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  • Australia and France Joined in Science and Tech Research
    [more information] Australian and French researchers will be working together to fight neurodegenerative diseases, like Parkinson’s disease,…

  • Scientix: The new web-based community for Science Education
    [more information] The European Commission has launched Scientix, a new web-portal targeted towards teachers, researchers, policy makers, local…

  • R&D Tax Credit best in World
    [more information] The Australian Government’s proposed R&D Tax Credit is rated the world’s best system for providing incentives to foster…

  • France builds a world-beating research university
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  • Developing a worldwide league table
    [more information] The European Union plans to publish a worldwide ranking of universities next year that it hopes will rival existing global…

  • Germany’s Rhine-Main-Neckar region christened Europe’s Silicon Valley
    [more information] The Rhine-Main-Neckar region around Frankfurt, home to software giant SAP, is Europe’s leading software cluster with €12.5…

  • $250,000 for 14 French-Australian research projects
    [more information] A French-Australian collaboration in robotic astronomy, improving flood forecasting and investigating the origin and evolution…

  • OECD report highlights increasingly global nature of research
    [more information] A new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) draws on information on patents, research…

  • 2009 Regional Innovation Scoreboard: diversity across Europe
    [more information] The level of innovation in regions varies considerably across almost all EU countries. This is one of the main findings of the…

  • Hungary maintains firm hold on biotechnology
    [more information] A recent survey by EuropaBio and Ventura Valuation shows how Hungary’s development of the region’s biotechnology sector…

  • COOPCOM: European research on cooperative and opportunistic wireless communications
    [more information] Cooperation and opportunism are two concepts that have recently revolutionized the way engineers think about wireless system…

  • Technology Platform for Implementing Geological Disposal launched
    [more information] Today the Technology Platform for Implementing Geological Disposal (IGD-TP) of nuclear waste was launched in Brussels with the…

  • New study and internship options between Australia and France
    [more information] An agreement signed between French and Australian universities in Canberra last Wednesday will provide mutual recognition of…

  • Higher education and research still a priority in France
    [more information] Higher education and research remain next year’s chief priority in the French budget, totalling just over €29 billion, an…

  • FEAST enhances scientific research collaborations
    [more information] The Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation (FEAST) hosted an information day at the University of…

  • Responses to Environmental and Societal Challenges for our Unstable Earth
    [more information] The European Science Foundation (ESF) and European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) have recently approved the…

  • Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne tops ERC grants
    [more information] Even if the final results of the 2009 European Research Council Starting grants selection has yet to be published, the EPFL in…

  • Erasmus Mundus: 63 new Masters Courses and Joint Doctorates added
    [more information] The European Commission has just selected 50 Masters Courses and 13 Joint Doctorates to be added to the courses available under…

  • Going global to gauge greenhouse gas behaviour
    [more information] CSIRO scientist Dr Martin Leahy has been honoured for his work in carbon dioxide storage technologies, receiving a Victorian…

  • Australian Academy of Science’s strong relationship with France recognised in awards
    [more information] The Australian Academy of Science’s strong relationship with France has lead to the French government awarding the prestigious…

  • Sweden aims for EU research reforms
    [more information] The Swedish Presidency of the European Union took effect last Wednesday and major reforms are likely in the way research is…

  • Impacts of internationalisation and the research gap
    [more information] Students from Arab countries, and not from China, make up the biggest proportion of people from a region or country studying…

  • Europe to launch new global rankings
    [more information] A global university ranking exercise, rivalling those of China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Britain’s QS-Times Higher…

  • Over 6000 SMEs receive funding from 7th Framework Programme for Research in the first two years
    [more information] The European Commission Directorate General for Research will soon publish new figures about the participation of Small and…

  • European clear advantage for ARC Linkage Projects
    [more information] The recent announcement of successful ARC Linkage Projects for 2009 Round 2 shows a clear competitive advantage for proposals…