Heilbronn is set to become a hotspot for application-orientated artificial intelligence, with the Dieter Schwarz Foundation the main driving force. Managing director Reinhold Geilsdörfer explains the concept - and why money is not an issue.
As the EU ups its AI research spending, the hottest grant topics include health and sensors. Patras, Utrecht and the auto manufacturer BMW are among the fastest-growing grant winners
The Commission’s guide to the next phase of EU’s R&I framework programme was published this week. It includes new partnerships, a research security section and a beefed up context for the EU missions
Paolo Gentiloni throws down a radical suggestion for the next Commission to solve Europe’s R&D underinvestment problem. But any extension of joint financing would be controversial
The European Defence Fund was set up to support research and development, but it could be rolled into the proposed defence industrial programme, Timo Pesonen, director general for Defence Industry and Space, told MEPs
Milena Stoychevais an entrepreneur who in June 2023 was handed the keys to Bulgaria’s innovation ministry. She has set her sights on making the country a regional hub for hightech business and, in time,an innovation destination
Some rectors of the country’s civilian state universities have secured third or even fourth mandates, a trend that is of concern to the European Parliament and others in the higher education sector
Several countries from the western Balkans could end up joining the bloc during the lifespan of the next research framework programme, and there arecalls for them to have input on how it is designed
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