EU policy news

This section summarises recent EU policy news and opportunities that are relevant to geoscientists. It includes recently passed legislation, EU funding opportunities and EU Commission consultations.

The tags on the right-hand side of this page can be used to easily locate open EU funding calls sourced from the EU’s participant portal and the EU Commission consultations that are most likely to be of interest to EGU members. EU consultations allow individuals and organisations to provide expertise or submit their opinion on a particular issue.

If you would like to inform others about an EU geoscience-relevant news item or opportunity that is not listed below, please forward the details to the EGU’s Policy Officer, Chloe Hill via policy@egu.eu.

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Re-launch of the EuroScience Working Group on Science Policy – Call for members

• 2 July 2019

EuroScience is currently calling for members to join its Policy Working Group. By being part of the EuroScience Policy Working Group, you will get the opportunity to interact with other group members to formulate and express an opinion on research policy. Our main goal is to influence policy makers in shaping the future of science, technology and innovation in Europe.

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European Commission appoints six new members to ERC Scientific Council

• General policy news
• 2 July 2019

The European Commission has announced the names of six scientists who will join the 22-member board that sets the scientific priorities of the European Research Council (ERC). The six new members are: French biochemist Geneviève Almouzni, Spanish historian Mercedes Garía-Arenal, Norwegian geologist Eystein Jansen, Danish biochemist Jesper Svejstrup, German psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer, and Croatian linguist Milena Žic Fuchs.

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Climate change citizen initiatives

• General policy news
• 30 April 2019

European Citizen’s initiatives allow citizens to shape Europe by calling on the European Commission to make a legislative proposal. Once an initiative gathers 1 million signatures, the Commission decides on what follow-up action to take. On April 30 two citizens initiatives were suggest that relate to climate change: ‘The fast, fair and effective solution to climate change’ and ‘Ending the aviation fuel tax exemption in Europe’.

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EIC Horizon Prize for ‘European Low-Cost Space Launch’ (open until 01 June 2021)

• EU funding
• 20 June 2018

The European Low-Cost Space Launch is a larger-scale grant (10 million). The proposal should outline an innovative and commercially viable solution that enhances Europe’s access. Furthermore, it should provide strategic and competitive advantages for European companies, SMEs, universities, and research organisations.

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