Year: 2018

Research Headlines – History springs back to life via virtual reality

The application of virtual reality to cultural heritage is contributing to the way both knowledge and objects are preserved and handed down to future generations of Europeans. Now an EU-funded project is helping increase knowledge and share virtual reality expertise among researchers in Romania, Slovenia and Italy. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Promoting research integrity for a bright scientific future

An EU-funded project reveals the important role that research institutions must play to promote and support research integrity and ensure continued public trust in science. It has created educational tools to help overcome the challenges to integrity. Powered by WPeMatico

Programme manual updated

The factsheets of the Programme Manual “Public procurement”, “Eligibility of expenditure” (section “Financial issues”) and “Risk of fraud and conflicts of interest” (section “Key principles and standards”) have been updated in order to make them clearer and better support partners, FLC and future applicants. In addition, two new factsheets have

MADRE Policy Paper

Urban and peri-urban agriculture is a key element for the development of sustainable local food systems, yet it still suffers from a lack of consideration in public policies, thus preventing it from from consolidating as a successful model in changing food supply chains and from reaching a wider group of

Research Headlines – Collaborating against cancer: research drives knowledge sharing

Leading European institutes are combining their know-how to advance research into tumour biology, establishing an EU-funded network that promises to contribute to the development of new treatments, insights and technologies to combat cancer. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Centre stage: the vital social role of applied theatre

Applied theatre tells a story not for the purposes of entertainment but for social, economic, political or therapeutic reasons. EU-funded researchers have been examining the growth and impact of this form of theatre across the world. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technologies – Technological status, environmental impacts, and policy developments. – 17 September 2018, Brussels, Belgium

Elvira Fortunato, member of the EC’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors will be part of a panel discussion about Carbon Capture and Utilisation to present the findings and recommendation of the Group scientific opinion on the matter. The panel will be composed of leading experts in the field of CCU

Events – SAVE THE DATE! 2018 Transport Information Day – 23 October 2018, Virtual event – webstreaming

This year, the Transport Info Day will be virtual and will take place on 23 October from 09:00 to 13:00 CET. Participants will need to register in order to receive the web-streaming link. The event will present the following 2019 calls for funding making available a total of nearly €355

Events – The Fair of European Innovators in Cultural Heritage – 15-16 November 2018, Brussels, Belgium

The ‘Fair of European Innovators in Cultural Heritage’ is a key event of the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH), with more than 300 participants and stakeholders expected from Europe and beyond. The event aims to support a Cultural Heritage innovation ecosystem through the establishment of a Community of