by ATHENA | Jun 12, 2025 | News
Imperial and the World Economic Forum will partner on a new Centre that will boost AI adoption and innovation to grow the economy. The new Centre for AI-Driven Innovation is announced by Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Peter Kyle during his...
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 | News
In a joint statement released on 10 June 2025, CESAER and The Guild member universities call on the European Commission and the member states to ensure widely spread and predictable call deadlines of Research and Innovation Framework Programmes. They also urge an...
