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European Commission seeks new scientific advisors: nominations open until September

23/08/2024

Today, the European Commission launched a call for nominations of scientists to be shortlisted for future membership of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors (GCSA). 

The group provides high-quality, timely and independent scientific advice to the College of European Commissioners on any subject, including on policy issues that the European Parliament and the Council consider to be of major importance.  

Public European research and science organisations are invited to nominate top-level scientists who meet the criteria stated in the call for nominations

The deadline for submitting nominations is 30 September 2024 (18:00 CET).

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ERA call 2025: 21 projects selected to receive EU funding

14/02/2026

  The applicants to the 2025 ERA call with the deadline on 18 September 2025 have been informed in January 2026 by the EC (REA) about the evaluation results. The call attracted 113 proposals but only 108 of them were evaluated (5 proposals were inadmissible or...

Girls Go STEM: Digital and Sustainability Education

12/02/2026

Building on the success of the Girls Go Circular programme, which has already trained over 80,000 students in digital and entrepreneurial skills, the EIT is launching the new Girls Go STEM programme under the EU’s STEM Education Strategic Plan. This expanded...

EIT and EEN sign cooperation agreement

11/02/2026

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the EC’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) have signed in December 2025 the official cooperation agreement between EIT and the European...

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