The European Union Delegation to the United States has announced a new call for proposals from the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) entitled EU-US: Getting to Know Europe, Transatlantic Civil Society Dialogues, and Building Partnership on the Future of Work.   The call for proposals and tenders features a budget of €1.6 million (approximately USD $1.76 million)   The Partnership...

Net4Mobility+ released the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships 2020 (MSCA-IF-2020) Handbook today, authored by Dr. Geraldine Canny, Head of the Irish MSCA Office. The office is jointly run by the Irish Universities Association and the Irish Research Council. The Handbook is an excellent tool for those applying for an MSCA Individual Fellowship and will support you in writing Part B of your proposal.   View the handbook   The...

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced a major revision to the of the ERC panel structure for the 2021 and 2022 calls. With that in mind, the ERC Scientific Council has decided to publish the full panel structure well ahead of time.   This should allow the scientific communities to familiarize themselves with the changes in preparation for the first calls under the 2021 Work Program.   See the following PDFs for an overview: Panel...

The State Education Development Agency of Latvia has announced the 4th call for research applications under the activity “Post-doctoral Research Aid”. The deadline for submission is July 20th, 2020. The purpose of the program is to develop the skills of new scientists and to increase the scientific capacity, ensuring the possibilities for new scientists to start a career in scientific institutions and with enterprises, as well as improvement of...

A second European Commission call for expressions of interest in COVID-19 research is still open. Expanding on our previous post on the additional €122 million from the Commission's research and innovation program, Horizon 2020, a webcast has been released detailing more information.   See information on the special call here and view the archived webcast information session on the new call for expressions of interest.   Per the information...

Yesterday, the European Commission held an online launch event for the "Science, Research, and Innovation Performance of the EU, 2020 (SRIP) Report." This report analyses Europe's performance in science, research, and innovation and the driving factors behind that performance in a global context. It combines thorough indicator-based macroeconomic analysis with deep analytical research on important policy topics. This is a flagship publication...

The European Commission has announced the successful applicants to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Networks program. With a total budget of €530 million, the European Commission has announced that it will support 147 Innovative Training Networks (ITNs) under the program. These networks cover nearly 1,400 organizations – including 158 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) – as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. ...

As a service to the global R&D community, the Science|Business Network has compiled a database of coronavirus-related funding opportunities.    Visit the Science|Business database to complement your funding search alongside the European Research Area (ERA) corona platform for information on COVID-19-related funding opportunities. An overview of the common European response to the crisis can be found here.

The Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) in Spain is looking for talented and ambitious postdocs who want to apply for MSCA-IF-2020.   See details on MSCA-IF-2020 here and visit the UCM MSCA-IF page detailing the Complutense University of Madrid as your host institution here.   You can also utilize the local contact point of the EURAXESS network at the university here.

Several universities and research institutes located in southern Poland are searching for enthusiastic and experienced researchers of any nationality interested in submitting a joint application for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships 2020 (MSCA-IF-2020). See a comprehensive PDF summary here and the MSCA Individual Fellowships webpage here. Deadline is September 9th, 2020.