EuChemS Brussels News Update • September 2021

Brussels News Update - September 2021

Hey, welcome to the Brussels News Updates (BNU), EuChemS’ newsletter for policy makers, chemists, entrepreneurs, and citizens who have an interest in chemistry. The BNU newsletter keeps you up to date on the latest chemistry-related and science-policy news, awards, consultations, and upcoming events in Europe and beyond.

EuChemS is pleased to announce that the calls for nominations for three major EuChemS awards are now open, as well as the call for nominations for the Members of the International Award Committee for the European Chemistry Gold Medal (IACM). And that’s not all! We are also delighted to invite you to our webinar “Good Chemistry – Do Chemists Need Ethics?” on 7 October.

This month, we travelled to Almadén in Spain, where the celebration of the unveiling of the plaque of the 2019 EuChemS Historical Landmarks took place on 15 September. In this issue of BNU, we also provide you with highlights on EuChemS participation in WiFo 2021. We also inform you about the State of the Union address, the debates around the Conference on the Future of Europe and the Horizon Europe budget cuts, and much more policy-related news!

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European Highlights

EuChemS Historical Landmarks Award plaque unveiled at Almadén mines, Spain

After postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had the pleasure of travelling to Almadén (Spain) on 14 and 15 … Read more

Meet the recipients of the 2022 European Chemistry Gold Medal and the 2020 EuChemS Lecture Award

We are pleased to announce that the 2022 European Chemistry Gold Medal has been awarded to Professor Dame Carol Robinson … Read more

EuChemS @ #WiFo 2021

From 29 August to 1 September, EuChemS had the pleasure to join the GDCh Science Forum Chemistry (WiFo) as an … Read more

State of the Union 2021: the EU tested by COVID-19

On 15 September 2021, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, conducted her yearly speech “State of … Read more

Conference on the Future of Europe divides EU scientists

Since the launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), discussions arose within the European scientific community on … Read more

MEPs against Horizon Europe budget cut

On 2 September 2021, the Members of the European Parliament of the Industry, Technology, Research and Energy (ITRE) committee gathered … Read more

Upcoming parallel consultations from EFSA and ECHA on Glyphosate

The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will open parallel consultations on the Renewal Assessment … Read more

Chemistry in Europe #newsletter: third issue of 2021 oriented on the future of chemistry

Earlier this month, EuChemS released the third edition of the 2021 Chemistry in Europe newsletter. This issue includes an editorial … Read more

Consultations & Roadmaps

European Commission Public Consultations and Roadmaps

A number of consultations and roadmaps put forward by the European Commission are currently open: Integrated water management – revised lists … Read more

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) public consultations

A number of consultations put forward by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) are currently open. Call for comment on harmonised classification and labelling … Read more

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) public consultations

A number of consultations put forward by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) are currently open. Assessment Report on the active … Read more

Calls for Funding and Awards

2021 EuChemS Lecture Award

Each year, EuChemS celebrates the major achievements of a junior scientist working in chemistry. Everything you need to know about … Read more

2021 EuChemS Award for Service

EuChemS Award for Service aims to acknowledge the outstanding commitment of an individual to fostering chemistry in Europe, as well … Read more

2021 EuChemS Historical Landmarks Award

The EuChemS Historical Landmarks Award, which aims to celebrate the important link between history, cultural heritage, and chemistry, is open for submission. Find out … Read more

Members of the International Award Committee for European Chemistry Gold Medal (IACM)

The Members of the International Award Committee for the European Chemistry Gold Medal (IACM)review the nominations for the European Chemistry Gold … Read more

MSCA calls

Five Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) calls for funding are open: MSCA International Cooperation 2021 Deadline: 5 October 2021 MSCA and Citizens … Read more

ERC Grants

Currently, two European Research Council (ERC) calls are open: Proof of Concept Deadline: 14 October 2021 ERC Synergy Grants Deadline: … Read more

EuChemS Events

Good Chemistry – Do Chemists Need Ethics?

Save the date! On Thursday 7 October 2021, the European Chemical Society (EuChemS) will hold the webinar “Good Chemistry – … Read more

Webinar series on Food Chemistry

Webinar series on Food Chemistry – Chemistry behind pleasure: exploring aroma quality by multidimensional analytical techniques Wednesday 22 September 2021 Online … Read more

EUGSC-5

5th EuChemS Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry (EUGSC-5) From Sunday 26 September to Wednesday 29 September 2021 Online Website: https://bit.ly/3kZtRIy Read more

2nd Carbon Dioxide Conversion Catalysis Virtual Conference

From Monday 8 November to Tuesday 9 November 2021 Online (UK time – UTC+1) Website: https://bit.ly/3l2MxqB Read more

XXI EuroFoodChem

XXIst edition of EuroFoodChem From Monday 22 November to Wednesday 24 November 2021 Online Website: https://bit.ly/3hcmjAS Read more

EuChemS Events Calendar

Latest issue of EuChemS Newsletter

Some of the highlights are:

EuChemS Historical Landmarks 2019

WiFo 2021

EuChemS Awards

Chemistry in Europe

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