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The European Commission has announced two new services in the Funding & Tenders Portal. They are intended to support applicants in their search for partners and in project applications with cascade funding.

On 9 February 2022, the European Innovation Council (EIC) published its new work programme for 2022. It offers support to highly innovative SMEs and start-ups across the entire innovation chain, from basic research to commercialisation of the product and scaling of the business model. The main focus is on identifying breakthrough technologies that have the potential to disrupt existing markets and become international market leaders.
 

On 10 February 2022, Bavaria's Minister of Science Bernd Sibler and Québec Chief Scientist Professor Rémi Quirion announced the results of a joint call for proposals on artificial intelligence in medicine. On the Bavarian side, scientists from the University Hospital Erlangen, the LMU Klinikum München and the Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technische Universität München are involved in the three bilateral collaborative projects, which will be funded with a total of around one million euros over a period of three years.

On 8 February 2022, the European Commission proposed a set of measures (European Chips Act) to strengthen research, development and manufacturing capacities in the European semiconductor ecosystem. This includes a "Chips for Europe" initiative, which will account for a large part of the funding (approx. 11 billion euros in public funds by 2030) allocated to the Chips Act and whose implementation will be carried out in the context of Horizon Europe as well as the Digital Europe programme.

The Munich Quantum Valley initiative aims to establish quantum computing and quantum technologies in Bavaria, making it the only network of its kind in Europe. So far, more than 40 scientific institutions, research institutes and companies have joined forces under the MQV umbrella. Now the first call for lighthouse projects has been opened.

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.