Hungarian and international RDI news

The goal of this service contract is to develop a coherent, coordinated and sustainable approach to support industry of new EU Member States in adopting the smart factory concept and its relevant digital technologies.

The 15 benefiting projects, involving 70 partners in 19 countries, will receive around €2 million each under the fifth round of the Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) scheme run under Horizon 2020.

The Investor Ready Energy Efficiency (IREE) certification for commercial and multifamily residential buildings gives investors and financial institutions guarantees that an energy efficiency renovation project is environmentally and financially sound.

Ahead of the next cut-off deadline for Eurostars funding applications on 15 September 2016 at 20:00 CET, this webinar is organized to provide straightforward and comprehensive information to organisations wishing collaborate internationally in their field of innovation.

The Ministry of Science and Technology has invited applications for 'India-EU Research and Innovation 2016-17' under European Union Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement.

EU funding for farmers, scientists and other projects will be replaced by the Treasury after Brexit, Chancellor Philip Hammond has said.

The European Commission launched a "Common Exploitation Booster" pilot initiative providing four types of services:

• Analysis of Exploitation Risks, to scout the route towards the market and better tackle risks;
  
• Exploitation Strategy Seminar a joint working session to streamline the exploitation strategy and go to market action plan;
  
• Business Plan Development to design a convincing and actionable plan for exploitation;
  
• Brokerage and Pitching Event where partners present their results to peers, potential users and investors, in order to pave the way to follow-ups.
  

The European Commission confirmed the calls and other actions of the second year of the two-year work programmes setting out funding opportunities for 2017. The current update with a budget of €8.5 billion introduces important novelties.

Enhancing trust in science through public engagement and open, transparent research is vital if we are to avoid descending into a 'post-factual society', according to Carlos Moedas, the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science.

Nominations for the European Inventor Award 2017 are now open. The Award recognises outstanding inventors from around the world, from all technical fields and backgrounds.

The European Commission has launched a competition to identify Europe's top future innovators and their innovations. During the entire month of August, people will be able to vote for their favourite among 40 nominees who have been developing digital innovations through EU-funded projects.

SEREN3 is the network of NCPs for Secure Societies in Horizon 2020 programme. The website operated by the network offers updated information on the news and events in the area of European security R&D, as well as a partner search tool.

The revamped model agreement of Horizon 2020 programme provides more clarity on previously general requirements contained in the agreement.

Sweden is once more the EU innovation leader, followed by Denmark, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands.

Brexit is an opportunity to push for more coordinated defence R&D investment by the remaining 27 member states, Ana Gomes MEP tells Science|Business.

The world’s second-biggest non-government funder of medical research, the Wellcome Trust, is launching an open access publishing website Wellcome Open Research, via which its grantholders will be able to rapidly publish all outputs from their research.

Being able to speak with non-academic audiences can help researchers and institutions demonstrate the value of their work to the public, explain the return on investment to funders, encourage donations and enhance a university’s reputation.

The report released within the framework of the Science Europe  (SE) Roadmap presents the results of a survey of member organisations, undertaken in 2014 by the Working Group on Research Integrity. The aim of the survey was to map existing policies, procedures and practices for promoting research integrity and preventing and sanctioning misconduct, in the context of the member orgainisations’ activities.

"Scientific Excellence" is widely acknowledged as the most important of the identified pre-conditions to Long-term Sustainability, which is then followed in relevance by the “Funding the construction and operation of RI".