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The European Commission presented a Strategy for Universities on 18 January 2022. The strategy paper completes the reforms in the European research and education areas launched in 2020 and aims to intensify cooperation between European universities in order to pool strengths and foster Europe as a science location.

The "New European Bauhaus" initiative was launched by the European Commission in 2021 and is considered an ambitious ecological, economic but also cultural project for the future of the EU. After the successful first edition in 2021, young talents under 30 years of age can now apply for the prizes within the initiative this year as well.

With a budget of around EUR 385 million — almost EUR 100 million more than in 2021 — the Creative Europe programme is stepping up its support for the creative and cultural sectors, taking into account the challenges posed by the pandemic and increasing global competition. On january 13, 2022 the European Commission has also adopted the Creative Europe Work Programme 2022 and calls for proposals will follow.

On January 11, 2022 Breakthrough Energy Catalyst published a request for proposals for large-scale deep green technology projects based in Europe. The request will trigger investments in a portfolio of high-potential projects in the areas of:

• clean hydrogen
• sustainable aviation fuels
• direct air capture
• long-duration energy storage

The Horizon Impact Award is designed to recognize outstanding projects with added value for society by the European Commission. In 2022, the award is larger than before and also recognizes more projects.

On 5 January 2022, the European Commission has launched a call for applications for the selection of new members of the Mission Boards, which are tasked with providing advisory support to the implementation of the five EU missions within the context of Horizon Europe. The Mission Boards resulting from this call will build on the work of their predecessors (in operation until December 2021).

At the beginning of the year, France took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union (which rotates among EU member states) for six months.

The European Innovation Council (EIC) was launched in March 2021 under Horizon Europe, the EU's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027), as the main funding programme for the European innovation landscape. Given the increasing economic importance of disruptive and disruptive innovation, and building on the early success of the EIC pilot, the European Commission has allocated around €10 billion to the EIC over the next 7 years.

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With CulturEU, the European Commission has presented a new interactive guide that brings together all funding opportunities available at EU level for the cultural and creative sectors. The guide serves as a compendium of EU funding; it includes a total of 75 funding opportunities from 21 EU programmes, such as Creative Europe or InvestEU.