2020 was slated to be the year of the oceans, appropriately acknowledging a decade that will increasingly see states attempting to create value from maritime resources. Already, the oceans feed nearly half the world’s population and add USD 3 trillion to the economy every year. Shipping carries 90 per cent of world trade and is the most energy efficient mode of transportation. Worldwide, ocean linked industries also create up to 31 million full...

Are you a researcher wishing to apply for a MSCA position or any other research position in Europe? Do you have a job offer and would like to know how EURAXESS can support your move to Europe? Perhaps, you are interested to learn how best to maintain your personal researcher profile on the EURAXESS portal to maximise your visibility to potential employers? Do you represent an institution wishing to advertise your research vaccancies or browse...

The three winners of the first edition of the ERC Public Engagement with Research Award will be announced during an online ceremony. Save the date: 7 July 2020, 11:00 (CEST) The Award ceremony was initially scheduled to take place at the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) in Trieste, Italy, on 7 July 2020. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak since March 2020 in Europe, many events across the world have been either rescheduled, converted to virtual events or...

The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) is a biennial, pan-European, general science conference dedicated to scientific research and innovation. Each conference aims to deliver stimulating content and lively debate around the latest advancements and discoveries in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. ESOF brings together over 4,500 leading thinkers, innovators, policy makers, journalists and educators from more than 90 countries, to discuss...

Are you planning to apply for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship 2020 (MSCA-IF)? EURAXESS India is organising a webinar on ‘How to write a successful MSCA-IF proposal’ on June 26 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Interested researchers are invited to register for this 120min free of charge webinar to obtain practical advice, tips, and hints for effective proposal preparation from our expert speakers. This webinar is particularly for...

The India EU ICT Collaboration on ICT Standards project and the Business Support to the EU-India Policy Dialogues Project are jointly organising a special session on ‘Enablers for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) – Early examples and synergies for the EU and India’ on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 at 2:00 – 3:30 P.M. IST (10:30 – 12:00 A.M. CET). The discussion will explore business insights, role of enablers like 5G, IoT and AI and possible...

“International Virtual Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Applications” - VCAN 2020 with a special emphasis on Flexible Electronic Devices aims to bring together Indian and International communities (students, scientists, engineers and stakeholders from academia, government laboratories, industry and other organisations) working in the field of nanoscale science and technology to discuss new and exciting advances in the field. Amidst of...

Are you interested in doing a fully funded PhD in some of the best universities in Europe? Do you want to know what PhD fellowships European countries like Germany, Spain and Sweden have to offer? This free-of-charge 120min webinar, scheduled on 12th of June 2020, will focus on the EU’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD programme (MSCA-ITN), and provide information on PhD opportunities in European countries. PLEASE NOTE: This will be a recorded webinar...

A series of Knowledge sharing webinars are being organised as part of the India-EU Partnership Project on Collaboration for ICT Standardisation. As the 24th webinar of the series, this session will give a basic introduction to what 3GPP is, how it works and how it fits into the 5G eco system. It will also treat the impacts of the current COVID-19 crisis on the 3GPP standards process. It will end with an overview of the ongoing work in the 3GPP...

The European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) has diversified funding schemes suiting different level of expertise and institutional needs. This free-of-charge 1-hour webinar, scheduled on 2nd of June 2020 at 2pm Central Europe Time (!!) , will introduce MSCA actions with a specific focus on Individual Fellowships (IF). Any open questions that remain will then be addressed in a subsequent interactive Q...