by ATHENA | May 25, 2026 | News
European Commission has selected 65 projects under the Innovation Fund Heat Auction, the first ever EU-wide auction to accelerate the deployment of innovative clean heat technologies across European industry. Across 10 European Economic Area countries,...
by ATHENA | May 25, 2026 | News
The European AI & Cloud Summit 2026, held in Cologne from 5–7 May 2026, focused on the convergence of artificial intelligence, Microsoft Azure, cloud security, and enterprise digital transformation. Key themes included generative AI adoption, AI...
by ATHENA | May 21, 2026 | News
The Guild member universities welcome the Commission’s continued commitment to strengthen R&I capacity across Europe and the allocation of 3,3% of the proposed FP10 budget to widening measures....
by ATHENA | May 20, 2026 | News
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has received 2103 project proposals under the EIC Pathfinder Open 2026 call, confirming the continued strong interest of the research and innovation community in breakthrough deep-tech funding opportunities. The call, which closed...
by ATHENA | May 20, 2026 | News
The European University Association calls on policy makers to maintain explicit references to higher education in the regulation to establish a European Competitiveness Fund, as originally proposed by the European Commission. Notably, the recent draft report on the...
by ATHENA | May 19, 2026 | News
The European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund Board has chosen EQT as the preferred investment adviser and fund manager for the Scaleup Europe Fund, following a rigorous and highly competitive selection process to lead the EU’s €5 billion initiative designed to...
