UK government provides financial safety net for Horizon Europe applicants

New financial safety net will provide certainty for successful Horizon Europe applicants as association delays continue https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-provides-financial-safety-net-for-horizon-europe-applicants The funding will be delivered through UK Research and Innovation who have published details about eligibility, scope and how to apply https://www.ukri.org/publications/horizon-europe-guarantee-notice-and-guidance/

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Event: North / South Workshop on Industry Academia Research Collaboration

Wednesday 8th December from 2-3.30 p.m.  via Microsoft Teams This workshop event will present and share perspectives from different stakeholders – including industry, academia, and the technology transfer community – on how to optimize industry academia research collaborations.   The event will also discuss the role of research managers in making industry academia collaborations successful. The agenda […]

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Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners

The British Academy (BA), the Science & Innovation Network in Europe (SIN Europe), UKRI and KTN with the support of the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) are inviting proposals from UK and EU/associated countries-based researchers to pump prime collaborations to support the effective uptake of the opportunities UK […]

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Horizon 2020 Survey

Are you a researcher or organisation based in NI and applied for Horizon 2020 funding? If so, we would love to hear of your experience by completing our survey which will aid the evaluation of Horizon 2020 Support Mechanisms in NI. The surveys go live on 8th September 2021 and close on 22nd September 2021. […]

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UK government launches innovation strategy

Innovation reform fills Brexit-shaped gaps and echoes EU push for missions and smart specialisation The UK government has launched a new innovation strategy to strengthen science and research capabilities after its departure from the EU. The government says the strategy would cement the UK’s position as a world-leader in science, research and innovation. According to […]

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New European Bauhaus: moving to the next phase

In January, the European Commission called on all Europeans to join in and help us co-design a project to rethink the way we live together and connect the Green Deal to our living spaces. The New European Bauhaus wants us to work together to make our ways of living more beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive. What […]

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€95.7m secured through Horizon 2020

The latest Horizon 2020 statistics which cover the period until October 2020, show that since 2014 there has been a total of 296 successful Northern Ireland participations in the programme resulting in a total NI drawdown of €95.7 million. The average grant awarded stands at over €323,460 for each successful Northern Ireland application.

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