by ATHENA | Sep 26, 2024 | News
Switzerland, Sweden, the United States, Singapore and the United Kingdom are the world’s most-innovative economies, while China, Türkiye, India, Viet Nam and the Philippines1 are the fastest 10-year climbers, according to WIPO’s Global Innovation Index (GII)...
by ATHENA | Sep 25, 2024 | News
On 25 September 2024, the European Commission appointed two new members to the governing body of the European Research Council (ERC), the Scientific Council. These appointments are for an initial term of four years. The new members will take office on 1 January 2025,...
by ATHENA | Sep 25, 2024 | News
The 26th meeting of the ERA Forum took place in Brussels on 20 September 2024, the day after the ERA Conference. Following a year and a half of discussions and co-creation processes, the discussion on the next ERA Actions in the Forum is nearing its conclusion. The...
by ATHENA | Sep 24, 2024 | News
On 24 September 2024, the Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) opened calls to support semiconductor research and innovation initiatives. This is the first such call in quantum technologies to step up investment in frontier technologies, in...
by ATHENA | Sep 24, 2024 | News
The Commission’s European Innovation Council (EIC) received 413 proposals for the 18 September 2024 deadline of EIC Transition calls. This is the highest number of proposals ever submitted for a Transition call. EIC Transition projects focus on results generated by...
by ATHENA | Sep 24, 2024 | News
Ephos, a producer of glass-based photonic chips, has raised an $8.5M seed funding round and will open a research and manufacturing facility in Milan, the world’s first dedicated to producing glass-based quantum photonic circuits. In addition, Ephos has received...
