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Lino
2018 06 22
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European Innovation Scoreboard 2018: Europe must deepen its innovation edge

  The Commission's 2018 European Innovation Scoreboard published today shows that the EU's innovation performance continues to improve, but further efforts are needed to ensure Europe's global competitiveness.   Every…
Lino
2018 06 08
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EU budget: Commission proposes most ambitious Research and Innovation programme yet

  For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the Commission is proposing €100 billion for research and innovation.   A new programme – Horizon Europe – will build on the…
Lino
2018 06 08
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Lithuanian RDI Liaison Office LINO will chair IGLO network in Brussels

  Lithuanian Research Development and Innovation Liaison Office in Brussels (LINO) was elected to chair the Informal Group of RTD Liaison Offices (IGLO) - informal association of Brussels-based non-profit Research…
Lino
2018 06 04
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Lithuania is joining European High Performance Computing Initiative

  Lithuanian science and business will be able to use world-class supercomputers to carry out large-scale calculations in areas such as health, climate change, industry, cybernetic security, energy, artificial intelligence,…
Lino
2018 06 01
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High-level search committee to find the next president of the European Research Council

  European Research, Science and Innovation Commissioner Carlos Moedas has today appointed seven experts to conduct the search for the next president of the European Research Council (ERC), the European…
Lino
2018 06 01
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EU ministers endorse Commission’s plans for research cloud

  The European Open Science Cloud, which will support EU science in its global leading role by creating a trusted environment for hosting and processing research data, is one important…
Lino
2018 05 31
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Million-dollar Kavli prize recognizes scientist scooped on CRISPR

  Award goes to biochemists Virginijus Siksnys from Vilnius university, whose lab independently developed the gene-editing tool, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna.   CRISPR has hauled in yet another big…
Lino
2018 05 29
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EIT Health's Final Report 2017 has been published

  2017 was a good year:  EIT Health trained 8 035 graduates, executives and professionals in healthcare, the start-ups supported by EIT Health attracted EUR 28 million in external investment. These and…
Lino
2018 05 16
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A renewed agenda for Research and Innovation: Europe's chance to shape the future

  The Commission today presents its contribution to the informal discussion that Heads of State and Government will hold in Sofia on 16 May 2018 on research and innovation and…
Lino
2018 05 09
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JRC’s Work Programme for 2018-2019 adopted

    The European Commission has adopted the JRC’s Work Programme for 2018-2019, running under Horizon 2020, the current EU Framework Programme for funding research and innovation up to 2020.…
Lino
2018 05 02
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From Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe

It is hard to overestimate the importance of naming something. The very act itself captures hopes and expectations, and it marks the first step on the road to the future.…
Lino
2018 05 02
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EU budget: Commission proposes a modern budget for a Union that protects, empowers and defends

The Commission is today proposing a pragmatic, modern, long-term budget for the 2021-2027 period.     It is an honest response to today's reality in which Europe is expected to…