EIT RawMaterials university partners are welcome to apply for the open call to raise awareness of the significance of raw materials in modern life Raw Materials University Days (RMUD) is a communication campaign originally launched by the European Commission (DG GROW) in the framework of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) [...]
Tackling Sustainable Development Goals with Earth observation data November 2019 saw G-STIC 2019 organised by our partner VITO take place in Brussels – the Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Conference. As part of this event, Copernicus, the EU’s Earth Observation programme, organised the Sustainable Development Goals Copernicus Hackathon. […]
Connecting local stakeholders to foster a community dialogue on the current state in the Greek and EU raw materials sector On 11-12 December, the fourth annual Greek Raw Materials Community Dialogue will be hosted by the ΕΙΤ RawMaterias RIS Hub Greece. EIT RawMaterials Hub – Regional Center Greece, established in May [...]
Enhancing the innovation capacity of the Mediterranean region by transferring EIT Community good practise On 10-11 December in Brindisi, the two-day International Workshop on Raw Materials in Circular Economy will promote sustainable use of raw materials in Southern Italy region. The workshop is organised in the European framework of the EIT RawMaterials Hub - Regional Center [...]
On 14 November 2019, in Riga, Latvia, the EIT Jumpstarter Grand Final took place as the side event of Digital Freedom Festival. In total 18 teams from 10 countries, shared their innovative solutions in healthcare, food industry and raw materials sector. The EIT Jumpstarter is a very selective, competitive programme for early-stage innovators, which was awarded [...]
Substitution of critical raw materials with thermoplastic composite for the automotive industry RACE-TP: Lightweight Recyclable Automotive thermoplastic CompositE structural parts for large series production Within the innovation project RACE-TP, Arkema and its partners have developed an acrylic-based thermoplastic, branded as Elium®, that offers the favourable economic potential that can reach the [...]
EIT-labelled Master Programme for Innovators of the Future SINReM (International Master of Science in Sustainable and Innovative Natural Resource Management) is a unique Master’s programme that aims to educate a new era of professionals. In the two-year course, students are taken through the entire value chain of raw materials and [...]
A record 160 students representing 44 nationalities and achieving a 66/34 gender ratio joined the EIT-Labelled programmes September 2019 saw the fourth cohort of EIT-Labelled master students join the RawMaterials Academy, with the highest ever number of students enrolling on the six EIT-Labelled Master Programmes. A record 160 students representing 44 nationalities and achieving a [...]
The Raw Materials Week 2019, organised by the European Commission, DG GROW, is now officially opened. Together with the EIT RawMaterials partners, we will take part in various discussions related to policy and framework, technology, knowledge base and international cooperation. […]
Transparency and traceability for a circular economy We are glad to announce that EIT RawMaterials Booster supported start-up and Project Partner Circularise is one of the five start-ups to be selected by BASF, one of the world’s leading chemical companies, and Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech incubator in North America, for their Circularity Challenge, a [...]
