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The European Commission and Switzerland have announced a Common Understanding that paves the way for formal negotiations on Swiss association to Horizon Europe. When these formal talks start later this year, the EU will enact transitional arrangements concerning researchers based in Switzerland...

On 7 September 2023, the European Commission and the UK Government have concluded negotiations and reached an agreement in principle on the association of the UK to Horizon Europe and Copernicus under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This is a landmark moment for scientific and space...

Are you an established, leading principal investigator who wants long-term funding to pursue a ground-breaking, ambitious project? The ERC Advanced Grant could be for you. ERC Advanced Grants may be up to €2.5 million for a period of 5 years. Plus an additional €1 million can be made available to...

Are you a talented early-career scientist who has already produced excellent supervised work, is ready to work independently and shows potential to be a research leader? The ERC Starting Grant could be for you.The ERC starting grant call 2025 is open until 15 October 2024!European Research Council ...

Are you a researcher that wants to address a research problem so ambitious, that can not be dealt with you and your team alone? The Synergy Grants could be for you!Who can apply?A group of two to maximum four Principal Investigators (PIs) working together and bringing different skills and resources...

The European Commission’s proposed new regulations for artificial intelligence (AI) include a clear ambition and plans to make Europe a “global hub for trustworthy AI”. We explore what this means and how it fits into wider digital ambitions and research policy directions. Barely a day goes by...

In our EURAXESS Worldwide Tutorial series we are publishing practical advice for mobile researchers. Today, we are zooming in on EU proposal writing with a piece by Sami Makelainen, an experienced FP7 and H2020 proposal evaluator. The article has been published on his blog entry, accessible here...

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Professors Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger, both funded by the European Research Council (ERC). They share the prize equally with John F. Clauser “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering...

EURAXESS Australia and New Zealand would like to congratulate two researchers from New Zealand and one researcher from Australia who have been awarded the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant. Can we transition to renewable energy sources faster by creating social tipping points? What...

EURAXESS Australia and New Zealand would like to congratulate three researchers from Australia who have been awarded the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant. The funding, worth in total €624.6 million, will go to 253 leading researchers. Their work is set to provide new insights into...