by ATHENA | Jun 12, 2025 | News
This study presents a novel complexity-based framework to analyse fragmentation in the EU’s R&I system, highlighting hub connectivity as a critical factor. Drawing on extensive patent and publication data (2000–2023), it finds that European hubs are significantly...
by ATHENA | Jun 12, 2025 | News
The EIC Pre-Accelerator call is now open. Its aim is to raise SMEs’ and start-ups’ capacity to successfully apply for EIC Accelerator funding, attract private investment, or access national and regional support mechanisms, including Seal of Excellence programmes. The...
by ATHENA | Jun 12, 2025 | News
The European Comission announced the second group of companies that have successfully passed the evaluation phase of the EIC Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) Scale Up call. Together receiving up to a total of €90 million of equity investments, they...
by ATHENA | Jun 11, 2025 | News
The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has launched a new call to support the development of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and next-generation software, known as Lighthouse Codes, that can tackle major scientific, industrial, and...
by ATHENA | Jun 11, 2025 | Workshops
DAY ONE: Horizon Europe Info Days – Cluster 3 DAY TWO: Horizon Europe Info Days – Cluster 3