by ATHENA | Feb 3, 2025 | News
Follwing the announcement of the Competitiveness Compass last week, the Commission has established a new Task Force ‘EU’s Future Competitiveness’, which will coordinate the work to operationalise the framework set out in the Compass. The main aim of the...
by ATHENA | Feb 3, 2025 | News
The latest Eurobarometer survey on ‘European citizens’ knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology’ released today shows more than 8 in 10 citizens (83%) think that the overall influence of science and technology is positive. Two-thirds of...
by ATHENA | Feb 3, 2025 | News
The analysis based on the survey on the use of patents by ERC grantees, launched in November 2023, examined the technology transfer activities of ERC-funded researchers, including the licensing and other uses of patents resulting from their projects. Of the more than...
by ATHENA | Feb 3, 2025 | News
The European Commission’s Directorate General for Research and Innovation published a ‘Study on a potential framework for the nvironmental footprint database’ on 31 January 2025. The database should provide background datasets for life cycle...
by ATHENA | Jan 30, 2025 | News
On 30 January 2025, the European Commission launched a new Biotech and Biomanufacturing Hub to foster innovation and support the European biotech sector. This new initiative aims to assist companies, especially start-ups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),...
by ATHENA | Jan 30, 2025 | News
The Commission has adopted the fifth annual Work Programme under the European Defence Fund (EDF), allocating over €1 billion to defence collaborative research and development projects. The new programme supports the development of critical defence technologies and...