The UK Research Office (UKRO) is the Europe-based office of RCUK providing information and advice on European Union funding for research and higher education. Based in Brussels since 1984, UKRO is jointly funded by all seven UK Research Councils to promote…
European Research Council Celebrates 5 Years of Excellence in Research
The European Research Council (ERC) has celebrated its 5th year of supporting outstanding researchers throughout Europe. The ERC, which turned 5 yesterday, is marking the milestone with a two day event in Brussels, ‘5 Years of Excellent Ideas,’ attended by…
Horizon 2020 Webpages Launched
The European Commission has launched a new set of webpages on Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation which will replace the Seventh Framework programme and shall run from 2014 to 2020. Horizon 2020 will: Strengthen the…
Humanities in the European Research Area: New Call and Networking Event
The AHRC have recently published a pre-announcement of the latest HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area) call for joint research projects on Cultural Encounters. €18 million is available to fund new and innovative humanities-focused projects on this theme. As…
“Creative Europe” to Combine Culture and Media
The UK’s EU Cultural Contact Point has recently reported the EU proposals for the next programme supporting cultural activities: Creative Europe. It is proposed that this new programme will combine the existing Culture and Media programmes, both of which run…
Shakespeare’s Tempest in Three Languages – and Funded by the EC!
Here’s an update on STORM, an EC funded project performing the Tempest in different languages and locations in Lincoln, Portugal and Poland: From Albanian to Zulu the work of William Shakespeare has been translated into more than 80 languages during…