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Switzerland: ETH Domain's payment framework increased by CHF 50 M by Federal Parliament

"The Federal Parliament has just decided to increase the ETH Domain's payment framework by CHF 50 M (€53.12 M) for the period 2025-2028", announces Michael Hengartner, President of the ETH Board, on 24/09/2024. "The government has set a spending ceiling of CHF 29.2 Bn for the Education…

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 339102
• Published on 30/09/24 at 13:32

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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 30/09/2024

CLO, EUA, EFMD... these HEIs (Higher education institutions) host events from 30/09/2024. News Tank's agenda aims to provide an overview of the events taking place in Europe's higher education, research and innovation ecosystem. We focus on: • events taking place in Brussels or related to…

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 339215
• Published on 30/09/24 at 12:21

Switzerland: Six vice presidents nominated for EPFL's new leadership team

The ETH Board, the strategic management and supervisory body for the ETH Domain, announces on 19/09/2024 the appointment of EPFL’s next vice presidents, who will take up their positions on 01/01/2025, alongside EPFL’s president-designate, Anna Fontcuberta i Morral. The nominations are: …

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Universities, …
• Article # 339050
• Published on 27/09/24 at 16:33

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Clarivate Citation Laureates: 22 researchers eligible for a Nobel prize in 2024; nine Europeans

22 world-class scientists and economists from institutions in five countries are on the list of Citation Laureates published by Clarivate's Institute for Scientific Information on 19/09/2024. The list features researchers whose work is considered by the institute to be of Nobel stature. Eleven…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Careers, Societal impact of science
• Article # 339059
• Published on 27/09/24 at 16:07

EIC Transition: a record of 413 projects submitted and €991 M requested for September 2024 call

With 413 applications submitted to the September 2024 call, the EIC has recorded the highest number of applications to its EIC Transition programme since its creation, it says on 24/09/2024. As each application can request up to €2.5 M in grant funding, the total funding requests for proposals…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): European commission, Research and Technology Organisations (RTO) , Careers, …
• Article # 338899
• Published on 27/09/24 at 15:48

FP10: the UK "interested in potentially associating"; British government's position paper

"The UK will be interested in potentially associating with FP10 assuming it is open, relevant and provides good value for our research community and the UK taxpayer. As such, we are keen to support discussions as FP10 takes shape and engages in its development from the outset", states the…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Council, European commission, …
• Article # 339048
• Published on 27/09/24 at 14:30

"Ranking organisations and universities are adapting to students' new expectations" (L. Andrade, QS)

"We are here at the 34^th EAIE conference to show what indicators to look for and how they work, find new partnerships, and showcase our work", says Leonardo Andrade, Head Of Client Partnerships UK and Europe at Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), to News Tank on 19/09/2024. The global higher education…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Communications, …
• Article # 338976
• Published on 27/09/24 at 12:22

Innova Europe: a competition gathering nine European HEI's to select high-impact start-ups

The second edition of Innova Europe, a competition dedicated to high-impact start-ups, is held on 26/09/2024 in Paris, on the premises of Station F, a start-up campus, under the aegis of Edhec Business School, says the French school. The competition is the fruit of cooperation with Politecnico di…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Companies, …
• Article # 338826
• Published on 26/09/24 at 16:22

Tomaž Prosen and Maarit Karppinen: new members of the ERC Scientific Council from January 2025

Tomaž Prosen from the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Maarit Karppinen from Aalto University (Finland), will replace Ben L. Feringa and Alice Valkárová at the ERC Scientific Council, whose mandates end on 31/12/2025, as of 01/01/2025, announces the ERC on 25/09/2024. Tomaž Prosen is a…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 338820
• Published on 25/09/24 at 18:32

Intellectual property: letter of intent between the EPO and DG RTD to strengthen their collaboration

The EPO (European Patent Office) and the European Commission's DG RTD have signed a letter of intent to "strengthen their cooperation on knowledge exploitation and promote efficient management of intellectual assets", they announce on 20/09/2024. This partnership "will help the ERA (European…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Companies, European commission, Research and Technology Organisations (RTO) , …
• Article # 338695
• Published on 25/09/24 at 18:07