25.08.10 Research Council to review use of anonymous referees

In response to the implementation of the recently amended national Freedom of Information Act, the Research Council will review its practice of keeping the identities of referees who assess grant proposals confidential.

A peer...

24.08.10 Europe INNOVA Conference 2010: Reshaping Europe

Addressing Societal Challenges through Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 27-29 October, Liege, Belgium

19.08.10 Yes to international research collaboration

Norwegians are generally more in favour of European research collaboration than most EU nationals. They also come out on top as regards their attitude to collaboration with the research community in other countries.

As many as...

16.08.10 The 6th annual Paris Region Innovation Tour, 13 December, Paris

The 6th annual Paris Region Innovation Tour will be held on 13 December 2010 at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in Paris. PRIT will be an occasion to exchange ideas on cooperation in Europe, to strengthen existing...

12.08.10 Linking up researchers in the socio-economic sciences and humanities

International cooperation in the field of socio-economic sciences and humanities (SSH) has been improving over recent years, thanks largely to the efforts of a European project which is facilitating their participation in the...

11.08.10 Interview with Dr. Irene Martinsson on service innovation

Dr. Irene Martinsson, programme manager of ”Innovation in the service society” at VINNOVA, was recently interviewed by the PRO INNO EUROPE project EPSIS on current developments in the research field of service innovations and...

11.08.10 TAKE IT UP @ Baltic Dynamics 2010 (Riga, 15-17 September)

At the Baltic Dynamics 2010, TAKE IT UP will provide the Europe INNOVA partnerships with a platform on Voucher schemes as support mechanisms to accelerate the adoption of new tools and services developed in Europe.

11.08.10 Tyndall gets funding boost for electronics and medical devices research

Clusters of firms will work together to overcome common research challenges and drive opportunities for innovation, growth and jobs.

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe TD.

August 11th 2010

Two groups...

10.08.10 Environment: Policy Review shows need to address the challenge of resource efficiency

Today (10 August 2010) the 2009 Environment Policy Review was published. It reports on EU policy developments from last year and looks in detail at EU and Member States' environmental trends and policy performance.

Environment...

09.08.10 Irish Govt invests €37m in industry-led research centres

If we want to produce next generation high-tech products, we must get academic researchers working more closely with industry so that their expertise can be pooled and tailored for the market.