Research

The EC launched a COVID-19 data platform, which will allow sharing and analysing coronavirus data at unprecedented speed and can boost Open Science and EOSC.

Two new calls under Horizon 2020 help tackling the pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The EU and the African Union work also on a closer partnership in general.

In its recent opinion, the ERAC Standing Working Group on Open Science and Innovation calls for better coordination and a federated approach in Europe.

The EC supports the transition to Open Science in its R&I framework programmes with a new platform for their beneficiaries to publish articles in Open Access.

Universities call for decisive action to strengthen Europe’s R&I landscape and to live up to the 3% of GDP goal for national R&I investment.

With its strategic research agenda, the Quantum Flagship leads the way ahead for quantum research and technologies in Europe for the next up to ten years.

The EC and the Innovative Medicines Initiative gear up funding for research to combat COVID-19. Many international funders, incl. the Swiss SNSF, follow suit.

The latest EJP aims to establish an integrated and sustainable European research community on agricultural soils.

The EC launched a public consultation to help shape the EU’s Beating Cancer plan. They aim at presenting a final draft of the plan before the end of the year.

The Sorbonne Declaration unites 160 universities in their commitment to opening up research data and demanding a legal framework to regulate data sharing.