EIT Urban Mobility’s Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) is publishing a call for proposals (CfP) for RIS Hub activities in Croatia, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey.

EIT Urban Mobility RIS Hubs should ensure active involvement of local Knowledge Triangle actors (industry, universities and research centres), as well as liaise and provide expertise to the relevant national, regional and local authorities. The RIS Hubs will also help identify potential funding and project opportunities for the Knowledge Triangle Integration (KTI), as well as provide advice to Knowledge Triangles on how to start project development and implementation.

This call for proposals is open to all stakeholders from the countries Croatia, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey.

Supporting documents:

• Manual of the Call for Proposals for the new RIS Hub activities for the period 2021-2027 in the countries Croatia, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey
• Annex I – Guidelines and template for Activity Plan 2021 new RIS Hubs
• Annex 2 – Activity Plan template
• Annex 3 – Eligibility of expenditures
• Annex 4 – List of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Annex 5 – Monitoring and reporting procedures
• Annex 6 – Appeal procedure

Link to submission portal: PLAZA platform

IMPORTANT DATES

· Call opening: 31 May 2021

 ·Deadline for the submission of proposals: 2 August 2021 at 23:59 CET

· Eligibility and admissibility check: 16. August 2021

· Evaluation of proposals: 13 September 2021

· Communication of results: 20 September 2021

Click here for detailed information. For general inquiries, you can reach us at ncptransport@tubitak.gov.tr

Within the scope of Horizon Europe Information Days, which will be conducted between 28 June and 9 July 2021, an event of information sharing will also take place in the field of "Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space" on 29 and 30 June 2021. Presentations about cluster destinations will be held at the event, and those who want to apply will be provided with up-to-date information and the opportunity to ask questions.

Pre-registration is not required, please click here for the event calendar and further information.

On the 28th of June, at 14:00 (Turkish Time Zone), a General & Introductory Training (Webinar) event will be held. The event is organised by TÜBİTAK under the “Turkey in Horizon 2020 Phase II” Technical Assistance Project which is co-financed by the EU and the Republic of Turkey and implemented by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Industry and Technology within the scope of Competitive Sectors Programme.

The event is an introductory event, and is for potential participants for the Horizon Europe framework programme that have little or no experience, as well as more experienced researchers that would like to learn about the new Horizon Europe Structure and the Strategic Plan for 2021-24. The event focuses on the 2021-2022 Health topics under the new Cluster 1 section of the Pillar II area: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness and further initiatives in health such as Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) and Cancer Mission.

The event will present the Horizon Europe Structure & Strategic Plan for 2021-2024 covering EU priorities and Work Programme destinations and outlining the Key Strategic Orientations, expected impacts & corresponding Work Programme destinations. It will also cover Horizon Europe Call & Proposal Documents including the new Proposal Template.

The sessions are structured in a way that will help participants grasp the fundamental concepts of the Horizon Europe Programme Strategic Plan related to Health. The content is enriched with presentations, training notes, curated literature from the EU, and useful templates.

We would like to invite you to attend this online event.

Registration:

You can register for our event from the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sBhV_PPWQZvIziopTEPRkeTigL0TTffs61lerV3j55w/

*Registrations are mandatory and free of charge. Please register first via Google Forms. After your registration, you will receive a Zoom registration link three days before the event.

For more information; please contact to Project team at k.gungor@idi.ie or t.eryilmaz@idi.ie.

We hope to see you at our event!

Network of Horizon Europe National Contact Points Bridge2 HE is organizing a virtual brokerage event in 9th of July 2021 for the forthcoming calls in Horizon Europe Cluster 6.

The aim of this event is to gather all relevant stakeholders planing to apply for funding in the Horizon Europe, Cluster 6 calls. Thus, this event will help you build your consortium for upcoming 2021 calls of the Cluster 6 Work Programme, which will be open until October 2021.

Please click here for detailed information and registiration.

Target Groups:

• Universities
• Research Centers
• Private companies (including SMEs and large companies)
• Municipatilies
• Associations/Federations
• Public authorities/Governmental organisations
• NGOs
• Clusters, Hubs
• Stakeholders engaged in R&D

Thematic Focus:

• Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
• Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
• Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors
• Clean environment and zero pollution
• Land, ocean and water for climate action
• Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities
• Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal

For questions about the event you can contact with the organizers; konickova@tc.cz, cejkova@tc.cz, borgna@apre.it and tomasz.mroz@kpk.gov.pl.

