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The European Commission has opened Horizon Europe calls for transport and mobility policy-driven projects worth €163.5 million. These calls, open until 5 September, support the EU’s #Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, aiming to upgrade transport systems in line with green and digital goals. The focus includes safe, automated, and sustainable mobility systems, battery research, and reducing transport emissions. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dCDhFxD9 #Transport #SmartMobility

France secures €15 billion in industry investments in AI, pharmaceuticals, and quantum at its seventh #ChooseFrance summit. Global companies commit to 56 projects, set to create 10,000 jobs. Highlights include €4 billion in AI by Microsoft and €500 million in R&D by Pfizer. The increase from last year's pledges showcases France's growing appeal to investors. Ernst & Young recently named France the most attractive European country for foreign investors. Details from the summit here: https://lnkd.in/d9Nu7gDK

Curious about which universities lead in #AI research? A recent Science|Business analysis of grants by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) reveals some interesting insights: Carnegie Mellon University, UC San Diego, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology top the list as the largest recipients of AI-related science grants since 2010. Discover more about the distribution of funding and the results it achieved here: https://lnkd.in/dm3xv2zu #MachineLearning #AIFunding #AIResearch #ArtificialIntelligence

Swiss and EU negotiators are aiming to reach agreement on Horizon Europe association in the summer, which should allow full access to the programme for calls in 2025, which open this July.  But Bern has said joining the Copernicus earth monitoring project will be too expensive. Read more of this Funding Newswire article here: https://lnkd.in/duByZFwD

Explore the evolutionary journey of #VitaminD in Prof. Carsten Carlberg's recent paper published in Nutrients. The research traces back 1.2 billion years shedding light on the emergence of the Vitamin D Receptor (VDR). Carlberg's study examines how lifestyle changes, such as human migrations, urbanization and industrialization, have impacted the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency globally. Read more about the implications of vitamin D for modern human health: https://lnkd.in/dkqn_byn

Teaming for Excellence, which is designed to support the creation or upgrading of centres of excellence in Widening countries with underperforming research systems, is showing signs of success in addressing brain drain and stimulating national funding of research. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dqVSsV5P

Recent discussions have shed light on both the potential and challenges associated with AI's emergence in scientific endeavors. Key considerations include the development of effective governance structures at the European level to harness the benefits of AI while addressing its complexities. For a deeper understanding of these discussions, delve into the perspectives of Nicole Grobert and Maarja Kruusmaa, members of the group of chief scientific advisers to the European Commission https://lnkd.in/dz5N-N36

Without easier access to capital, European AI companies will forever rely on the vast computing resources of entrenched US tech giants, the outgoing MEP responsible for the EU’s AI Act has argued. Dragoș Tudorache, one of the European Parliament’s rapporteurs for the legislation, said capital market reform is needed to give European firms resources currently only available through partnerships or outright sale to US companies. Read more: https://lnkd.in/daRqUCwu

EIT Health Scandinavia has launched a new online hub to ease access to European biobanks and health data registries for researchers, and to share expertise on how to exploit these resources. Read more: https://lnkd.in/d3Dyj_Wy