The Commission is preparing the implementation of Horizon Europe, the next and most ambitious EU research and innovation programme (2021-2027) with a proposed budget of €100 billion, in an intensive co-design process. The process will help shape European research and innovation investments in the coming years. You can now take part in the online consultation that has been launched. The inputs received will help prepare the ‘Strategic Plan’ for...

The European Commission has published a video tutorial showing the EU Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals in action. Services that offer assistance to refugees and migrants from non-EU countries, such as national authorities and/or NGOs, can use the tool to conduct interviews to record the individuals’ skills, qualifications and experiences. Completing the skills profile is part of the pathway towards integration in the labour market...

BRiDGE II Training “TRANSFERABLE SKILLS SUPPORTING YOUR RESEARCH CAREER”, will be hold in November 2019 in Bielefeld, Germany. The training aims at supporting refugee researchers to obtain key career skills and competences then need in order to facilitate the integration and achieve better perspectives for their professional realization in the European job market.   It will be a one-day training, focused on:          • CV and job interview...

Registration is now open for the inaugural annual flagship event - European Research and Innovation Days on 24, 25 and 26 September 2019, and the draft progammes are online. Taking place in the iconic venue KANAL-Centre Pompidou, Quai des Péniches, Brussels, Belgium, it aims to gather Europe’s best and brightest researchers, scientists, innovators and policy makers. The event, which is open to everyone and is free of charge, will feature three...

Career Advancement for Refugee Researchers in Europe - CARe project aims at supporting the labour market integration of at-risk scholars and refugee researchers in Europe by gathering information both from researchers and employers on the labour market conditions. The project focuses on 10 countries: Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands. As part of the project, the...

“BRiDGE II Training “MANAGE YOUR RESEARCH CAREER” will be held on 21 October 2019, Vienna, Austria. The training aims at supporting refugee researchers to obtain key career skills and competences then need in order to facilitate the integration and achieve better perspectives for their professional realization in the European job market.   It will be a one-day training, focused on the following topics:       • managing a research career and...

  ''EURAXESS was much needed by me at that moment in my life through which I got Marie Curie Interactive Training Networks fellowships. It gave me the exact opportunity I was looking for and my research interests matched with the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) and ECORISK2050’s goals. It has offered me a place to enhance my career, employability and skills development. I will have the chance to participate in...

  The annual Vitae Researcher Development International Conference this year will take place on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 September 2019 in Birmingham, UK. It is the only dedicated event that brings together all those with a strategic and practical role in developing researchers and last year's event saw over 400 participants from the UK and internationally. We welcome international proposals for workshops, Special Interest Sessions (SIS) or...

A Webinar on Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) is organised the 21st February 2019 with a target for Widening Countries and Third Countries. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) foster innovation, research business cooperation based on mobility. The MSCA support researchers irrespective of nationality or disciplines. This 1 hour webinar will introduce the MSCA Actions with a specific focus on a current open call “RISE” which...

The Institute of Education's Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) announces 1 April deadline for its next round of applications from professors and researchers facing threats to their lives or careers. Fellowships support temporary academic positions at universities and other higher education institutions anywhere in the world where the scholars can continue their academic work in safety.   Who can apply: Professors, researchers, and public...