Ειδήσεις για την ενημέρωση των Ελλήνων Επιχειρηματιών και Αγροτών

Τελευταίες Ειδήσεις

Επικαιροποιημένο: Σύνοψη μέτρων στον τομέα των εμπορευματικών μεταφορών λόγω πανδημίας κορωνοϊού (COVID-19)

Δελτίο Τύπου "Εξαγωγές Νωπών Οπωροκηπευτικών", Incofruit

Newsletter Ινστιτούτου Εξαγωγικών Ερευνών και Σπουδών (ΙΕΕΣ), ΣΕΒΕ, Τεύχος 54

IncoFruit: Εξαγωγές Νωπών Οπωροκηπευτικών

Αναβολές επιχειρηματικών αποστολών σε Αζερμπαϊτζάν, Γκάνα, Μαλαισία, Φιλιππίνες

Ημερολόγιο Δράσεων Εξωστρέφειας
Ημ/νια	Εκδήλωση
Τετάρτη 29 Απριλίου 2020	ΑΝΑΒΑΛΛΕΤΑΙ ΛΟΓΩ ΚΟΡΩΝΟΪΟΥ: ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΑ ΣΕ ΣΧΟΛΕΣ ΜΑΓΕΙΡΙΚΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΛΟΝΔΙΝΟ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΕΛΓΟ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ
Κυριακή 03 Μαΐου 2020	ΑΝΑΒΑΛΛΕΤΑΙ ΛΟΓΩ ΚΟΡΩΝΟΪΟΥ: ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΑ ΣΕ ΣΧΟΛΕΣ ΜΑΓΕΙΡΙΚΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΛΟΝΔΙΝΟ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΕΛΓΟ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ
Δευτέρα 04 Μαΐου 2020	ΑΝΑΒΑΛΛΕΤΑΙ ΛΟΓΩ ΚΟΡΩΝΟΪΟΥ: IFAT Munich
Δευτέρα 04 Μαΐου 2020	ΑΝΑΒΑΛΛΕΤΑΙ ΛΟΓΩ ΚΟΡΩΝΟΪΟΥ: ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΑ ΣΕ ΣΧΟΛΕΣ ΜΑΓΕΙΡΙΚΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΛΟΝΔΙΝΟ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΕΛΓΟ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ
Τρίτη 05 Μαΐου 2020	SUPER WINE CHINA 2020
Τετάρτη 06 Μαΐου 2020	ΑΝΑΒΑΛΛΕΤΑΙ ΛΟΓΩ ΚΟΡΩΝΟΪΟΥ: ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΑ ΣΕ ΣΧΟΛΕΣ ΜΑΓΕΙΡΙΚΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΛΟΝΔΙΝΟ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΕΛΓΟ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ
Πέμπτη 07 Μαΐου 2020	45η Διεθνής Έκθεση Γούνας
Κυριακή 10 Μαΐου 2020	ΑΝΑΒΑΛΛΕΤΑΙ ΛΟΓΩ ΚΟΡΩΝΟΪΟΥ: ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΑ ΣΕ ΣΧΟΛΕΣ ΜΑΓΕΙΡΙΚΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΛΟΝΔΙΝΟ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΕΛΓΟ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ
Δευτέρα 11 Μαΐου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΤΡΟΦΙΜΩΝ & ΠΟΤΩΝ CIBUS PARMA
Τρίτη 12 Μαΐου 2020	VITAFOODS EXPO 2020
Τρίτη 12 Μαΐου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ IMEX
Τετάρτη 13 Μαΐου 2020	Επιχειρηματικές Συναντήσεις Ηπειρωτών επιχειρηματιών - Γερμανών εισαγωγέων
Τετάρτη 13 Μαΐου 2020	ITB CHINA
Πέμπτη 14 Μαΐου 2020	Αγροδιατροφικό Φόρουμ
Παρασκευή 15 Μαΐου 2020	Ηπειρώτικο Φεστιβάλ
Σάββατο 16 Μαΐου 2020	FOOD EXPO - ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΤΡΟΦΙΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΤΩΝ
Σάββατο 16 Μαΐου 2020	Επιχειρηματική αποστολή ρουμανικών εταιριών στην FOODEXPO
Σάββατο 16 Μαΐου 2020	FOODEXPO - ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΝΟΤΙΟΑΦΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΩΝ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΕΩΝ
Σάββατο 16 Μαΐου 2020	ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ ΝΟΤΙΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ - ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ FOODEXPO
Σάββατο 16 Μαΐου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ FOODEXPO-OENOTELIA
Σάββατο 16 Μαΐου 2020	Πρόγραμμα φιλοξενούμενων αγοραστών στην ΈκθεσηFoodExpo
Κυριακή 17 Μαΐου 2020	CONSTRUCT - AMBIENT EXPO
Κυριακή 17 Μαΐου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ TUTTOFOOD 2020
Δευτέρα 18 Μαΐου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση London Wine Fair 2020
Δευτέρα 18 Μαΐου 2020	ΑΝΑΒΑΛΛΕΤΑΙ ΛΟΓΩ ΚΟΡΩΝΟΪΟΥ: Επιχειρηματική Αποστολή στην Γκάνα
Τρίτη 19 Μαΐου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ SWEETS & SNACKS 2020
Τρίτη 26 Μαΐου 2020	BAUMA CTT 2020
