Prof. Piotr Sankowski from the University of Warsaw received his 3 ERC grant

Prof. Piotr Sankowski from the University of Warsaw has obtained, for the third time, a grant awarded by ERC. 

Prof. Piotr Sankowski, from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, is the first person in Poland who received three European Research Council grants.

Prof. Sankowski was awarded with the ERC Consolidator grant dedicated to researchers who have recently created an independent, excellent research team and want to strengthen it. The project of scientist is entitled “Towards Unification of Algorithmic Tools”, in short, TUgbOAT.

For more information please visit: http://en.uw.edu.pl/prof-sankowski-and-his-3-erc-grants/

Source: University of Warsaw

ERC Consolidator Grants: €630 million from the EU to 329 top researchers

The European Research Council announced the awarding of the Consolidator Grants that go to 329 top researchers across Europe. The funding, which is part of Horizon 2020 programme, is worth in total €630 million.

For more information please visit: https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-2017-consolidator-grants-results

Source: ERC

Recommendations of the independent High-Level Group of Innovators on the European Innovation Council (EIC)

“The independent High-Level Group of Innovators published recommendations on the European Innovation Council (EIC), indicating it should support breakthrough innovation for the benefit of all, meeting the needs of high potential innovators from across the EU from start-up to scale-up.

In their first set of recommendations, the Group (including successful innovators, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from across the EU), also recommend bringing all relevant EU funding schemes into a single, fit-for-purpose ‘one-stop-shop’ for innovation financing, with major reforms to introduce excellence, flexibility and agility (for example to combine grant financing with venture capital investments).”

Source: European Commission

EC published a guide to ICT-related activities in Horizon 2020 WP 2018-20

The European Commission published a guide to ICT-related activities in Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-20.

Roughly EUR 6 billion out of the overall budget of EUR 30 billion will be spent on research and innovations in the ICT sector. ICT is present in many of the Horizon 2020 areas. This guide is designed to help potential proposers find ICT-related topics across the different parts of H2020 in work programme 2018-20.

ICT-related activities in Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-20: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/guide-ict-related-activities-horizon-2020-work-programme-2018-20

Source: European Commission

H2020 COORDINATORS’ DAY: Amendments / Reporting and Payments

The European Commission is organizing an info day on 20th November in Brussels for Grant Coordinators: “H2020 COORDINATORS’ DAY: Amendments / Reporting and Payments”.

For further information (registration, on-line participation, agenda) please visit: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/events/cf/coordinators-day-amendments-and-reports/register.cfm

HORIZON Prize Materials for clean air – € 3 Million

The Horizon Prize on materials for clean air will be awarded to the most affordable, sustainable and innovative design-driven material solution that can reduce the concentration of particulate matter in urban areas. The contest has been launched and will run until the end of 2018. Contestants are able to submit their entries until 23 January 2018. The rules of contest are available online: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizonprize/index.cfm?prize=clean-air&pg=rules

HORIZON Prize Materials for clean air: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizonprize/index.cfm?prize=clean-air

Clean air prize – flyer: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizonprize/pdf/cleanair/cleanair_prize_flyer_2015.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none

Clean air prize – infographic: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizonprize/index.cfm?prize=clean-air&pg=infographic

Source: European Commission

Polish Academy of Sciences – Informational folder 2017

On the Polish Academy of Sciences website https://institution.pan.pl/images/ogolne/publications/folder_2017/Folder_PAN.2017_eng.pdf there is available a new version of the PAS folder.

Brochures “MARIA SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE. I was born in Warsaw” / “MARIA SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE. Je suis née à Varsovie”

Brochures published by Warsaw Tourist Office are available at:

“MARIA SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE. I was born in Warsaw” http://www.warsawtour.pl/sites/default/files/article_brouchures/maria_sklodowska-curie_en_2016_0.pdf

“MARIA SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE. Je suis née à Varsovie” http://www.warsawtour.pl/sites/default/files/article_brouchures/maria_sklodowska-curie_fr_2016_0.pdf

V4 Training for research managers, Brussels

Next “V4 Training for research managers” will be held in Brussels from 6th to 8th November 2017.

Please send your CV and a motivation letter (1 page) in English to polsca@polsca.pan.pl no later than 11th September, 16:00.

More detailed information are available in Polish at: http://polsca.pan.pl/events/szkolenie-dla-menedzerow-badan-naukowych-brukseli-v4-training/

DRAFT PROGRAMME

6th November 2017

9:30-10:00 Registration

10:00-10:05 Welcome, objective of the training

10:30-11:30 Horizon 2020: the way forward & where do V4 stand

11:30-12:15 The EU RDI landscape – institutional view

12:15-13:30 Lunch break

13:30-14:00 Brexit

14:00-14:30 Networking building strategies – COST

14:30-15:15 HR Excellence in Research award

15:15-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-17:00 Evaluation of the proposals – institutional vs practitioner´s perspectives – WORKSHOP

7th November 2017

9:00-10:30 Comitology and WP preparation – whrere to lobby?

10:30-11:15 Communication in H2020 projects

11:15-12:00 How to reach out? Research marketing, a practitioner´s perspective

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 Audit in H2020 projects

14:30-14:45 Coffee break

14:45-16:15 Good practices of administration and management in house (workshop style)

16:15-17:15 Open data

8th November 2017

9:00-12:00 Workshop on remuneration in H2020: policy vs hands-on reality

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:15 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

ORGANIZERS:

Horizon 2020 – info days in Brussels organized by the European Commission

The European Commission will organize in the coming months info days concerning the following parts of Horizon 2020 programme:

• Info Day, Horizon 2020 – ‘Health, demographic change and wellbeing’ 08.12.2017, Brussels http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=60956678-FA2F-4FE0-77E88D89843C91BE
• Info Week on Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2  (SC2) ‘Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy’, 14-17.11.2017, Brussels https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/horizon-2020-societal-challenge-2-infoweek-including-high-level-policy-events
• Horizon 2020 Energy Info Days, 23-25.10.2017, Brussels https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/horizon-2020-secure-clean-and-efficient-energy-info-day
• Information Day and brokerage event on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-2020, Challenge ‘Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency & Raw Materials’ – 2018 calls, 8-9.11.2017, Brussels https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/2017-information-day