The Work Programme 2021 for the European Research Council (ERC), major actor for research grants in Europe, was presented yesterday by the European Commission. For this first work programme under Horizon Europe, three main calls for proposals for frontier research actions have been announced.
The European Commission has opened the public Call for Membership of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, the independent advisory body established by the President of the Commission. Interested individuals are invited to submit their application by 22 March 2021.
On 3 February 2021, the board of the Science Academy of Turkey (Bilim Akademisi) issued a statement about the events that followed the appointment of a new president to Boğaziçi University in Turkey. An addendum on developments at Boğaziçi University has been added on 8 February 2021.
Two new chairs have been elected in ALLEA’s working groups: Dr Maura Hiney (Royal Irish Academy) and Dr Maciej Maryl (Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences). ALLEA warmly thanks Prof Göran Hermerén and Dr Natalie Harrower for their long-standing commitment and service to their working groups.
What does ‘biodegradable plastic’ mean? Can biodegradable plastics help reduce plastic pollution? The SAPEA’s Evidence Review Report presents the latest scientific evidence on biodegradability of plastics in the open environment.
Workshop organised by the ALLEA Science Education Working Group in cooperation with the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine
The public nomination period for the 2022 Breakthrough Prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics is now open. Nominations can be submitted online until 1 April 2021.
On 2 December, a second workshop on Health Inequalities in Europe gathered over 50 participants online. Together, they analysed and debated new approaches to assessing causality in an interdisciplinary dialogue.
