Uploaded On: 12/07/2023

Thanks to the PRIMA Training and Mobility Award (PTMA), the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) supports Malta-based eligible entities in establishing fruitful networks that could lead to future collaborations and successful submission of R&I proposals. The Award 2023 recently concluded led to the successful granting of two promising projects. The project Pathogens and the Apis mellifera ruttneri Microbiome, will allow ...

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Uploaded On: 12/07/2023

The call aims at selecting and supporting a (limited) number of projects addressing its Challenge of the Year with measurable impacts on the ground contributing to the strengthening of ocean literacy in Europe. Projects must be implemented with results delivered within a 12-month period maximum.    The requested financial support by the EU4Ocean coalition is 40 000 € maximum. Overall, it is expected that 3 high-quality and impact-full projects are...

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Uploaded On: 12/07/2023

Whether you are a policy-maker, an investor, an entrepreneur, a researcher, an innovation, legal, business development or financing expert, or any interested citizen, this portal is the place where you can discover the wealth of EU-funded research results and get in contact with their creators! Visit the below link to view the latest results and start using this tool. Information and video source...

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Uploaded On: 11/07/2023

The latest European Innovation Scoreboard was published by the European Commission on July 6th, 2023. In the 2023 European Innovation Scoreboard, Malta scored 85.8% of the EU average, placing it as a Moderate Innovator. The group of Moderate Innovators includes 10 Member States with an average of 86.1%. Malta is amongst 1 of 15 Member States whose performance has grown at a faster rate than that of the EU between 2016 and 2023. Malta’s performance increase, between 2016 and 2023 is at 10.9% ...

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Uploaded On: 06/07/2023

Malta Council for Science and Technology Deputy Director of Internationalisation Dr. Maria Azzopardi and Senior Executive of Internationalisation George Bugeja were special guests on Tuesday at AquaBioTech Group’s research and innovation facility to celebrate the closing of the collaborative Sino-Malta research project HatcheryMatch. The development of marine aquaculture requires a reliable supply of fish eggs and larvae in desirable quality and quantity from inland hatcheries, instead of...

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Uploaded On: 03/07/2023

The first face-to-face meeting of the Group of Senior Officials (GSO) of the 5+5 Dialogue Research, Innovation and Higher Education, under the presidency of Portugal and vice-presidency of Mauritania, took place in Lisbon, at the FCT headquarters, on 25 and 26 May 2023. This meeting made a very positive contribution to the implementation of the set of seven actions of the 2023-2024 work plan, as attested by the delegates of the member countries - Algeria, France, Libya, Italy, Mauritania, ...

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Uploaded On: 03/07/2023

An opportunity to take part in co- creation workshops is made available in the framework of the Consumer Engagement Labs project implemented by MCAST together with the Warsaw University and Malta Dairy Products Ltd.  The project aims to engage consumers in co-creation activities addressing specific social challenges of obesity and lactose sensitivity that could be addressed by the development of new food products. Therefore by filling the present questionnaire you express the ...

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Uploaded On: 03/07/2023

The PROFIUS project and its Malta-based partner AquaBioTech Group (ABT) are making significant advancements towards valorising previously discarded tuna side-stream material and addressing logistic and technical challenges to transform these materials into valuable products. The farming of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a significant contributor to the local economy in Malta. The Maltese tuna farming industry generated approximately 190 million euros in 2021, sustains nearly 1,000 ...

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Uploaded On: 27/06/2023

In November 2019, JPI Oceans launched the Joint Action “Science for Good Environmental Status (S4GES)”, to better understand marine ecosystems, how multiple activities impact the environment and how the requests of the MSFD can be fulfilled.  After eleven national institutions from the participating countries agreed to adopt an innovative approach for the assessment of GES, a first observational campaign on board of the RV Belgica was carried out in July 2022...

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Uploaded On: 26/06/2023

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) carries out bilateral cooperative programs between Japan and counterpart countries based on agreements concluded with academies, research councils and other science-promotion organizations in those countries.The aim of these programs is to form sustained networks evolved from individual scientist exchanges including young scientists. JSPS provides financial support to Japanese scientists implementing such bilateral joint research projects and...

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