COVID-19 Updates

Here you can read about the latest news, calls, initiatives and actions tackling the current COVID-19 outbreak. Click follow in the top right corner to receive daily emails of content posted to the ERRIN website related to the pandemic.

COVID-19 related member initiatives

Read the innovative solutions introduced by our member organisations to tackle the COVID-19 crisis.
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COVID-19 Member Initiatives

Malmö University spends 7 million on coronavirus research

Ten projects at Malmö University receive research funding related to the ongoing corona pandemic, according to a new Vice-Chancellor's decision. The… Read More

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Lund University launches COVID Symptom Tracker app

Please write a short summary.Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have launched a free app to help map the spread of infection in Sweden and… Read More

1 month 1 week

Five Flemish universities organise virtual job market for young researchers

Five Flemish universities have organised a virtual job market to allow young researchers to connect with companies and organisations despite… Read More

1 month 4 weeks

Flanders' Care & E.E.N. platform designated best practice by EC

The European Commission has identified the Flemish platform 'Care & Industry together against CORONA!' as a best practice.

2 months 1 week

Protection shield developed by the University of Bolzano

This project aims for designing and producing low-cost, high-volume production of protection shields. By now 3000 shields have been produced and… Read More

2 months 2 weeks

Tourism #POSTCOVID19 challange to help the sector recovery in Andalusia

CTA (Technological Corporation of Andalusian) is launching the CTA Challenge ‘Tourism #PostCOVID19’ to reward with €15,000 a technological solution… Read More

2 months 3 weeks

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COVID-19 related news

By Hilary Webb
30/07/2020

Survey: How has the stakeholder engagement of your energy research project been affected by the coronavirus pandemic?

The SENTINEL project is running a survey to find out how the COVID-19 crisis has affected stakeholder engagement in ongoing energy research projects.

By Hilary Webb
29/07/2020

Call for expressions of interest for innovative interregional COVID-19 response & recovery partnerships

This week DG REGIO launched a call for expressions of interest to pilot interregional innovation partnerships related to the COVID-19 response and recovery. We encourage members to use ERRIN's tools to build partnerships to respond to this call.

By Hilary Webb
28/07/2020

Commission manifesto to ensure accessiblity of EU-funded coronavirus research results

The Commission have launched a manifesto for research funded by the EU to be widely accessible in order to prevent, treat and contain COVID-19.

By Hilary Webb
27/07/2020

Commission launches call for interregional coronavirus innovation partnerships linked to four thematic areas

Regional authorities, universities, research centres, clusters and SMEs willing to pilot interregional innovation partnerships are invited to express their interest in the Commissions new call for interregional thematic partnerships related to the pandemic.

By Hilary Webb
23/07/2020

Call for regional speaker for tourism session at EWRC

In view of the 18th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities, DG GROW has reached out to ERRIN to propose a regional speaker for an online session titled 'Tourism – towards a recovery and growth path' taking place in October 2020.

By Hilary Webb
16/07/2020

JRC studies use mobility data to provide insight into virus spread and containment efficacy

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published three papers exploring the relationship between human mobility and the spread of coronavirus, which will inform data-driven approaches to tackling the virus.