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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Romania cuts research budget for second time this year

EU funding
General policy news
27 November 2018

The Romanian government has sliced off another €49 million from its research budget after an earlier budget adjustment in August. Both cuts together amount to more than 20% of Romania’s 2018 public research budget.

Water diplomacy: Council adopts conclusions

General policy news
19 November 2018

On 19 November 2018, the Council adopted conclusions on water diplomacy and the EU confirmed its continued commitment to address global water challenges and to give the necessary consideration in the programming of future financial and technical cooperation with partner countries.

Have your say on Plan S

General policy news
30 October 2018

Plan S is an initiative for Open Access publishing that will require all publicly funded research to be published in an Open Access journal or platform: https://www.coalition-s.org/. It has 10 core principals and is currently requesting feedback from both individuals and organisations on how this Open Access plan will be implemented.

Fitness Check of the Water Framework Directive and the Floods Directive

17 September 2018

This Fitness Check aims to assess the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) which is the most comprehensive instrument of EU water policy and its main objective is to protect and enhance EU water resources to achieve good status. It will also assess Directive 2006/118/EC on Groundwater, 2008/105/EC on Quality Standards and the Floods Directive (2007/60/EC) which has been the catalyst for introducing a risk management approach to water floods across the EU.

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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