Tekes funding has a major impact on the growth and success of businesses. More than 80% of Tekes customers that have been successful in their innovation activities say that Tekes funding was a key part of their success. Jobs increased by 16 per cent in SMEs funded by Tekes during the period 2012–2015.
Universities have a pivotal role to play in responding to the Grand Challenges, fostering innovation and creating growth and social wellbeing. How should these institutions respond to this task? asks Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, President of Euroscience and Rector of Aarhus University, Denmark
EU research funding is enabling scientists to work anywhere in the EU. Now, the Innovation Union strategy agreed earlier this month, will increase the level of scientific collaboration and joint funding with countries beyond Europe, Robert-Jan Smits tells the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Washington, DC.
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