The 8th of March is the International Women’s Day

Today, on the 8th of March, is the International Women’s Day. It’s a day celebrating the social, cultural, economic and political achievements of women - while also campaigning for greater…

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MEPs push for a Horizon Europe deal next week

The European Parliament stepped up pressure for a preliminary deal on Horizon Europe, the European Union’s planned €94.1 billion research and innovation programme. A pair of MEPs handling the draft…

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Call for less red tape in Horizon Europe rebutted by EU official

University heads in central and eastern Europe who blame Horizon 2020’s excessive bureaucracy for making it harder to win grants got a sharp retort from a senior Commission official defending…

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New H2020 open-trainings for 2019!

EFMC is pleased to announce new locations for H2020 training courses in “Financial Management”, “Proposal Writing” and the Funding & Tenders Portal “SEDIA” (the new name of Participant Portal). Financial…

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What would a no-deal Brexit mean for universities and research?

UK universities continue to make clear to government that a Brexit ‘no deal’ scenario is highly undesirable.  However, there remains a risk that the Brexit negotiations could end without a…

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What would a successful Brexit look like?

Less than a month left. Officially, the UK is set to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019, though it’s looking increasingly likely that this timeline will be pushed…

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Negotiations began for European Union partners

While it is not new for Framework Programmes to include non-European participants, the first one being Israel in 1996, every new programme means for them the start of new negotiations…

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Brexit: “watching a car crash in slow motion”

“It’s like watching a car crash in slow motion and you can’t do anything to stop it.” This alarming sentence, reported by NBCNews from Jess Fitch, a U.K. citizen, sums…

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