The European Commission announced on 6 November a total funding of 2.9 billion for 61 cutting-edge projects, six of them Spanish, in net zero emission technologies under the Innovation Fund. The Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the deployment of innovative zero net emission and low-carbon technologies. It is financed […]
Proxy voting in Parliament’s plenary during pregnancy and after childbirth
The Committee on Constitutional Affairs has put forward a proposal to allow MEPs to vote in plenary by proxy during pregnancy and in the months following childbirth. The proposal, seeks to introduce a clearly defined exception to the current rule that all votes in Parliament’s plenary sessions must be cast personally. This would allow Members […]
President Costa to travel to Latin America for COP30 and EU-CELAC Summits
In early November, the President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to Brazil to attend the COP30 Climate Summit and also to Colombia, where he will co-chair the fourth CELAC-EU summit and the EU-Caribbean leaders’ meeting. COP 30 – 6 and 7 November The UN COP30 Leaders’ Summit will be held in the […]
PhD – PhD Fellow in Forensic Genetics – Norway
A PhD position in forensic genetics is available at the Department of Medical Biology with the research group Forensic Genetics. The position is for a period of four years. The nominal length of the PhD program is three years. The fourth year is distributed as 25 % each year and will consist of teaching and other duties. […]
Internships – Erasmus+ Traineeships Abroad for Students
Erasmus+ supports traineeships, work placements and internships abroad at any workplace. This opportunity is open to students enrolled in higher education institutions in Programme Countries at short-cycle Bachelor and Master level as well as to doctoral candidates and recent graduates. Benefits: develop entrepreneurial and creative skills; improve foreign language skills, interpersonal and intercultural teamwork skills […]
Enlargement Package 2025 shows progress towards EU membership by the main enlargement partners
On 4 November, the European Commission adopted its annual Enlargement Package, which presents a comprehensive assessment of the progress made by the enlargement partners over the last twelve months. This year’s package reaffirms that the momentum of enlargement is high on the EU’s agenda of priorities. It also confirms that the accession of new Member […]
Commission launches ‘Resource for AI Science in Europe’
Last November 3, at the European AI in Science Summit in Copenhagen, organised by the European Commission and the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen and Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva launched the pilot of RAISE – the Resource for Artificial Intelligence Science in Europe. This new virtual institute is a flagship initiative under the Apply AI Strategy and […]
Commission invests EUR 2.9 billion from the Innovation Fund to boost net zero emission technology projects
The European Commission today announced a total of €2.9 billion in funding for 61 cutting-edge zero net emissions technology projects. The funding comes from the Innovation Fund, which uses revenues from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). These grants follow a first call for net zero emission technologies (call IF24), launched in December 2024, […]
Doctorado – Factores de riesgo del cáncer de mama – Dinamarca
El Instituto Danés del Cáncer busca un estudiante de doctorado altamente motivado y entusiasta para incorporarse al grupo de investigación Dieta, Cáncer y Salud. El objetivo general del proyecto de doctorado es profundizar en la patología mamaria benigna como factor de riesgo de cáncer de mama para obtener conocimientos que puedan dar lugar a acciones […]