by ATHENA | Feb 12, 2026 | News
A new joint study by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) highlights the substantial contribution that intellectual property rights (IPR)–intensive industries make to the European economy, employment, and...
by ATHENA | Feb 12, 2026 | News
The European Commission today presented its Action Plan to counter the increasing threats posed by drones to EU security. In recent years, the EU has faced growing and multi-faceted challenges relating to drones and meteorological balloons, including hostile...
by ATHENA | Feb 11, 2026 | News
European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), an independent advisory body to the European Commission, has published its Opinion ‘Towards a Just Green Transition: Addressing structural inequities’. The Opinion was requested to provide guidance in the...
by ATHENA | Feb 11, 2026 | News
The EU High-Level Conference on Reforming Research Assessment (CeRRA) was organised on 3 – 4 December 2025 in Copenhagen by the Danish Presidency in the Council of the EU with the financial support from the HE programme (part ERA of the WIDERA Work...
by ATHENA | Feb 10, 2026 | News
Every scientific discovery or breakthrough has been shaped by brilliant minds – however, those with more opportunities to shine have predominantly been men. While women make up 48% of doctoral graduates in the EU, they represent only one third of the total number of...
by ATHENA | Feb 10, 2026 | News
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected 40 projects following the 2025 EIC Transition call. The successful proposals were selected among 611 submissions. 130 of those submissions originate from the European Research Council Proof of Concept projects. The...