Τρίτη 26 Μαΐου 2020	THAIFEX ANUGA ASIA 2020
Τρίτη 26 Μαΐου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΤΡΟΦΙΜΩΝ -ΠΟΤΩΝ PLMA΄s “WORLD OF PRIVATE LABEL”
Τρίτη 26 Μαΐου 2020	NRA show
Δευτέρα 01 Ιουνίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση Ποσειδώνεια 2020
Παρασκευή 05 Ιουνίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση PLANT BASED WORLD 2020
Κυριακή 07 Ιουνίου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ AUTOMECHANIKA
Τρίτη 09 Ιουνίου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ALIMENTEC Colombia
Τρίτη 09 Ιουνίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση AFRICAN CONSTRUCTION EXPO
Τρίτη 09 Ιουνίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση ALIMANTEC 2020
Πέμπτη 11 Ιουνίου 2020	4ο Work Shop με τίτλο “Doing Business in the Arab World “
Πέμπτη 11 Ιουνίου 2020	Balkans International Wine Festival
Τρίτη 16 Ιουνίου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ IRAN AGROFOOD
Τετάρτη 17 Ιουνίου 2020	Επιχειρηματική Αποστολή The smarter E
Τρίτη 23 Ιουνίου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ THE MEETING SHOW
Τρίτη 23 Ιουνίου 2020	Εκδήλωση για την προβολή της Ελληνικής γούνας
Τετάρτη 24 Ιουνίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση FREE FROM FOOD 2020
Κυριακή 28 Ιουνίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση SUMMER FANCY FOOD
Κυριακή 28 Ιουνίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση ARABIAN TRAVEL MARKET 2020
Τρίτη 30 Ιουνίου 2020	WORLD FOOD POLAND
Τετάρτη 15 Ιουλίου 2020	SALON GOURMET
Τετάρτη 15 Ιουλίου 2020	SALON GOURMET
Τρίτη 01 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Φεστιβάλ Μεσογειακής Διατροφής
Τετάρτη 02 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση Bisutex 2020 (09/2020)
Πέμπτη 03 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση MOMAD (09.2020)
Παρασκευή 04 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση TOUR NATUR 2020
Σάββατο 05 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	85η Διεθνής Έκθεση Θεσσαλονίκης (ΔΕΘ)
Κυριακή 06 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση SPECIALTY FINE FOOD 2020
Δευτέρα 07 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση FINE FOOD AUSTRALIA 2020
Τρίτη 08 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση SIAL MIDDLE EAST 2020
Κυριακή 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση GOURMET SELECTION 2020
Δευτέρα 14 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	ALIMENTARIA
Δευτέρα 14 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση INDEX DUBAI 2020
Δευτέρα 14 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση HOTEL SHOW DUBAI 2020
Τρίτη 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση 50plus BEURS 2020
Τρίτη 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση IMEX AMERICA 2020
Τετάρτη 16 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA 2020
Τετάρτη 16 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Επιχειρηματικές Συναντήσεις
Πέμπτη 17 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση SIAL INDIA 2020
Δευτέρα 21 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση NATEXPO 2020
Δευτέρα 21 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL FAIR 2020
Τρίτη 22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση INNOTRANS 2020
Τετάρτη 23 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση ANUFOOD INDIA 2020
Πέμπτη 24 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση Τουρισμού KITF 2020
Δευτέρα 28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση SPECIALITY & FINE FOOD ASIA 2020
Δευτέρα 28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση RESTAURANT, PUB & BAR ASIA 2020
Δευτέρα 28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση SIAL CHINA 2020
Δευτέρα 05 Οκτωβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση EXPO REAL 2020
