Biology Centre CAS is seeking a motivated PhD student to join our international team at the Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences. You will be part of an exciting research project on population and comparative genomics of threatened butterflies in the Czech Republic. The goal of the PhD position is to quantify the impacts of habitat fragmentation on the […]
Learning – IED Undergraduate Scholarships – Italy
Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) “Aldo Galli” Academy of Fine Arts offers scholarships covering 50% of the first-year tuition fee for Undergraduate courses in Design, Fashion, Visual Arts, Communication, Cinema held in Milano, Cagliari, Firenze, Roma, Torino and in Accademia di Como Aldo Galli. Eligibility The competition is open to candidates Aged between 18 and 26 years […]
Europe enters the exascale supercomputing league with ‘JUPITER’
The new JUPITER supercomputer, inaugurated by Commissioner Zaharieva and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, has officially become the first European system to achieve the exascale threshold – that is, performing more than one quintillion (10¹⁸) operations per second, a computing power level comparable to aggregating the computing capabilities of the mobile phones of the […]
28 Spanish institutions host scientists awarded with grants by the European Research Council
The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 478 early-stage researchers from across Europe to receive this year’s ‘Starting Grants’, worth a total of €761 million, under the EU’s Horizon Europe programme. These grants will support excellence in research in various fields, such as physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, social sciences and humanities. Each researcher […]
Commission proposes Mercosur and Mexico agreements for adoption
The European Commission has put forward its proposals to the Council for the signature and conclusion of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and the EU-Mexico Modernised Global Agreement (MGA). These landmark deals form a critical part of the EU’s strategy to diversify its trade relations and strengthen economic and political ties with like-minded partners around […]
Commission completes proposal for the 2028-2034 EU long-term budget
Last September 3, the Commission has adopted a second package of seven sectoral proposals completing the framework for the next long-term EU budget for 2028–2034. These legal acts complete the MFF 2028-2034 proposal, and cover the following areas: • The Single Market and Customs Programme; • The Justice Programme; • The Euratom Research and Training […]
Competition: ‘Languages are your bridge to the future’
To celebrate EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES #EDLangs, the European Commission Representation in Spain and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation are organising the competition ‘Languages are your bridge to the future’ on the European Union and its languages on Instagram. To participate, you must: Follow the European Commission Representation in Spain on Instagram Like the […]
Investment in education across Europe is increasing
A new report from the European Commission highlights a positive shift in education funding across Europe, which is boosting the EU’s competitive advantage. The report, entitled ‘Investing in Education 2025’, details multiple economic and social benefits and shows that public investment in education is recovering after the decline caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, although it […]
The Commission is gathering opinions on electrification, heating and cooling
The Commission has launched a series of calls for public consultation on two initiatives that will be key to fully implementing the Clean Industry Pact and the Affordable Energy Action Plan: the Action Plan for Electrification and the Heating and Cooling Strategy. The Action Plan for Electrification will set out how to accelerate the cost-effective […]