This Information Day on 12 December 2022 will inform potential applicants and research administrators about the new topics included in the 'Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area' work programme of 2023-2024, including calls that are destined to open on 10 December 2022.

These calls are specifically designed to support EU countries (the 'Widening' countries) that lag behind in research and innovation to increase their performance, while ERA actions aim to reform and enhance the European research and innovation system overall. This Information Day is particularly relevant for researchers and innovators with links to and colleagues in the following Widening countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.

More specifically, during the info day, participants will get more details about the six complementary actions implemented by the European Research Executive Agency (REA): Teaming, Twinning (including Twinning Western Balkans), ERA Chairs, Excellence Hubs, the European Excellence Initiative (EEI), and the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST).

Click here for more information and to register.

Sources: EC, Euresearch