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29.07.2010
JU Clean Sky launched a new call
On July 27, 2010, the Joint Undertaking Clean Sky has published its new call. Deadline for the submission of proposals is October 12, 2010. more »
29.07.2010
Infoday: Cross-thematic call “The Ocean of Tomorrow”
The Directorate General for Research will hold a special Infoday for the cross-thematic call “The Ocean of Tomorrow” on September, 9 2010 in Brussels. more »
28.07.2010
Updated Guide to Financial Issues published
The European Commission has published an updated version of the 'Guide to Financial Issues related to FP7 Indirect Actions’. more »
26.07.2010
Info-Day for FP7 calls in close cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean
The DG Research has announced a special Information Day on open FP7 calls with particular focus on collaborative research with the cooperation regions of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Information Day is scheduled for September 29, 2010 in Brussels. more »
20.07.2010
FP7: New calls published in the Specific Programme ‘Cooperation’
On July 20, 2010, the European Commission has published several calls for proposals within the Specific Programme ‘Cooperation’ of the 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7). more »
20.07.2010
FP7: New calls published in the Specific Programme ‘People’ for ITN and IAPP
The European Commission has published two calls for proposals in the Specific Programme ‘People’ – for the Initial Training Networks (ITN) and for the Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP). more »
20.07.2010
European Research Council (ERC): Call for proposals for Starting Grants published
On July 20, 2010 the ERC has published the call for proposals for the Starting Grants. more »
20.07.2010
FP7: New calls published in the Specific Programme ‘Capacities’
On July 20, 2010, the European Commission has published ten calls for proposals within the Specific Programme ‘Capacities’ of the 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7). more »
14.07.2010
Update of Guidance Notes on Project Reporting published
The General Directorate for Research and Innovation has published an updated version of the Guidance Notes on Project Reporting in FP7 projects. more »
12.07.2010
On-line Consultation Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities in FP7
The EU-project "NET4SOCIETY", which is coordinated by the German National Contact Point for Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities, has launched an on-line consultation on experiences of scientists and stakeholders with the programme in FP7. more »
07.07.2010
Updated Guidance Notes for Auditors and Beneficiaries - Certificates Issued by External Auditors
The European Commission has published an updated version of the 'Guidance Notes for Auditors and Beneficiaries - Certificates Issued by External Auditors'. more »
06.07.2010
German Council of Science and Humanities releases recommendations for ERA
On July 5, 2010 the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) released its recommendations on German science-policy in the European Research Area. It is recommended that German universities, research organizations and funding organizations shall intensify their co-operations in the ERA. more »
06.07.2010
ERC Starting Grants: Publication of the next call
The European Research Council (ERC) announced the publication of the next Starting Grant call. The publication is planned for July 20, 2010. more »
01.07.2010
Management of EU projects in FP7: BAK manual published
28.06.2010
COFUND and Reintegration Grants: Provisional status of proposals
The Research Executive Agency (REA) published the ranking lists with the provisional status of proposals for COFUND and the Reintegratin Grants. more »
25.06.2010
New date for the calls planned 30 July 2010
The European Commssion had planned a large number of call publications for 30 July 2010. This date might now be preponed on 20 July 2010. more »
21.06.2010
DESCA conducts electronic consultation on usability of model consortium agreement
After around 3 years of experience with FP7 projects DESCA developed an electronic questionnaire to consult stakeholders and invite them to give their opinion on how the DESCA model works in practice and whether improvements are needed. more »
21.06.2010
BONUS-169: New research initiative to fight environmental problems in the Baltic Sea
To combat pollution, climate change, acidification, over-exploitation and biodiversity loss in the Baltic Sea, the EU is to co-fund "BONUS", a seven-year joint R&D programme initiated by Baltic coastal states Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. more »
21.06.2010
Early call for proposals in the FP 7 Topic „Environment"
The upcoming call for proposals within the FP 7 Specific Programme “Cooperation”, Theme 6 “Environment” (incl. climate change) is expected for July, 20 2010. more »
18.06.2010
FP7: Central Infoday on Environment Theme
On July 12-13, 2010 the Environment Directorate of DG RTD is organising an infoday and brokerage events related the forthcoming publication of the FP7 call for proposals - Work Programme 2011. more »
18.06.2010
Call for proposals for FCH-JTI announced
The call for the submission of project proposals of the Joint Technology Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH-JTI) within the work programme 2010 has been announced on June, 18 2010. more »
15.06.2010
EUREKA Cluster „ACQUEA“ announces 1st call for proposals
The new EUREKA Cluster has announced its first call for proposals for July, 7 2010. This year’s call will focus on the themes of „Membrane Technologies“ and „Real Time System Management“. more »
11.06.2010
FP7 Information Day for the Future Internet PPP in Brussels on July 8, 2010
On July 8, 2010, the European Commission will organise an information day on the upcoming calls of the Future Internet Public-Private Partnership (FI-PPP). more »
04.06.2010
Commission publishes proposal for the revision of the Financial Regulation
The goal of the changes proposed by the European commission is to simplify access to EU funds and to achieve less administrative burden as well as fewer costs for EU beneficiaries. more »
28.05.2010
Advanced Grant 2009: Additional researchers selected
Because of more funds made available for the second Advanced Grant, additional researchers have been selected for funding. more »
28.05.2010
Conclusions of the Competitiveness Council meeting on May 25/26, 2010
During this week's meeting in Brussels, the European Council for Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry and Research) adapted a number of research-related conclusions. more »
20.05.2010
European Commission unveils the „Digital Agenda for Europe“
The “Digital Agenda” is one of seven flagship initiatives of the “Europe 2020 Strategy” for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. more »
20.05.2010
Next call for proposals for JTI FCH announced
The publication of the upcoming call of the Joint Technology Fuel Cells and Hydrogen within the work programme 2010 has been announced for June, 15 2010. more »
18.05.2010
ERC Starting Grant: Interviews in May
Because of the disruption of some flights in Western Europe due to the volcanic ash cloud, interviews in May will be done as Video or Phone conferences. This concerns applicants who are not able to travel to Brussels. more »
14.05.2010
Starting Grant 2010: New schedule for cancelled interviews (PE)
The ERC informed the applicants about the new schedule for the interviews in the domain "Physical Sciences & Engineering (PE)". The interviews were cancelled because of the Icelandic Volcano ash cloud. more »
12.05.2010
Europe 2030 - Report to the European Council on the Future of the EU 2030
The Reflection Group chaired by the former Spanish Prime Minister, Felipe Gonzalez, has presented their report on the challenges which the EU will be facing by 2030. more »
11.05.2010
FP 7 - Interim Evaluation
The expert group dealing with the interim evaluation of the Seventh Framework Programme and its Specific Programmes has been established. more »
11.05.2010
Advanced Grant 2010
The ERC published the number of submission as well as the evaluation timeframe for the third Advanced Grant Call. more »
05.05.2010
LIFE + call published
The LIFE+ programme has published its transnational call for proposals on May 4, 2010. more »
30.04.2010
EU-Commission publishes Communication on simplification of the implementation of the Research Framework Programme
The Communication on simplification of the implementation of the Research Framework Programme was presented by EU-Commissioner for Research and Innovation, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, on April, 29, 2010. more »
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