Mission Innovation Champions is a new recognition program to celebrate and support innovative individuals who are accelerating the clean energy revolution. The program was launched at the occasion of the Third Mission Innovation Ministerial (MI-3) on 22-23 May 2018 at Malmö, Sweden, and is currently accepting registrations. The program will recognize exceptional researchers and innovators who are developing novel ways of making energy cleaner,...

EURAXESS South Korea office will be officially launched in Seoul on 13 July 2018, with an event addressing students and researchers of all career levels, interested in Europe. The event will introduce EURAXESS, its services and support actions and will feature talks and roundtables on Europe-South Korea research cooperation and researcher mobility. Two parallel seminars will be organized by H2020 National Contact Points specialized in the grant...

The University of Luxembourg Incubator invites PhD, postdocs and young researchers to the 1st International Summer School on Knowledge-Driven Innovation and Entrepreneurship, taking place in the beautiful setting of the Hollenfels Castle, from July 2-6th 2018. The participants should belong to one of the above-mentioned categories, having hopefully some commercially oriented research direction or results in hand. Pathfinder applicants will find...

The Commission is proposing €100 billion for the next research framework funding programme. The programme – Horizon Europe – will build on the achievements and success of the previous programme (Horizon 2020) and keep the EU at the forefront of global research and innovation. Horizon Europe is the most ambitious research and innovation programme ever. Scientific excellence will continue to be funded through increased budgets for the European...

  We are delighted to share with you the news of the upcoming MSCA Conference, taking place in Vienna, October 1 and 2, 2018. Participating in MSCA conference and visiting one of the oldest European capitals gives you an excellent opportunity to discuss the latest developments on Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, and MSCA and its future, meet people working within the science and research in different parts of the world, and exchange experiences....

CESAER has published a white paper sharing experiences of four Member institutions with the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R).   The paper provides a comprehensive overview of European engagement and developments concerning human resources for researchers and gives practical guidance for the implementation of HRS4R. The paper furthermore provides inspiring examples from four of our Member universities which have applied for and...

  The annual Vitae Researcher Development International Conference 2018 will be taking place on the 17-18 September in Birmingham, UK. The Vitae Conference is the only dedicated event that brings together all those with a strategic and practical role in developing researchers. Last year's event saw over 400 participants from the UK and internationally, including pro-vice-chancellors, heads of faculty, heads of graduate schools, HR directors,...

INFO DAY- Implementing the Human Resources Strategy to comply with art. 32 of the H2020 multi-beneficiary grant agreement The event addresses universities, research institutions and research funders investing in researchers’ talents, skills and career development. It also addresses beneficiaries and potential applicants of H2020 contracts/projects who have to comply with article 32 stipulating the need to take measures to implement the European...

The 10th International Virology Summit will be organized around the theme “Advanced Research and Emerging Issues in the Field of Virology”, during July 02-04, 2018 at Vienna, Austria. Universities, research institutions, microbiologists, virologists and diagnostic companies can share their research papers on all aspects of this rapidly augmenting field. The speakers sessions will also present the technologies currently used and the ones to be...

The European Commission contracted a study on fostering intersectoral mobility (ISM) in Europe. The study identifies and analyses the barriers and drivers of the uptake of ISM, including the availability of, and access to support structures, training and funding mechanisms for researchers. A mapping exercise was undertaken to ascertain the level of ISM among researchers in the EU-28 Member States, EFTA/EEA and candidate countries, and between...