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Science|Business Integrators

The Science|Business Integrators is an initiative designed to help strengthen Europe’s research and innovation (R&I) ecosystem by advancing the…

Academics in eastern Europe warn of risks to academic freedom

University heavyweights in Hungary and Poland are continuing to decry curbs on academic freedom, as alarm bells sound about increasing restricti…

Eleven Trinity researchers awarded €4M to tackle global health challenges

The newly announced Investigator-Led Projects for Health (ILP) 2022 from the Health Research Board (HRB) will drive advancements in treatments a…

University of Twente and ING Bank sign cooperation agreement on AI in finance

University of Twente and the ING Group have put their signatures to a five-year collaboration agreement covering artificial intelligence and dat…

Data silos hold back healthcare

Europe is falling behind the US in harnessing patients’ data to improve healthcare. That was the stark message from expert speakers in a panel d…

Erasmus University Rotterdam is lead partner in the new EIT Culture and Creativity

The Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) has selected the ICE Partnership to establish the EIT Culture & C…

Viewpoint: Reform the way the world works together – or doesn’t – on R&D

Many people use a long holiday break for reading – and in my case, a massive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer has been on my night table for t…

EIB-backed battery maker Northvolt assembles first lithium-ion cell at Swedish plant

Photo: European Investment Bank website.

New ERC president to take up post a month later than planned

Official engagements this October have delayed Maria Leptin’s move to become president of the European Research Council, by one month. Leptin wi…

EIB Group creates Climate and Environment Advisory Council

Leaders from academia, business, civil society and international organisations First meeting took place today and discussed adaptation and Paris…

German researchers draw up demands for incoming science minister

In her 16 years as Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel has overhauled German science, transforming it from under-funded and suffering from brain…

GÉANT and AfricaConnect: Celebrating 10 years of African European collaboration

On May 11th 2021, 10 years after the start of the first phase of AfricaConnect, we celebrate the achievements and get ready for the next steps.…

Member states ‘extremely hesitant’ to increase Horizon Europe budget

Member states are “extremely hesitant” to agree to increase the budget for Horizon Europe, Erasmus+ and other future-oriented programmes, German…

In PRIMA project, the road to Mediterranean research cooperation gets bumpy

With fanfare in 2017, Mediterranean countries launched one of the biggest-ever efforts at science diplomacy: A €494 million project for north an…

KTH hackaton project minimizes medical workers’ contact with COVID-19 patients

Master´s students from KTH teamed up with other partner universities in the EIT Digital programme to win the category Health & Life in the EU Ha…

EUA report finds investment in European universities still below 2008 levels in some countries

Public funding for universities has declined in six countries in Europe, an analysis by the European University Association (EUA) shows.

Aalto University and VTT launch a major innovation ecosystem aimed at doubling the value of forest industry

Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland signed a collaboration agreement on the CERES flagship programme and took a concre…

Brexit winds buffet planning for next EU research programme

Brexit is already unsettling preparations for the 2021-2027 EU research programme.