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Horizon Europe 2025 work programme: €7.3 Bn allocated, prioritising talent attraction and retention

The European Commission invests €7.3 Bn through its newly adopted Horizon Europe work programme for 2025, announces the institution on 14/05/2025. "The programme will help attract and retain top researchers in Europe and offer targeted support to those affected by war and displacement. As part…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 398158
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EU-UK: Agreement to work towards the UK's association to Erasmus+

"The United Kingdom and the European Commission should work towards the association of the UK to the European Union Erasmus+ programme", states the European Commission on 19/05/2025, at the end of the EU-UK summit in London, where the Commission and the UK "explored areas with the potential to…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, State, …
• Article # 398749
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"Our FP Horizon Europe will stay as a self-standing programme" (U. von der Leyen)

"Let me be clear: our framework programme Horizon Europe will stay as a self-standing programme", states Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, on 20/05/2025 at the annual conference on the EU budget 2025. Since the leaks from DG Budget in October 2024 showing the…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , European commission, …
• Article # 398844
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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 19/05/2025

Aurora, EC2U, King's College London,... these institutions host events from 19/05/2025. 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 # 398629
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Adoption of the doubling of 'start-up' funding for new international ERC Grantees

The doubling of 'start-up' funding for new international ERC Grantees establishing their laboratories or research teams in Europe— increasing from up to €1 M to up to €2 M —is formally adopted on 16/05/2025, announces the ERC the same day. This change will take effect on 22/05/2025, coinciding…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 398437
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Call from Belgian universities to suspend the EU Association Agreement with Israel

All Belgian universities are calling on the European Commission to suspend the Association Agreement with Israel, in a "Call for a values-driven European Union. In Word and in Deed" published on 15/05/2025. They argue that, "despite numerous human rights violations documented by the UN, the EU…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Council, …
• Article # 398465
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Italy: 35 universities to implement 97 scholarships for Palestinian students

A total of 97 scholarships, each worth approximately 12,000 € per year, for Palestinian students residing in the Palestinian Territories will be distributed among 35 participating universities so they can benefit from international training by accessing academic programmes in Italy, announces the…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 398399
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EU Innovation Fund: €23.3 Bn requested by 373 project applications for net-zero and battery tech

A total of 373 project applications were submitted in response to the two Innovation Fund calls for proposals launched on 03/12/2024, the European Commission announces on 14/05/2025. The call for net-zero technologies closed with 359 applications, while the Innovation Fund call, focused on battery…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Companies, European commission, Research and Technology Organisations (RTO) , …
• Article # 398395
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European degree label: Reactions to the Council of Ministers; "Make the concept operational"

"What we need to do now is make this concept of joint European degree label operational by offering support to those who will have to check whether the programmes are aligned with the criteria or not. This will be carried out through a Policy Lab— a technical group tasked with defining the meaning…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 398227
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UK government to implement measures on international students to reduce immigration (white paper)

The Graduate Route period for international students in the UK will be reduced from 24 months to 18 months for those completing undergraduate and Master’s programmes, and measures are being implemented to reduce the number of international students arriving in the kingdom, announces the British…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 398171
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