European Highlights

The workshop “Future-Oriented Chemistry” took place earlier this month in Bonn at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP23). At this … Read more
EuCheMS participated to the Circular Economy Mission to Colombia, which took place on 16 – 19 October 2017. The delegation … Read more
Songrui Zhao from China is the winner of the 2017 European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) EuCheMS Award with … Read more
The European Commission recently announced the 2018 – 2020 Work Programme for Horizon 2020, which will invest €30 billion in … Read more
As part of the ongoing debate on the Future of Europe, the Commission set out its vision and concrete steps … Read more
European Universities Association (EUA) has published its proposals for the Next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP9). EUA proposals … Read more
The 2017 edition of the Commission’s Education and Training Monitor, shows that national education systems are becoming more inclusive and … Read more
The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the European Commission´s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Netherlands … Read more
The European Parliament backed a full ban on glyphosate-based herbicides by December 2022 and immediate restrictions on the use of … Read more
At the 10th Anniversary of the European Antibiotic Awareness day, on 15 November, Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health and Food … Read more
Fifty-one ERC grant holders receive top-up funding to explore the commercial or innovation potential of the results of their EU-funded … Read more

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

The paper “Implementing Smart Specialisation – Thematic Platform on Industrial Modernisation” offers an overview of policy and economic reasons behind … Read more
119 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from 24 countries have been selected for funding in the latest round of the … Read more
Earlier this month the European Commission launched the Raw Materials Information System (RMIS), a central platform in a user-friendly format, … Read more

Consultations & Roadmaps

Commission Regulation (EC) No 847/20002 provides a definition of the concept “similar medicinal product”, which includes specific cases defining what … Read more
The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the 7th Environment Action Programme (EAP) and submit a report based on … Read more
This Regulation sets out the methodological principles for the scientific risk assessment and risk management recommendations referred to in Articles … Read more
Drug precursors are chemicals which may be used for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances. Regulation (EC) … Read more
This survey is part of an evaluation of the EU legislation on plant protection products and pesticide residues. The scope … Read more
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will assess all comments from interested parties regarding the active substance Pyrimethanil. Input is … Read more

Calls for Funding and Awards

Deadline: Continuously Open Call Website: http://ec.europa.eu/Read more
Deadline: 31 December 2017 Website: http://www.euchems.eu/Read more
Deadline: 31 December 2017 Website: http://www.euchems.eu/Read more
Deadline: 23 January 2018 Website: http://ec.europa.eu/Read more
Deadline: 23 January 2018 Website: http://ec.europa.eu/Read more
Deadline: 23 January 2018 Website: http://ec.europa.eu/Read more
Deadline: 25 January 2018 Website: http://www.eurekanetwork.org/multilateral-call-for-projects-2017Read more
Deadline: 31 January 2018 Website: http://www.efmc.info/Read more
Deadline: 31 January 2018 Website: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/Read more
Deadline: 14 February 2018 Website: http://ec.europa.eu/Read more
Deadline: 30 April 2018 Website: http://www.euchems.eu/Read more

EuCheMS Events

28 January – 2 February 2018 Bressanone, Italy Website: http://www.chimica.unipd.it/Read more
5 – 7 February 2018 Barcelona, Spain Website: https://eventum.upf.edu/Read more
21 – 23 February 2018 Blankenberge, Belgium Website: https://chemcys.be/Read more
27 – 28 February 2018 Berlin, Germany Website: http://www.euchems.eu/Read more
28 February – 1 March 2018 Brussels, Belgium Website: http://www.bpgm.be/Read more

Other Events

18 November 2017 Stockholm, Sweden Website: https://europa.eu/newsroom/events/european-antibiotics-awareness-day-2017_en  Read more
20 – 21 November 2017 Sarajevo, Bosnia-and-Herzegovina Website: https://europa.eu/Read more
20 – 21 November 2017 Vilnius, Lithuania Website: https://europa.eu/Read more
21 November 2017 Parma, Italy Website: https://europa.eu/Read more
23 November 2017 Brussels, Belgium Website: https://europa.eu/Read more
24 November 2017 Parma, Italy Website: https://europa.eu/Read more
27 – 28 November 2017 Lisbon, Portugal Website: https://europa.eu/Read more
28 November 2017 Brussels, Belgium Website: https://europa.eu/newsroom/events/science-meets-parliaments-2017_enRead more
28 – 29 November 2017 Brussels, Belgium Website: https://europa.eu/newsroom/events/science-meets-regions-0_en Read more
28 – 30 November 2017 Brussels, Belgium Website: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/Read more


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