The New European Innovation Agenda was released on 5 July 2022. The agenda lays out the European Commission’s plan to catalyse Europe to be more competitive globally and become a leading player in deep tech innovation. It also prioritises innovations that help decrease greenhouse gas emissions and reduce energy dependence, while improving the health of citizens. That means helping …
The EIC Accelerator, with a unique offer of grants, blended finance and equity investments, has proven to be of high interest for start-ups and SMEs since its launch in March 2021. Due to the need of the restructuring of the EIC Fund under the provisions of the Horizon Europe legislation, the funding support to companies …
All over Europe, entrepreneurs are working on innovative solutions to cope with urban mobility challenges. However, circumstances differ across the continent resulting in unequal number and quality of funding opportunities for locally emerging businesses. Through the Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS), EIT tackles such disparities by spreading its activities more evenly. More precisely, the RIS region defines …
EIT Digital has recently successfully joined the winning bids for two EU calls in the area of Artificial Intelligence. AIforEurope The EU is advancing its efforts to establish an AI ecosystem of excellence. One pillar of this strategy is the creation of an AI on-demand repository of experts, tools, and services that are supported by a …
The Government of Romania is promoting a new scheme for EU researchers as part of the country’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan. The Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization has created a new scheme for MSCA Seal of Excellence holders who applied to Postdoctoral Fellowships under Horizon Europe or Individual Fellowships under Horizon 2020. …
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) is supporting Japanese researchers participating or willing to participate in MSCA Staff Exchanges with funding under two of its schemes. Japanese organisations are not automatically eligible for funding under Horizon Europe. The “Bilateral Research Projects” and “Core-to-Core Program” schemes will provide additional funding to successful organisations …
Once again, this year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community, with 7 044 proposals submitted. The second call of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions-funded Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme closed on 14 September 2022. The European Research Executive Agency received 7 044 proposals. By comparison, 8 356 proposals were submitted in 2021 and over 1 200 …
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a need for coordination and cooperation at a European, national, regional and even local level in the health sector. The pandemic has unveiled already-existing weaknesses in EU countries’ supply chain and public procurement. The call “EU4H-2022-PJ-4 — Call for proposals to support structured dialogue at national or regional level on …
HaDEA published three calls for proposals under the EU4Health 2022 Annual Work Programme. The topics, numbered PJ-11, PJ-12 and PJ-14, focus on cancer and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These actions will support Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the EU Cancer Mission. EU4H-2022-PJ-11: Call for proposals on NCDs – cardiovascular diseases and diabetes The aim of this call is to reduce …
The European Commission has issued €12 billion in a dual tranche transaction under its flagship NextGenerationEU programme. The deal was the 12th syndicated transaction under NextGenerationEU and the 7th in 2022. It consisted of a new 5-year bond of €7 billion due on 4 October 2027 and a new 30-year bond of €5 billion due on 4 …