Companies looking for funding in the first two calls for public-private partnerships under the Key Enabling Technologies programme represent more than 50 per cent of total applications. Of these, 30 per cent come from SMEs
Following its launch in 2014, the instrument quickly became very popular among European SMEs, and the Commission has been flooded with applications. Sadly, success rates are low, ranging from 6 to 10 per cent
Big science is about advancing the frontiers of knowledge. But it is also the source of extraordinary innovation, with huge commercial value and societal impact. So how can Europe become more systematic in extracting this value?
The project aims to bring together researchers, engineers, people from industry and young students and to encourage them to come up with new ideas that are useful for society, says Markus Nordberg of CERN
Tibor Navracsics was left with little time to discuss the education portfolio as MEPs questioned him on Hungary’s poor track-record in defending freedom of speech and the rule of law.
Vytenis Andriukaitis pledges to widen access to innovative healthcare across the EU and to keep the highest health and food safety standards in a more equal ‘Health Union’
Winners of European Research Council Proof-of-Concept grants pitched their innovative ideas to investors and stakeholders at a Science|Business Innovation Board event last week.
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