our world requires. Youth Mission is EIT Food’s Umbrella programme aiming to pique youth’s interest in the food that reaches their plates and become the agrifood leaders of tomorrow. The EIT Food Youth Mission is an umbrella project aiming at developing awareness over healthy …

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