FRACTALS is one of the 16 FIWARE accelarators, aiming to support startups and SMEs in harvesting the benefits of FIWARE to develop applications for agriculture. FRACTALS will distribute a total grant support of 5,5 m€ to 50-60 SMEs to develop FIWARE based applications for the agricultural sector. From September 2014 €80 million became available for…
Calcimeters are instruments used to measure calcium carbonate in research or quality control. Currently, the most common types are the ‘Bernard’ or ‘Scheibler’ calcimeters whose measurements are time-consuming and require approximate mathematical calculations by the user, while not taking into account reaction temperatures. These calcimeters are of questionable accuracy, bulky, difficult to use, of reduced…
ERANETMED funded by the EC’s 7th Framework Programme has made a call preannouncement for research proposals in the fields of Renewable Energies, Water Resources and their connections for the Mediterranean Region. In specific, the call will be aimed at research groups from Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Jordan, Greece, Germany, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Portugal, Tunisia, Turkey…
On 14 October 2014 the eIDAS Regulation launch event took place with the participation of Commissioner Neelie Kroes, representantives from the European Parliament and Italian Presidency of the Council. The event was organised to highlight that eIDAS is key to unlock the Digital Single Market, with the participation and sponsorship of private sector stakeholders. During…
Current technologies have made it possible to study how the interaction of genetic and environmental factors affects disease risk in whole populations. The EU-funded EnviroGenomarkers project with partners from Greece (Coordinator), the UK, Sweden, Netherlands, Italy, Finland and Taiwan carried out the first wide-reaching population study of this type. The study used pre-existing blood samples…
The 2014 International Invention Show & Technomart took place in Taiwan 18-21 September and had more than 600 participants from 22 countries presenting over 2000 inventions and innovative products. The Greek mission, consisting of research centers under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), participated and won several international awards. GSRT…
The Department of Informatics of the Ionian University celebrates a decade of education, research and knowledge by organizing an event that will take place on Friday 10 October 2014 at 18.00 at the Ionian Academy,Corfu.
The Energy Policy and Development Centre of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is organizing the 7th International Scientific Conference on Energy and Climate Change, that will take place 8-10 October 2014 at the “Kostis Palamas” building, Acadimias&Sina.
SOUL-FI, a technology accelerator project funded by the European Commission within the FI-PPP (www.fi-ppp.eu), provides start up funding (open calls for € 5 million grants!) and targeted support services to talented entrepreneurs for bringing new products (web based apps and services) to market. The call is open to SMEs and web entrepreneurs who propose promising…
The Future Internet Public-Private Partnership (FI-PPP) aims to advance Europe’s competitiveness in Future Internet technologies and to support the emergence of Future Internet-enhanced applications of public and social relevance. The project is currently in the third phase that builds on technological developments and trials taking place in earlier phases. Seed-type activities generate actual take-up of…
