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EIT Manufacturing knowledge community declares bankruptcy after EU fraud probe found "irregularities"

EIT Manufacturing, a “Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC)” managed by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), has gone into liquidation. The organisation, one of ten KICs meant to help develop research results into marketable products, declared bankruptcy on 25/03/2026…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Companies, European commission, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 436721
• Published on 03/04/26 at 14:16

©  D.R.
EUNICoast alliance manager says capacity-building programme delivers tangible results

The EUNICoast alliance manager has said that their capacity-building programme has already delivered tangible results and that the momentum should be maintained. Petra Frent, EUNICoast alliance manager, said in an interview with News Tank on 30/03/2026: "Although it is still too early to speak…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, European commission, Universities, …
• Article # 436128
• Published on 03/04/26 at 13:06

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German research foundation DFG calls for enhanced safeguarding of research data

An ad-hoc working group of the Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) presented a paper calling for the improved protection of research data infrastructures on 31/03/2026. The paper, titled “Recommendations on the Resilience of Research Data Infrastructures”, notes that scientific data…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Digital, Infrastructures, …
• Article # 436587
• Published on 03/04/26 at 11:31

©  Chris Potter
UK students call on government to reform student loan system amid growing debt crisis

UK students are calling on the government to reform the student loan system as the debt crisis deepens, with students struggling to meet repayments and having to repay more than they borrowed for their studies. The average debt among borrowers who finished their courses in 2024 was £53,000…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 436154
• Published on 03/04/26 at 08:40

©  University of Cambridge
Cambridge University to establish new school for "global problems" with £190m donation

The University of Cambridge (UK) will open a new school, named Rokos School of Government, "to prepare tomorrow’s leaders to tackle the world’s biggest problems". It will be named after Chris Rokos, a UK billionaire who recently donated £190 million (€217.63m) to the university, the institution…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Universities, Funding, PhD, …
• Article # 436534
• Published on 02/04/26 at 15:57

©  Senivpetro
Coimbra Group launches 2026 Scholarship Programme for early-career professors and researchers

The Coimbra Group has launched its 2026 Scholarship Programme for early-career professors and researchers for short research stays in Europe. The programme offers 74 scholarships to young academics from the European neighbourhood (the EU's southern and eastern neighbours: Algeria, Egypt…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Universities, Careers, …
• Article # 436422
• Published on 02/04/26 at 14:37

Tony Hyman appointed director general of European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

Tony Hyman took up office as director general of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) on 31/03/2026, the laboratory has announced. Hyman is a distinguished molecular biologist and former EMBL group leader. He is also a founding director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Council, Careers, Open Science
• Article # 436504
• Published on 02/04/26 at 11:11

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Bremen University vice-president appointed to German advisory board on early-career researchers

Mandy Boehnke, vice president for international affairs, academic qualification and diversity at the University of Bremen in north Germany, has been appointed to a German academic advisory board helping to draft a National Report on Early Career Researchers (BuWiK), the university announced on…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): State, Universities, Careers, …
• Article # 436349
• Published on 02/04/26 at 10:51

© Dalle
The Guild opposes Commission's proposal to apply EU preference rules from ECF to research activities

The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities has expressed concern that the European Commission’s proposal to apply the European Competitiveness Fund’s EU preference rules to research activities will "distort international collaboration because of an unbalanced emphasis on…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , European commission, …
• Article # 436406
• Published on 01/04/26 at 16:40

©  AFP
European Commission grants €20 million to help Ukrainian startups and SMEs

The European Commission has awarded between €300,000 and €500,000 to each of 41 cutting-edge Ukrainian startups and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to "help them turn groundbreaking ideas into real-world solutions", it announced on 01/04/2026. The decision follows a European…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Companies, European commission, …
• Article # 436401
• Published on 01/04/26 at 16:15

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