The European Commission launched the new European Research Area (ERA) corona platform. The platform provides useful information, dedicated support and real-time updates on funding opportunities for coronavirus related research and innovation.
The European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder Pilot has selected 35 projects set to develop cutting-edge technologies to receive a total of €114 million following the latest round of applications for funding. The funding comes from Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation programme.
The Research Executive Agency (REA) received a total of 408 project proposals under this year's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange call. This is the last MSCA-RISE call under Horizon 2020.
Waldemar Kütt has been confirmed as director of the European Research Council (ERC) Executive Agency, the administrative arm of the ERC. Having been the acting director of the executive agency since August 2019 when he took over after Pablo Amor, his new mandate started on 16 May.
The Advisory Board of the European Innovation Council (EIC) has presented its new vision for the future to support world-class science and innovations. The new motto is “from deep-tech research to visionary innovation and scale-ups”.