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We are hosting our 2nd lecture on Academic Freedom in Brussels on 20 May to explore how the ERA Act can navigate tensions between academic freedom and research security. Register here 👉 www.the-guild.eu/events/2026/...

"We must demand a reversal of the cuts proposed by the Irish Presidency, because without strong investment in Horizon Europe, we cannot be competitive globally," said Jan Palmowski. Read the article below⤵️

🌍 #FP10 must provide "opportunities for Europe's leading researchers to scale up collaboration across disciplines and institutions to pursue ambitious, high-risk, high-reward research"⤵️

“Our ideas…would be instrumental in bringing together Europe’s researchers to pursue levels of ambition that were hitherto not possible,” said Palmowski. Read about our latest position paper in @resprofnews.bsky.social ⤵️

Julien Chicot on the EU Excellence Initiative: “We are concerned that the drive to strengthen an institutional dimension will create administrative burdens and rigidities that may ultimately run counter to the objective of dynamic, researcher-driven collaboration at the frontier of knowledge.” ⤵️

🤝 Jan Palmowski notes that participation in Horizon Europe could be “on the Canadian wish list” as the first associate member of the EU. What does this mean for the programme and participants? Read the article below ⤵️

🗣️Jan Palmowski's comments on #R&I following the State of the Union in resprofnews.bsky.social.: “A key lesson for the R&I community is that it has a huge opportunity to fill the international collaborative opportunities with action, through the unique and reliable framework that it offers.”

📣 Jan Palmowski on FP10 budget funding cuts ⤵️ 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘙𝘊 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 “𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨” 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘸𝘴𝘬𝘪. 𝘏𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘐𝘊 𝘢𝘳𝘦, “𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦”, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘚𝘊𝘈 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 “𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘴”

As knowledge is appropriated for political power, universities must insist on research collaboration as a common public good, says Jan Palmowski https://ow.ly/cHjU50ZKl0t

The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities has a new Board Member: Prof. Jens Kreisel, Rector of the University of Luxembourg. www.uni.lu/en/news/uni-... @guildeu.bsky.social | #TheGuild

“Dual-use activities must be treated as a limited and carefully governed exception. Establishing clear boundaries, robust safeguards and transparent communication will be essential to maintaining trust across the academic community,” says a position paper published by the Guild. ⤵️

📣 Today, we published our position paper on dual-use research in #FP10, calling on the EU to ensure #HorizonEurope remains committed to research excellence and maintains a civilian focus when opening up to dual use. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 ➡️ www.the-guild.eu/news-and-blo...

The round 1 results of the 2026 ERC Proof of Concept Grant call are out! 🎉 182 researchers receive a total of €27.3 million to explore the commercial and societal potential of their ERC-funded findings. Read more 👉 buff.ly/K8GXgbs #ERCPoC #FrontierResearch @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

University group @guildeu.bsky.social calls for clear vision on EU social sciences, arts and humanities research www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

🌍The #ALBATROSS coordinators, Laura Leo and Silvana Di Sabatino, together with Paolo Ruggieri, all from the Università di Bologna, participated in the Second Africa–Europe CoRE Conference, hosted by the University of Glasgow. 🔗 albatross-project.eu/2026/06/15/a... @guildeu.bsky.social #HorizonEU

“I am concerned about the overall cut because we face the same challenges as a union, and these can only be addressed with an effective, ambitious budget,” ⤵️

A warm welcome to delegates from @guildeu.bsky.social and ARUA joining us for the second Africa–Europe CoRE Conference. Over the next three days, colleagues and partners will explore how universities can work in partnership to address shared global challenges through research and innovation.

2nd Africa Europe CoRE Conference at @glasgow.ac.uk - opening remarks by Andrew Schofield, principal and VC. Looking forward to the next days! #AfricaEuropeCoRE @guildeu.bsky.social