Seven new research and innovation projects for a total amount of EUR 100 million of EU funding have been selected by the Commission to set up large-scale 5G validation trials for a broad range of vertical sectors.
European universities are paying more than one billion euros per year for access to journals run by the leading science publishers, according to a new survey from the European University Association (EUA) of ‘big deal’ contracts for access to large bundles of journals.
Following an agreement between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers on the EU's 2019 budget reached back in December, the European Commission has now proposed to add €100 million to the 2019 budgets of Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+.
The EU Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) initiative has launched its updated global Research and Innovation Strategy (RIS), to provide a unified framework for the support of research into neurodegenerative diseases.
Following an open selection process, the Commission has appointed 52 experts to a new High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, comprising representatives from academia, civil society, as well as industry.