Also, we here to help you for any questions related with Cluster 6. Please contact us! ncpbio@tubitak.gov.tr

*The event is free of charge but registration and profile activation is mandatory to attend the brokerage event.

EuCNC & 6G Joint Summit (European Conference on Network and Communication - 6G Summit) will be held online between 8-11 June 2021.

More than 1300 delegates from more than 40 countries will be taking part in the summit, which will host many workshops where new application and test infrastructures will be discussed on the way to the future technologies, mobile IoT and expansion of 5G network in telecommunication.

At the summit, where the most prestigious companies and researchers in the field will come together, an informative presentation on the Smart Networks & Services (SNS) partnership will be held and comprehensive conferences on the latest situation in 5G studies across Europe will be also held at the 5G PPP (Public-Private Partnership) Private Networks workshop.

Please click here for detailed information about the event, and here for the event calendar.

For event registration, please click here.

The European Commission announces today the first edition of the Horizon Europe info-days, to take place online from 28 June  to 9 July 2021.

The 10-day event will give the opportunity to prospective applicants, and other stakeholders of EU research and innovation, to receive information and ask questions about the novelties, main funding instruments and processes of Horizon Europe.

The Horizon Europe info-days will address 9 themes, each featuring a programme of exclusive discussions and hands-on sessions, dedicated to a different cluster or part of the new programme. .

The 9 themes will take place following the Horizon Europe info-days calendar:

• 28 Jun - Infrastructures
• 20 & 30 Jun - Digital, industry & space (cluster 4)
• 30 June - Civil security for society (cluster 3)
• 1 July - Culture, creativity & inclusive society (cluster 2)
• 1 July - The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: what is new under Horizon Europe
• 2 July - Health (cluster 1)
• 5 & 6 July - Climate, energy & mobility (cluster 5)
• 7 & 8 July - Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture & environment (cluster 6)
• 9 July - European Research Area (ERA) & Widening

The Horizon Europe info-days will be open for participation without prior registration.

For more information and practical details, visit the event website.

The promotion of new EIT 2021-2027 Strategy will be made online on 14 June 2021 by the participation of the inspiring speakers such as Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth; Manuel Heitor, Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education; and Gioia Ghezzi, Chair of the EIT Governing Board.

The launch event will consist of two parts:

• a high-level policy session including high-level speakers
• four thematic sessions focused on the main focus areas of the EIT’s new strategy

For details, please visit the following link

Download the agenda

Register to the event

40 new COST Actions have been approved by written procedure by the Committee of Senior Officials on 25 May 2021.

Please click for the “COST Action Booklet”.

Memorandum of Understanding documents of each new COST Actions will be published on COST web site on 23 June 2021.

Management Committee Member nomination system will as well be activated with the publication of Memorandum of Understanding documents. Accordingly, applications for new Actions will start on 23 June 2021. 

Turkish researchers can make their applications according to TUBITAK rules for COST Participation. For more information about COST and TUBITAK rules for COST participation please visit TUBITAK COST Web site.

Fundacion para el Conocimiento madri+d is organizing a Virtual Brokerage Event next June 29th for the Call for Proposals for the Cluster 4 focused on the Industry topics under Destinations 1 and 2.  

Destination 1: Climate neutral, circular and digitised production

Destination 2: Increased autonomy in key strategic value chains for resilient industry

Registered participants will be able to conduct bilateral meetings with interested counterparts and stakeholders. The main goal is to help participants form relevant consortia.

Please click for detailed information and registration.

Target Groups

• Start-up and Spin-off
• Small and Medium Enterprises
• Large Companies
• Universities, Research Centres
• and other organisations looking for commercial, technological or research partners from Europe and beyond.

Key deadlines

• Registration: 14th May - 28th June
• Meeting selection: 7th June - 29th June

Fundacion para el Conocimiento madri+d is organizing a Virtual Brokerage Event next June 29th for the Call for Proposals for the Cluster 4 focused on the Industry topics under Destinations 1 and 2.  

Destination 1: Climate neutral, circular and digitised production

Destination 2: Increased autonomy in key strategic value chains for resilient industry

Registered participants will be able to conduct bilateral meetings with interested counterparts and stakeholders. The main goal is to help participants form relevant consortia.

Please click for detailed information and registration.

Target Groups

• Start-up and Spin-off
• Small and Medium Enterprises
• Large Companies
• Universities, Research Centres
• and other organisations looking for commercial, technological or research partners from Europe and beyond.

Key deadlines

• Registration: 14th May - 28th June
• Meeting selection: 7th June - 29th June