by ATHENA | Feb 10, 2025 | News
The Commission has awarded the prestigious Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) Seal to the multilingual AI project OpenEuroLLM – the first Digital Europe Programme funded project to receive the seal. STEP is a new EU initiative to enhance European...
by ATHENA | Feb 10, 2025 | News
President Macron said France will attract €109 billion in data centres and AI projects “in the coming years,” making it the first European country with AI infrastructure on par with the US and China. Ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit...
by ATHENA | Feb 10, 2025 | News
On 6 February, the EIC Forum Plenary held their first meeting of 2025. At the top of the agenda was the presentation of their yearly report the EIC Forum Policy Orientations to the Director-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission Marc...
by ATHENA | Feb 10, 2025 | News
The Belgian federal and regional research and innovation administrations have prepared a reflection paper outlining key principles and perspectives for the upcoming 10th European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. Belgium emphasises continuity with the...
by ATHENA | Feb 7, 2025 | News
German deeptech Pixel Photonics’ detectors integrate superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) with nanophotonic waveguides on a single chip. Deeptech Pixel Photonics has received a grant of €1M from the German Federal Agency for...
by ATHENA | Feb 7, 2025 | News
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has published a comprehensive study to date of progress on the EU’s Green Deal which was launched five years ago. The Green Deal aims at cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, reaching climate...