On June 25, the BatteRIes Europe research and innovation platform was officially launched in Brussels, bringing together public and private stakeholders along the entire battery production value chain. As underlined in the Strategic Action Plan for Batteries, research in this area must be coordinated at European level in all its aspects, from raw materials to […]
The Commission has today proposed an EU budget of €168.3 billion for 2020 for a more competitive European economy, and for solidarity and security in the EU and beyond. This budget is the seventh and last one under the current 2014-2020 long-term EU budget and operates within the limitations set therein. It is designed to
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The European Commission has officially approved the internal reorganization that defines the future DG Research and Innovation (DG RTD). The structure of the Management will be substantially redefined. This reorganization, in force since June 1, concerns a third of the 1463 staff members who will change duties as well as relations dynamics with other parts
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Four new international projects have been funded at the University of Brescia. Under Horizon 2020, and in particular in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, the European Commission has funded two projects: ENdoThelial macRophage Alliance In Neuroinflammation – ENTRAIN, as part of the Innovative Training Networks sub-program, in which the University of Brescia participates as a partner
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As it is increasingly likely that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union on 12 April without an agreement, on 25 March 2019 the European Commission has completed preparations to address this possibility. In the event of exit without agreement, the United Kingdom will become a third country without a transitional regime. In this
The Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowship (IF) call supports the career development of experienced researchers through a mobility period to implement a training-through-research project. The IF call consists of two schemes: European Fellowship and Global Fellowship. The EC call will open on 11 April and close on 11 September. The Webinar on the Individual
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The goal of the trialogues under way – there will surely be two more: on 21 February and 12 March – is to reach an informal political agreement between Parliament, Council and Commission on the text of the framework program (or parts of it) by May 2019. The compromise is likely, but (if so) it
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The European Parliament and the Council of the EU endorsed their positions on Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Program for R & I 2021-2027, by officially responding to the European Commission’s proposal last June and thus defining their respective positions in view of the negotiation inter-institutional. On 12 December, the European Parliament approved in plenary
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The REA is sharing a video that encourages new independent experts to register in the Horizon 2020 evaluators data base. The video illustrates the work expert evaluators and monitors carry out and the benefits they take from this experience. It focuses especially on attracting new experts from underrepresented Member States, experts from the private/business sector,
2019 could be a watershed year for efforts to open up access to scientific research, according to Robert-Jan Smits, the creator of a radical plan to tear down scholarly journal paywalls. The Plan S initiative launched in September 2018 calls for free access to all scientific papers at the point of publication. It has received
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