Research and Innovation

Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions announce €1.25 billion to support cutting edge research and new pilot initiative ‘Choose Europe for Science’

In 2025, the MSCA will fund doctoral and postdoctoral programmes and collaborative research and innovation projects through various calls supporting around 10,000 researchers. ‘Choose Europe for Science’ will address brain drain and precarity of research careers. The European Commission has announced new calls under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) in 2025. This year, the MSCA …

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Gender equality in research and innovation not progressing fast enough, according to new She Figures report

The Commission has released the latest edition of its flagship publication series, She Figures, which presents the most up-to-date and Europe-wide statistics on gender equality in Research and Innovation (R&I). Europe’s innovation potential is at risk. While women outnumber men in university education, they remain strikingly underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers …

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University of Cyprus: YUFE on the way to adolescence: insights into past achievements and the road ahead

YUFE Education – pioneering new learning opportunities across boarders YUFE advocates for open, flexible, and inclusive learning pathways for students, staff and lifelong learners. OPEN YUFE is our answer for personalised learning paths, offering a catalogue of over 1200 existing virtual and physical academic courses and informal learning activities. Over 1300 students have enrolled in …

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University of Limassol: Introducing University of Limassol’s Gender Plan

The University of Limassol’s Gender Equality Plan (GEP) offers a comprehensive roadmap for gender equality. It is implemented across university operations, from governance to research, and aims to eliminate gender bias and violence. This plan adheres to the standards of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027). The UoL GEP was developed in 2023 …

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University of Cyprus: YUFERING Project Achieves Exceptional Results in Transforming Research and Innovation Across Europe

The YUFERING (Young Universities for the Future of Europe – Research and Innovation) project has successfully concluded, delivering significant advancements in research, innovation, and knowledge transfer throughout Europe. The project, funded by the European Commission under Grant Agreement number 101016967, spanned from March 1, 2021, to February 29, 2024, and included partners from ten European universities. The …

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Canada joins Horizon Europe programme

Canada is joining the growing group of non-EU countries who have associated to the EU’s research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe, and will work jointly on large-scale projects tackling our biggest challenges. Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and Francois-Philippe Champagne, Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, are signing the agreement …

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University of Cyprus: SmartSPSS: The new research project coordinated by the University of Cyprus to address the challenges of photovoltaic integration

The inaugural event of the research project “Smart real-time monitoring, management and control solution for enhanced performance of Solar-Plus-Storage Systems” or “SmartSPSS”, was held on June 19, 2024 at the University of Cyprus. The Photovoltaic Technology Laboratory has the role of the project coordinator. The new project has secured funding of €39,200, under the Research …

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The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions announce €1.25 billion to support cutting-edge research

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions will fund doctoral and postdoctoral programmes and collaborative research and innovation projects with various calls in 2024, supporting around 10,000 researchers. The European Commission has announced new calls under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) in 2024. This year, the MSCA will provide organisations with over €1.25 billion to fund cutting-edge research through excellent …

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Commission invests €112 million in AI and quantum research and innovation

The European Commission has launched calls for proposals under Horizon Europe’s 2023-2024 digital, industrial and space work programme for research and innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and quantum technologies. The Commission will invest over €65 million in AI. Of this amount, €50 million will be dedicated to projects to develop new ways of combining data and the expansion of …

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