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The European Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk team has recently published a new IP Guide to highlight critical aspects and innovations related to the management of intellectual property in Horizon Europe projects: Your Guide to Intellectual Property Management in Horizon Europe.

EU research ministers adopted Council conclusions on the new European Innovation Agenda and research infrastructures with the aim of strengthening Europe's competitiveness. Europe is a leader in science, but lags behind the US and China in innovation.

The Commission has adopted today the main Horizon Europe work programme 2023-24, with around €13.5 billion to support researchers and innovators in Europe to pursue breakthrough solutions for environmental, energy, digital and geopolitical challenges.

The network of European universities of applied sciences (HAWs), UAS4EUROPE, has published „A UAS’ers guide to building innovation ecosystems” in connection with the European Innovation Agenda (EIA). The guide uses quantitative data to document the statistically measurable influence of HAWs on Europe's innovative strength and serves as a basis for constructive engagement in the implementation of the EIA.

On 1 December 2022, European Commission has launched a large public consultation on the past, present and future of the EU Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation in the years 2014-2027.
 

The "Deutsches Innovationsinstitut für Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit (DIND)" has honoured BayFOR in the categories "Top Service" and "Employer of the Future" - and thus as a customer-oriented, competent and digital service provider as well as a digital, innovative and modern employer. BayFOR's Managing Director, Martin Reichel, has received the award in Cologne from former Federal Minister of Economics and Justice Brigitte Zypries. The criteria for the DIND award included the future orientation in the area of digitalisation of employer benefits, as well as BayFOR's customer orientation.

The Scientific Coordination Office Bavaria-Africa (WKS Bayern-Afrika) of the Bavarian Research Alliance has published a visual overview of networks and cooperations of Bavarian and African institutions in science, research and innovation with a stakeholder map.
 

Ahead of the adoption of the official Horizon Europe work programmes 2023-2024, first drafts have now been published - excluding Cluster 3 and EIC. Researchers across Europe can use them to get a first overview of which R&I projects are eligible for funding in the next two years.

European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, presented the European Innovation Sounding Board in Munich. The Sounding Board is one of the core initiatives of the European Innovation Agenda adopted in July. According to Gabriel, the aim is to provide a forum in which the implementation of the strategy is regularly reviewed with stakeholders. Therefore, he said, continuous exchange is important. A special focus of the strategy is on deep tech innovations.