On 2 June, on the occasion of the 6th Mission Innovation Ministerial meeting in Chile, the European Commission and ministers from Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, India, Italy, Morocco, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Republic of Korea, the UK and the US made a joint commitment to collaborate on a Clean Hydrogen Mission under the second phase of Mission Innovation.
25 May was the first deadline of the EIC Pathfinder Open call. 908 consortia applications were received (5341 participants in total) calling for more than €2.7 billion of grant support. This is a higher number than the Pathfinder calls under EIC pilot and preceding FET Open programme.
Increasing the participation of women in deep tech is not only a matter of fairness, but vitally important for using Europe’s full potential for excellence in science and innovation.
The European Commission announced the first edition of the Horizon Europe info-days, to take place online from 28 June to 9 July 2021.
An online COST Info Day dedicated to researchers and innovators from Cyprus was organised on the 2nd of June to inform them on the networking opportunities provided by COST Association.