ERC White Paper on Widening Participation

The ERC Scientific Council released a white paper addressing the participation and success rate gaps between Europe’s strongest research systems and ‘widening countries’. It highlights challenges, showcases progress, and urges coordinated national and European efforts to optimise scientific potential. Countries that belong to the widening group represent roughly a quarter of the EU population and are characterised by strong educational traditions and, …

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Excellence Hubs: strengthening regional innovation in Widening countries

For innovation to happen, multiple players need to join forces, such as academic institutions, business entities, public authorities and societal actors (e.g. civil society organisations, citizens, end users, media, cultural actors etc.). All have the crucial role of keeping a balance between the world’s needs and the end-products of the innovation process. This is known …

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Horizon Europe “Widening participation and spreading excellence” (WIDERA) Work Programme 2023 / 2024, Online

Information and Consortia Building Event Innovate UK KTN Global Alliance in partnership with theUK Research Office (UKRO), the Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office |(FCDO) / UK Science & Innovation Network (SIN) and the Horizon Europe National Contact Points from the UK,  Poland (The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR)), Lithuania (Research Council of Lithuania (LMT)) and Estonia (Estonian Research Council) are …

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