European Commission Unveils €16 Billion Investment in Innovation
The University World News website reported that the European Commission is to invest almost €16 billion (US$18 billion) in research and innovation in 2016 and 2017. The Work Program is designed to open up European research and innovation to more actors – from researchers, to entrepreneurs, to users, to governments and civil society. Carlos Moedas,
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Competition for Smarter Cities and Businesses
The Silicon Republic website reported that The European Union is offering €400,000 in prizes for new applications that can be used to build smarter cities and smarter businesses. Judged by specialized engineers from the EU-funded FI-WARE Consortium, the only condition of the competition is that app
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Gap Between Innovation Leaders and Followers in the EU Grows
The European Commission has published a study of Innovation in the European Union which found that innovation performance in the EU has improved year on year in spite of the continuing economic crisis, but the innovation divide between Member States is widening. While the most innovative countries
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Innovation on List of Top Political Trends
The Science|Business website reports that the recent European Commission conference on innovation confirms that the topic is now officially on the “it” list of top political trends. The Innovation Convention took place on 5 and 6 December in the Brussels and drew several hundred delegates