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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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The call HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-02: Twinning has attracted record interest

13/04/2026

A total of 1,905 project proposals were submitted to the HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-02: Twinning call. For comparison, 848 proposals were submitted to the previous Twinning 2023 call (including the “Bottom-Up” and “Green Deal” calls), of which 96 projects were funded....

Widening in Horizon Europe: Country Typology and Position

10/04/2026

In the European debate on the Horizon Europe programme and its successor, it is increasingly emphasised that so-called Widening countries do not constitute a homogeneous group. These countries differ significantly in terms of the size of their research systems, their level...

EU TalentOn contest 2026 is open

09/04/2026

If you are a young researcher with a great idea looking for a challenge, join the EU TalentOn contest for European early-career researchers, aged 21-35. Organised under the ‘Science Comes to town’ EU initiative, the contest aims to boost participants' entrepreneurial spirit...
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