by ATHENA | Mar 5, 2024 | News
The European Commission launched today the tenth edition of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital). The prize is awarded to European cities that are front-runners of innovations that benefit their citizens. European Capital of Innovation Awards 2024 now...
by ATHENA | Mar 5, 2024 | News
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected 27 projects following the September 2023 EIC Transition cut-off. Each of these successful proposals, selected among 257 eligible submissions, will receive a grant of up to €2.5 million. The selected participants come...
by ATHENA | Mar 5, 2024 | News
Innovation is critical for companies to remain successful over the long term. At the same time, innovation demands large investments and entails a lot of risk. “An innovation project can quickly cost CHF 2 million, and it takes a good two years until we know if...
by ATHENA | Mar 5, 2024 | News
Despite an unstable global economy, Swedish startups in 2023 continued to draw in investments totaling 4.7 billion euros. Almost 75% of the total venture capital investment was raised by impact startups. These and more insights are highlighted in the report Sweden...
by ATHENA | Mar 4, 2024 | News
“There is no room for any more illusions,” European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said as she called for the bloc to get serious about its defence on Wednesday. Ongoing geopolitical tensions require “a new European defence mindset from institutions to...
by ATHENA | Mar 4, 2024 | News
The third call of the MSCA-funded Staff Exchanges scheme under Horizon Europe closed on 28 February 2024. The European Research Executive Agency (REA) received 233 proposals under this call, requesting a total budget close to € 252.89 million. The call will fund...
