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A year connecting Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe
17-10-2019
Benjamin Questier, Strategic Advisor & Head of European R&D and Innovation Support at Luxinnovation, reviews the successes and opportunities offered by the European framework programme Horizon 2020 and also provides insight into the forthcoming Horizon Europe programme.
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Co-designing the EU’s next framework programme
27-09-2019
Horizon Europe, the EU’s next framework for research and innovation, will be launched in 15 months’ time and run until the end of 2027. Interested stakeholders now have the opportunity to provide their input on the content and implementation of the programme.
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Research and innovation staff exchange
27-09-2019
Are you in search of a funding programme for your research and innovation project? The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) promotes cross-border and cross-sector collaboration between research and market within Europe and beyond.
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Autumn and winter key events for Horizon 2020
26-09-2019
Luxinnovation has compiled all important info days, brokerage events, congresses and conferences for Autumn and Winter 2019
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A real life problem to be researched through H2020 funding
25-09-2019
Interview with Luca Ratti, coordinator of the “Working and Yet Poor” project, on the occasion of the upcoming Horizon 2020 Info Day on 10 October.
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Open consultation on institutionalised partnerships under Horizon Europe
17-09-2019
Give your opinion on the 12 institutionalised partnerships proposed by the European Commission under Horizon Europe, the next EU research and innovation programme (2021-2027).
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Cascading grants: a real plus for SMEs
16-09-2019
An unheralded instrument of the Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020, financial support to third parties (FSTP), offers significant opportunities for companies to accelerate the time to market of their innovative products, services and processes.
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High performance computing (EuroHPC) calls for proposals now open
14-08-2019
The European High-Perfomance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) pools European resources to develop top-of-the-range exascale supercomputers for processing big data, based on competitive European technology.
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Horizon Europe Co-design – Implementation
02-08-2019
With a proposed budget of 100 billion euro from 2021 to 2027, the Horizon Europe framework programme represents the largest collaborative multinational research and innovation investment in Europe and is open to participants worldwide.
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Call for Entries: ILUCIDARE Special Prizes funded by H2020
23-07-2019
Europa Nostra, the leading heritage network in Europe, and the European Commission have recently launched the Call for Entries to the European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards 2020.
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2019 EU Innovation Scoreboard: Luxembourg is a “Strong innovator”
03-07-2019
The European Commission has recently published the 2019 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS).
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European Innovation Council to invest in high potential breakthrough innovation
03-07-2019
Innovators have a harder time finding risk-willing growth capital in Europe than in the US or in Asia. In order to alleviate this problem and pave the way for breakthrough and disruptive innovation, the European Innovation Council (EIC) has been set up as a new instrument aimed at providing substantial financial support to innovative researchers and companies. On 27 June 2019, Luxinnovation hosted an event where the EIC presented its new funding measures to Luxembourg stakeholders.
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More than €2.2 billion for Europe's excellent researchers
03-07-2019
The ERC announced its biggest ever annual injection of funding in blue-sky research. €2.2 billion will be made available in 2020 to support some 1,100 top researchers. As in previous years, most of the funding (61%) is earmarked for early- to mid-career scientists and scholars. The funding will also support jobs for an estimated 8,000 postdoctoral researchers, PhD students and other research staff employed in ERC-funded teams.
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Financing the next Marie Curie fellowship
02-07-2019
On 13 June, Luxinnovation organised a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions grant-writing workshop in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg and the BeNeLux chapter of the Marie Curie Alumni Association. Participants could learn more about the Individual Fellowships (IF) programme, which is a great option for funding experienced researchers coming to Luxembourg.
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Autumn key events for Horizon 2020
26-06-2019
Luxinnovation’s EU Funding team has compiled all important info days, brokerage events, congresses and conferences taking place in autumn 2019. Please take a look at the list and choose the events that are the most interesting for you.
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NCPs CaRE: Luxinnovation shows the way
20-06-2019
Luxinnovation organised a series of workshops from 4 to 7 June, as the national contact point for the NCPs CaRE project, in the field of climate, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials.
