European Highlights

The conclusions of the workshop Glyphosate: Harmless Tool or Sneaky Poison? are now available online. Among other, the conclusions call … Read more
Earlier this month, the European Research Council (ERC) announced its 2018 grant competitions with a total budget of around €1.86 … Read more
Member States´ representatives voted in favour of European Commission’s proposal to reduce the presence of acrylamide in food. Once implemented, … Read more
Earlier in July the EU ambassadors agreed the Council’s position on the 2018 EU draft budget, ahead of the negotiations … Read more
As early as December 2017, researchers will be able to use the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) research facilities … Read more
New rules to increase consumer trust in organic products and promote growth of this market were informally agreed between European … Read more
The European Parliament has recently published the outcomes of the workshop EU Action to Combat Marine Litter. This report summarises … Read more
The EU, Brazil, and South Africa have recently signed in Lisbon the Belém Statement on Atlantic Research and Innovation Cooperation. … Read more
The annual European Union emission inventory report 1990-2015 under the The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on … Read more
The European Commission has recently published a catalogue collecting information received from operators (e.g. manufacturers, importers, etc.) on nanomaterials present … Read more
Eurydice has just released its latest publication “Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe: Academic Staff – 2017”. This report explores … Read more

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

80 successful consortia have been selected under the 2017 Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) call for proposals, which is … Read more

Consultations & Roadmaps

Air quality has improved across Europe over the past decades, as emissions of many pollutants were curbed successfully. Nevertheless, significant … Read more
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Unit on Food Ingredients and Packaging has launched an open consultation on the draft … Read more
In line with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) policy on openness and transparency and in order for EFSA to … Read more
The European Commission and its Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) have launched a public consultation on … Read more
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union, which relies on a network of several hundred … Read more

Calls for Funding and Awards

Deadlines: 15 September 2017 Website: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/Read more
Deadline: 27 September 2017 Website: http://ec.europa.eu/Read more
Deadline: 28 September 2017 Website: https://ec.europa.eu/Read more
Deadline: 18 October 2017 Website: http://ec.europa.eu/Read more
Deadlines: different for each call, see the website Website: https://erc.europa.euRead more

EuCheMS Events

23 – 27 July 2017 Glasgow, United Kingdom Website: https://ecssc16.com/Read more
28 August – 1 September 2017 Stockholm, Sweden Website: http://euroanalysis2017.se/Read more
29 August – 2 September 2017 Trondheim, Norway Website: http://www.ntnu.edu/11ichcRead more
2 – 6 September 2017 San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy Website: http://d7.unicam.it/isoc/homeRead more
3 – 6 September 2017 York, United Kingdom Website: https://www.york.ac.uk/Read more
4 – 7 September 2017 Barcelona, Spain Website: http://www.11euco-tcc.org/Read more
10 – 13 September 2017 Berlin, Germany Website: https://www.wifo2017.de/Read more
10 – 14 September 2017 Paestum, Italy Website: http://sci2017.org/Read more
24 – 27 September 2017 Corsica, France Website: http://ecpc17.com/Read more
25 – 26 September 2017 Rome, Italy Website: http://www.euchems.eu/Read more
26 – 27 September 2017 Rome, Italy Website: http://www.euchems.eu/Read more
27 September 2017 Rome, Italy Website: http://www.euchems.eu/Read more

Other Events

August 20 – 24, 2017 Washington DC, United States of America Website: https://www.acs.org/Read more
21 – 22 August 2017 Helsinki, Finland Website: http://ec.europa.eu/Read more
1 – 2 September Tallinn, Estonia Website: https://europa.eu/Read more
4 September 2017 Brussels, Belgium Website: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/Read more
6 – 8 September Senec, Slovakia Website: https://ec.europa.eu/Read more
14 September 2017 Brussels, Belgium Website:  https://europa.eu/Read more
18 – 19 September 2017 London, United Kingdom Website: https://europa.eu/Read more
19 – 20 September 2017 Tallinn, Estonia Website: https://europa.eu/Read more
26 September 2017 Brussels, Belgium Website: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/eu4factsRead more
27 – 29 September 2017 Seville, Spain Website: http://ec.europa.eu/Read more


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