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ViewEuropean Patent Office teams up with AI research society

EPO collaboration deal with Ellis covers intellectual property outreach, education and training activities for researchers

ViewERC publishes ‘tentative’ 2022 funding call dates

Funder posts indicative dates to give potential applicants “an idea” of next year’s deadlines

ViewCountries question Commission on quantum and space exclusions

Representatives of 19 nations ask why long-term EU R&D collaborators might be barred from calls

ViewAdvisers sought for EU’s quantum R&D initiative

Academic, industry and other experts wanted to watch and help steer €1 billion flagship

ViewAlmost 3,000 MSCA applicants awarded quality stamp

Seal of Excellence awarded to over a quarter of applicants, who missed out on EU...

ViewEU health programme kicks off

€5.1 billion programme will tackle cross-border threats and affordable medicines, including through treatment innovation

ViewInput sought on Mediterranean research and innovation

Consultation will outline future collaboration between EU and Mediterranean region

ViewFunders join opposition to barring EU neighbours from R&D calls

Eligibility restrictions “would disrupt essential collaborations and could weaken future consortia and projects”

ViewHorizon Europe plan ‘late and vague’

Concerns over omissions and rumoured severance of international links mar praise for Commission strategy

ViewCommission launches publishing platform, attracts ‘strong interest’

Submissions ‘could well exceed’ the 6,000 foreseen at the design stage, European Commission officials say

ViewEIT opens first call to boost university innovation capacity

European Institute of Innovation and Technology offers up to €1.2 million per consortium

ViewUniversities warn EU not to be ‘overly protective’ of its R&D

Leru network calls for tighter definition of strategic interests used to exclude long-time collaborators

ViewIP support launched for small companies with EU R&D funds

Free service intended to help companies assess and protect their assets

ViewCern launches fund to wring more societal benefits from its tech

Charitable arm of high-energy physics lab will fund technology development with wider potential than research

ViewSwiss reinstated in latest draft for EU quantum technology R&D

Eligibility of non-EU countries for calls with security considerations appears to be in flux

ViewEIC launch ‘completes EU R&D landscape’, says von der Leyen

Politicians hail ‘incredible’ European Innovation Council, which will invest €10 billion in science-based businesses

ViewHorizon Europe ‘one step away’ from being signed off

Council’s adoption of legislation for EU R&D programme means only Parliament’s approval now needed

ViewFears mount over UK’s £2bn Horizon Europe association fee

Bills to ‘start arriving quickly’—but still no clarity on where money will come from

ViewDemand for European medical patents up amid overall decline

Total applications fell 0.7 per cent, while the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields surged

ViewFour strategic political priorities set for Horizon Europe

EU R&D programme intended to promote autonomy, enhance sustainability, boost digitisation and bolster society

ViewCoordination of Human Brain Project changes hands

EU’s €1 billion neuroscience initiative eyes future with leadership shift from Switzerland to Brussels

ViewEU opens Horizon Europe association talks with Morocco

‘First informal exploratory talks’ were held this week, Commission says

ViewEuropean agency commissions space transportation research

Agency signs three contracts for studies into the next generation of propulsion technologies

ViewConcern over exclusions from EU quantum and space R&D calls

Alarm raised over prospect of researchers in Israel, Switzerland and UK being left out

ViewCommission criticises Horizon Europe’s human-rights reference

Complaint about explicit mention of rights comes as member states seek role in association talks

ViewCommission publishes criteria for assessing possible R&D missions

Missions to be judged on ‘clear research and innovation content’ and plausibility of timeframe

ViewGender inequality in research ‘needs to change’, says Gabriel

R&D commissioner Mariya Gabriel launches initiative to boost women in ‘deep tech’ startup companies

ViewHorizon Europe funding mulled for Bauhaus design initiative

Initiative bringing together science and arts to look at buildings, materials and mindsets

ViewAustria, Denmark and Israel to launch joint Covid-19 R&D fund

Leaders of three countries pledge cooperation on R&D and vaccine production

ViewCommission appoints officials to manage EU R&D missions

Officials to be ‘public face’ of missions in areas potentially including cancer and climate change