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Horizon 2020 funding opportunity for bio-based industries
13-06-2019
The recently launched Bio-Based Industries call for proposals offers €135 million of Horizon 2020 funding for projects aiming at boosting the development of the EU’s bio-based sector. Interested companies and research organisations can apply for funding until 4 September 2019.
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Towards mission-driven research and innovation
12-06-2019
On 6 June 2019, Luxinnovation organised the annual conference of TAFTIE, the European Network of Innovation Agencies which the agency chairs in 2019. Representatives of 30 national innovation agencies gathered in Luxembourg to discuss the implementation of mission-driven research and innovation programmes that are aimed at tackling major societal challenges.
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"My background in research is very valuable"
27-05-2019
When Charles Betz left Luxembourg to continue his studies in molecular biology abroad, his idea was to pursue an international academic career. After studying and working in Switzerland and the US, he was finally persuaded to try his luck within Luxinnovation’s European finance team.
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Calling young scientists: Applications open for SESAR Young Scientist Award 2019
20-05-2019
Are you a young scientist undertaking research in the field of air traffic management (ATM) and aviation? Are you looking for the perfect opportunity to showcase your talent? If yes, then look no further… the SESAR Young Scientist Award is designed for people like you.
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Commission invites top experts to shape new research and innovation missions
15-05-2019
The European Commission launched a call for experts to join ‘Mission Boards’, which will advise the Commission for the identification and implementation of missions in Horizon Europe, the next EU research and innovation programme.
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Publication of the 2018 Luxinnovation Annual Report
07-05-2019
Luxinnovation, the national agency for the promotion of innovation, has just published its annual report for 2018: a year marked by the refinement of the agency's general strategy, more than ever at the service of Luxembourg companies, whatever their size, to support them in their innovation efforts.
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2018: A successful Horizon 2020 year for Luxembourg
10-04-2019
2018 marked the entry into the last work programmes of Horizon 2020, the European Commission’s framework programme for research and innovation. Luxinnovation hosts the National Contact Point services for Horizon 2020 in Luxembourg and can look back on a productive year with exceptionally high success rates for Luxembourg applicants for Horizon 2020 funding.
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Three days dedicated to mobility in Brussels
10-04-2019
Connected and automated mobility was a hot topic during the last week. While Luxembourg, France, and Germany officially launched the cross-border test bed in Schengen, Brussels hosted a two-days conference, EUCAD2019, where experts also from Luxinnovation engaged in discussions on how to ensure a fast, safe, inclusive, and trusted deployment of autonomous vehicles on European roads.
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European Defence Industrial Development Programme
10-04-2019
The European Commission launched Thursday April, 4 the first 16 calls for proposals for the European Defence Industrial Development Programme. Applications are open from April 9 to August 29, 2019 at 5pm (CEST).
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Successful Horizon 2020 proposal writing workshops
09-04-2019
The European framework programme for research, development and innovation, Horizon 2020, offers many funding opportunities for research and innovation projects for the years 2019 and 2020. Luxinnovation recently organised two practical workshops on how to write competitive Horizon 2020 proposals.
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The EU has invested 320.000 euros in innovative Luxembourg start-up
09-04-2019
The Luxembourg start-up LuxAI created QTrobot, a social humanoid robot that can assist in teaching essential skills to autistic children. LuxAI received a €50,000 grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) and €270,115 from Horizon 2020, the EU Research and Innovation programme with nearly €80 billion of funding available.
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BBI JU 2019 call for proposals launched
09-04-2019
The Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) 2019 call for proposals was launched on 4 April. The call deadline is 4 September 2019 and the indicative timing for the results December 2019.
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Fund postdoctoral researchers in your organisation with MSCA
09-04-2019
In January 2019, Luxinnovation launched an action aimed at supporting Luxembourg organisations with attracting researchers through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) scheme. These fellowships are an efficient way to obtain financing covering 100% of the costs for postdoctoral researchers working in the public or private sector.
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Open access to JRC Research Infrastructures
26-03-2019
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) continues its programme of opening its scientific laboratories and facilities to people working in academia and research organisations, industry, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and more in general to the public and private sector.
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