The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced the outcome of the latest round of its top-up funding scheme 'Proof of Concept'. Worth up to €150,000 each, these grants provide funding for researchers, who are already ERC grantees, to bridge the gap between their research and marketable innovation.
The European Research Council (ERC) is awarding €680 million to 302 senior research leaders in 24 different countries across Europe1 in the latest competition for its prestigious 'Advanced Grants'. With up to €2.5 million per project, the funding allows these scientists to pursue their most ground-breaking ideas at the frontiers of knowledge together with their own teams.
EMI and ScienceSoft in a Workshop at CERN on the 30th January 2013
Contributed by Beatrice Bressan, EMI-NA2, January 2013
Dissemination Workshops in France and Poland
STEP-WISE and STREAM projects are jointly organising their final conference on 3rd-4th December 2012 in Brussels, presenting concrete instruments to facilitate the dialogue between researchers, politicians and research-users.
As with the previous Meetings, 7th NANOSMAT 2012 will foster the gathering of talented people from the world for the exchange of ideas and information. This Conference will thereby provide a platform for interaction between researchers, scientists and engineers and it will feature state-of-the-art developments in all aspects of nanostructured materials.
Theme of the 2012 conference:
"Science Communication: International Perspectives, Issues and Strategies"
The 2012 edition of the International Conference on Science Communication, "Journées Hubert Curien" will take place in Nancy from the 2th to the 7th September 2012.
The European Parliament Delegation for relations with South Africa is holding an extraordinary meeting chaired by Michael Cashman, MEP and Chair of the South Africa Delegation, with Ms Naledi Pandor, Minister for Science and Technology of South Africa.
The seminar will present the roadmap that resulted from the EU-US Science of Science Policy workshop which took place at the Rockefeller Foundation on 27-30 June 2011 in Bellagio, Italy.
HOSTED BY: Niki Tzavela, MEP and Cristina Gutierrez-Cortines, MEP
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr Julia Lane, Programme Director of Science of Science & Innovation Policy programme, US National Science Foundation (NSF)

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