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The European Research Council has published the work programme for 2021 on February 22, 2021. In this round, the Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grant funding lines will be announced.

For the EU's new Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon Europe, the European Commission is looking for external experts from all disciplines to be involved in the evaluation of grant applications, projects and tenders. In addition, the experts will advise the Commission on the preparation, implementation and evaluation of EU programmes.

The Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a second Important Project of Common European Interest (“IPCEI”) to support research and innovation in the battery value chain. The project, called “European Battery Innovation” was jointly prepared and notified by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.

The EU Co-funded ERA-MIN Joint Call 2021 with an indicative budget of €19 million is the first joint call of the ERA-NET Cofund ERA-MIN3. Deadline for pre-proposal submission is 1 April 2021. The scope of the 2021 call is needs-driven research addressing three segments of non-fuel, non-food raw materials: metallic materials, construction materials, and industrial minerals.

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With the fourth transnational call "Multidisciplinary Research Projects on Personalised Medicine - Development of Clinical Support Tools for Personalised Medicine Implementation", ERAPerMed funds research and innovation activities that establish close links between clinical research, computer science/medical informatics and research on ethical, legal and social aspects in the field of personalised medicine.

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The EU has come closer to adopting its next multiannual framework programme for research and innovation. The German presidency of the Council today reached a provisional political agreement with the European Parliament's negotiators on the proposed regulation establishing Horizon Europe, the EU framework programme for research and innovation for the years 2021 to 2027.

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In the spring of 2021, BayFOR will organise various online information events with different formats on Horizon Europe. You will find information about the events on our website as soon as the dates are fixed. Please also follow us on Twitter and LinkedIN to be informed as soon as possible.