The University of Surrey will host the next information day on EU grant opportunities in space research, planned for 20-21 June. The event is expected to provide potential beneficiaries of EU funds with information on the areas that will be covered by the forthcoming "FP7" call for space proposals, expected to be published by mid July.

Scientists in Australia and the United Kingdom have discovered the sharpest teeth ever recorded in history - with tips measuring just two micrometres across. They belong to a long-extinct prehistoric fish resembling eels.The study received almost € 200,000 from the Marie Curie Actions, an EU fund managed by the REA. More

An international team of EU-funded researchers has lifted and spun a 10 cm-diameter rubber disk floating in a cylinder of water with an ultrasound beam. The breakthrough may lead to the development of efficient non-invasive drug-delivery techniques and therapeutic solutions.

Ireland's Minister for Research and Innovation Séan Sherlock has highlighted the importance of the Marie Curie Actions COFUND scheme, an EU fund intended to support national, regional and international research programmes. His statement has been included in an article published today by the Irish Times, a national leading newspaper.