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Launching the COST Cross-Cutting Activity on career development for young researchers

22/04/2025

The COST Strategic Plan (published at the end of year 2017) introduces a new instrument - the Cross-Cutting Activity (CCA) whose main aim is to better connect policy makers and R&I players to share best practices. The specificity of the CCA is that it is fully supported by COST. The CCA was launched in December 2024 with a two-year duration and dives into the need to improve career development conditions to attract and retain the best researchers in Europe. Charkes University and Masaryk University – CEITEC represent Czechia in this activity. Further details are available here.

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Widening needs a more precise diagnosis, not more boxes - a reflection ahead of the CZEDER 2026 conference

22/09/2026

One support framework, different countries, different barriers. How should Widening be designed in FP10 so that it helps where it is genuinely needed?In a few weeks, we will meet in Prague 6 for the CZEDER 2026 conference, where Widening will have its own discussion session....

Science|Business: Is Horizon Europe simplification making a difference in practice?

16/09/2026

An article published by Science|Business on 15 September 2026 examines efforts to simplify European research funding. It brings together perspectives from universities, research organisations and project managers on whether changes to Horizon Europe are delivering a real...

Seven associations representing European universities and research institutions are calling for the budget for the 10th Framework Programme to be increased to 200 billion euros. Do you think that will be enough?

15/09/2026

Seven associations representing European universities and research institutions (CESAER, the Coimbra Group, EU-LIFE, the EUA, The Guild, LERU, YERUN) issued a joint statement on 9 September 2026 calling for the budget of the 10th Framework Programme to be increased...

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