Biotechnology drives over 900,000 jobs and nearly €40 billion in the EU economy.

It can power breakthroughs in healthcare, from cutting-edge therapies to personalised medicine.

Our proposed Biotech Act will unlock Europe’s full potential, turning innovation into impact.

Here’s how ⬇️

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@ec.europa.eu just adopted the #HorizonEU work programme 2026-27. ↓

Here are some facts and figures from the 2025 Consolidator Grant call:

🔶 €728 million in funding

🔶 349 mid-career researchers from Europe and beyond

🔶 44 different nationalities

All of them pushing the frontiers of knowledge. Congratulations!

#ERCCoG #FrontierResearch #EUfunded #HorizonEurope

📚 Does Open Access Truly Make Research Accessible to All? Read our recent insights article exploring how Open Access has transformed scholarly publishing in recent years and what challenges it still needs to overcome.
#OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing

🎉There are some fantastic initiatives among the winners of the @einsteinberlin.bsky.social Awards 2025. 🏅The awards are designed to recognise approaches that enhance the integrity and openness of research processes. 🧪🔬 #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity
award.einsteinfoundation.de/award-winner...

👏👏👏 Congratulations to everyone whose project was selected! Particularly happy to see so many ResearchConnect clients among the successful applicants. 🎉🥂

This #funding #call offers a unique #interdisciplinary approach to the topic of genomics. Great to see Wellcome leading the way on this. Have a look for yourself! ⬇️

Applications are invited for the 2026-7 Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History at the British School at Rome.
The closing date for applications is 31st January, 2026: bsr.ac.uk/the-jill-fra...

Great contribution to the ongoing debate around #academic #publishing and #openaccess. Recommended read!

Online workshop for all early career researchers: "Unlocking Incentives for Future Research – Empowering Early Career Researchers" on 21 Nov #ECR. The event will focus on incentive structures to create a more transparent and robust research environment.
Program and registration:
sohub.io/naf8

📣 Call for Evidence 📣
The European Commission has launched a #consultation on the new EU #Quantum Act.
#Research institutions, companies and universities are among those invited to respond until 26 November.
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

This is a really interesting idea! While implementation wouldn't be easy, it would certainly address some key issues in relation to the peer-review crisis and shrinking funding budgets around the world.

www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/comm...

#peerreview #researchfunding

🧠 £6 Million for Dementia Research - Alzheimer's Research UK launches new global funding initiative on dementia progression, brain changes and disease resilience. The EOI deadline is 17 December.
Find out more via:
www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/grants/demen...
#researchfunding #dementiaresearch

🌱[Préannonce] L’ANR s’associe au lancement en décembre de l’appel à projets AGROECOLOGY3, édition 2027 "Favoriser la diversité génétique des cultures et des animaux d’élevage et renforcer les capacités des agriculteurs à s’engager dans la transition agroécologique".
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