Making Europe more resilient to climate change
The new ‘EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change’ views research, innovation and education as key for Europe to adapt well to the changing climate.
ERC calls launch Horizon Europe
The ERC kicks off Horizon Europe with the publication of its work programme and call dates. It also announced a new mentoring scheme to widen participation. 22 February marks an important day for Horizon Europe. It is the date of the Commission’s approval and publication of the first work programme, the one for the European Research Council (ERC). Of course, the work programme remains conditional upon the adoption of the Horizon Europe legislative package, but its activities can already start. The 2021 ERC work programme will offer €1.9 billion in funding and allow some 1’000 researchers to pursue their curiosity driven frontier research. A big part of the funds will go to early to mid-career researchers, and on top, ERC funded research groups will be able to hire post-docs and doctoral students. The announcement of the work programme by the ERC also includes the dates for the launch and closure of the first calls. … Read more
A more resilient Europe by investing in education
A European Commission report shows that Europe could become more economically and socially resilient with well-designed and well-targeted investment in education.
HERA Incubator: preparing for coronavirus variants
With the HERA Incubator, the EC launched an initiative to keep coronavirus variants at bay and prepare for a permanent authority in the fight against pandemics.
Recommendations for a European graduate tracking mechanism
The EC’s expert group reveals what is behind its decision on implementing a standardised mechanism to track graduates throughout Europe by 2030.
Equity investments in Europe – room for improvement
The latest report about equity funding in Europe puts EU’s shortcoming in the risk capital market under the spotlight.
From scale-ups to unicorns: removing the barriers
A DigitalEurope report building on a survey among European high-growth companies sheds light on investment priorities and growth barriers for European scale-ups.
Fighting cancer with research and innovation
The EU’s Beating Cancer Plan covers the entire disease pathway from prevention to quality of life and focuses strongly on R&I as a means to combat cancer.
The EU institutions agree on future of EIT
The European Union finalises the strategic innovation agenda of its largest innovation community, supporting research-based entrepreneurship.
Portugal takes over the Council Presidency
The new Presidency will focus on the last steps needed to set up the new EU programmes and on promoting recovery and resilience in the face of the pandemic.