On February 7, 2012 the European Commission has presented the “Innovation Union Scoreboard 2011” (IUS). The report compares the innovation performance of the EU member states more »

The launch of the 5th ARTMIS call, announced for the end of February, is now scheduled for mid April 2012. The call is based on the Annual Working Programme (AWP) 2012 which is actually under revision. more »

The ERC hat published an updated list of the Panel chairs for the current call for Advanced Grants on its website. more »

The Commssion published now the Eight Progress Report on SME's participation in FP7. The European Commission is paying special attention to the funding for SMEs under the Cooperation Programme, following the target in the Decision establishing FP7. more »

The European Research Council (ERC) has published today a call for proposals for the funding initiative 'Proof of Concept' in order to support the commercialisation of ideas from current ERC projects. more »

On January 16, 2012 the EU-Commission has published a further update of the „Guide to Financial Issues relating to FP7 indirect actions“. more »

European Research Council (ERC): 710 proposals for Synergy Grants submitted The European Research Council (ERC) has communicated that 710 Synergy Grant proposals have been submitted by the deadline of January 25, 2012. more »

Due to the publication of the fifth call for proposals by the 'Innovative Medicines Initiative' (IMI) Joint Undertaking, IMI will hold an Open Info Day on Monday, February 27, 2012 in Brussels. more »

On January 26, 2012 the Joint Programming Initiative “Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE)” has launched a public consultation in order to gather views from stakeholders on the key priorities and areas for research to contribute to the goals of food security and sustainable agriculture in the context of climate change. more »

The AAL Association has pre-announced the launch of the 5th AAL call for end February, addressing 'ICT-based Solutions for (Self) Management of Daily Life Activities of Older Adults at Home'. more »

The European Research Council (ERC) published the results of the Advanced Grant call 2011. The success rate remains at 13%. more »

On January 20, 2012, the European Commission has opened this year’s call within the “Intelligent Energy Europe” (IEE) scheme which forms part of the (Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme CIP). Deadline for proposal submission is May 8, 2012. Please note that different deadlines apply to the BUILD UP SKILLS initiative. more »

ICT call 8 closed yesterday. Today, the European Commission published ICT call 9 with an indicative budget of EUR 291 million. Deadline for submission of project proposals is April 17, 2012. more »

For the preparation of Joint Programming Initiatives the European Commission has published on January 12, 2012 a call for Proposal for Coordination Actions. The call refers to the areas Health, Environment and Regions of Knowledge. more »

On January 17, 2012 the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) has published new Calls for Proposals. more »

As part of a study on communicating energy research, the European Commission's Research & Innovation DG is carrying out a survey analysing how communication on European energy research is perceived by you, which communication channels you find most useful and in what areas you would like to see more communication. more »

The Joint Technology Initiative Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH JU) will hold an information day on the upcoming calls on February 9, 2012 in Brussels. more »

The European Commission announced the forthcoming publication of a new call for proposals within the LIFE+ funding programme. This year’s calls will most likely be published between 15 February and 15 March 2012. more »

The launch of the 6th call for proposals in the ICT Policy Support Programme of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) is scheduled for February 1, 2012. The draft ICT PSP Work Programme 2012 has been approved by the CIP ICT Committee . The work programme is still subject to the formal approval by the Commission. more »

The European Commission is launching a new platform in early 2012 to encourage the development of smart cities projects and policies. Its first step is a user survey to ensure the platform meets stakeholder needs. more »

The Horizon 2020 proposals are now available in all the official languages of the European Union. more »

KoWi jointly with the Working Group of EU-liaison officers at German Universities (Bundeskreis der EU-Referenten an deutschen Hochschulen) launched the EU-Mentoring programme. more »

The European Research Council (ERC) published the names of the panel members which were chosen for the evaluation of the proposals submitted for the Advanced Grant call 2011. more »

The European Commission has launched a new Eco-innovation action plan (“Innovation for a sustainable Future – The Eco-innovation Action Plan”, EcoAP). more »

On December, 15 2011 the European Commission came forward with its communication "Energy Roadmap 2050". more »

On December 6, 2011 the Council of the European Union has published its Conclusions on the five “Joint Programming Initiatives” (JPIs) "Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans”, "The microbial challenge - An emerging threat to human health", "Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe", "Urban Europe - Global Challenges, Local Solutions" and "Water Challenges for a Changing World". more »

The European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations (KoWi) has published a new KoWi-Forschungsbrief on Joint Programming. more »

The European Commission has published the proposal for a decision on the 'Strategic Innovation Agenda' (SIA) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). more »

The Research Executive Agency (REA) has published the preliminary results for the Marie Curie Individual Fellowships (IEF, IOF, IIF) call. more »

On November 30, 2011 the Commission has presented its proposal for the Rules for Participation for „Horizon 2020“ (Proposal for the rules for the participation and dissemination in „Horizon 2020“). more »

On November 30, 2011 the European Commission has published a proposal for "Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation" (2014-2020). more »

The Research Executive Agency (REA) has published the preliminary results for the 'Marie Curie Career Integration Grants' (CIG) call.The cut-off date was on September 6, 2011. more »

Today, the European Research Council (ERC) has published the Guide for Applicants (draft version) for the current call for the ERC Advanced Grants 2012. more »

The call for the Advanced Grants 2012 of the European Research Council (ERC) for the funding of established outstanding scientists has been published today. more »

Every new European expenditure programme proposed by the Europen Commission requires an ex-ante evaluation. Together with the proposal for the next research framework programme “Horizon 2020” the European Commission has worked out and published an Impact Assessment Report with annexes. more »

There are new deadlines for the domain Life Sciences of the Starting Grants as well as the Proof of Concept call. The calls are now re-opened. more »