Παρασκευή 09 Οκτωβρίου 2020	10ήμερη εορτή ελληνικής κουζίνας στην Αυστρία
Δευτέρα 12 Οκτωβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση LUXPERIENCE 2020
Τρίτη 13 Οκτωβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση FOOD MATTERS LIVE 2020
Τετάρτη 14 Οκτωβρίου 2020	Ελληνο - Βαυαρικό επιχειρηματικό φόρουμ
Τετάρτη 14 Οκτωβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση TTG INCONTRI 2020
Παρασκευή 16 Οκτωβρίου 2020	Εκδήλωση για την προώθηση ελληνικών οίνων
Παρασκευή 16 Οκτωβρίου 2020	Εκδήλωση για την προώθηση ελληνικών οίνων
Κυριακή 18 Οκτωβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση SIAL PARIS 2020
Τρίτη 20 Οκτωβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση FRUIT ATTRACTION 2020
Τρίτη 20 Οκτωβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση Τουρισμού WTM Latin America 2020
Τρίτη 27 Οκτωβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση IOT SOLUTIONS WORLD CONGRESS 2020
Τετάρτη 28 Οκτωβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση INDAGRA 2020
Δευτέρα 02 Νοεμβρίου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ WTM 2020
Δευτέρα 02 Νοεμβρίου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ YUMMEX MIDDLE EAST 2020
Τρίτη 03 Νοεμβρίου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ PRIVATE LABEL MIDDLE EAST 2020
Τρίτη 03 Νοεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση GULFOOD MANUFACTURING 2020
Παρασκευή 06 Νοεμβρίου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ERGO MARATHON EXPO 2020
Δευτέρα 09 Νοεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση FOODEX SAUDI 2020
Τρίτη 10 Νοεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση PROWINE CHINA 2020
Τρίτη 10 Νοεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση FHC CHINA 2020
Τετάρτη 11 Νοεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση SIAL INTERFOOD INDONESIA 2020
Τετάρτη 11 Νοεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση ECOLIFE SCANDINAVIA 2020
Παρασκευή 13 Νοεμβρίου 2020	ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ FILOXENIA 2020
Κυριακή 15 Νοεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση PLMA CHICAGO 2020
Δευτέρα 23 Νοεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση THE BIG 5 SHOW DUBAI 2020
Δευτέρα 23 Νοεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση MIDDLE EAST STONE 2020
Πέμπτη 26 Νοεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SHOW TT WARSAW 2020
Κυριακή 06 Δεκεμβρίου 2020	Διεθνής Έκθεση ORGANIC & NATURAL PRODUCTS 2020
Δευτέρα 14 Δεκεμβρίου 2020	22ο CAPITAL LINK FORUM

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION's update

ANNOUNCEMENTS NSF Public Affairs Toward Smarter Communities: Federal Agencies Partner on a Research and Action Competition 04/10/2020  Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), announced the launch of the Civic Innovation Challenge, a national research and action competition in the smart and connected communities domain. Teams will compete for awards of up to $1 million to support ready-to-implement, research-based pilot projects that have the potential for scalable, sustainable, and transferable impact on community-identified priorities. Teams will include civic partners — such as local, state, and tribal government officials, and non-profit and community leaders — working together with technical and social science researchers. The Civic Innovation Challenge is funded with an anticipated $9 million in funding from NSF, DOE, and DHS. Access the NSF solicitation here. While development of the Civic Innovation Challenge has been ongoing for over a year, the release of the Challenge comes as the world faces unprecedented obstacles in response to the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, which is impacting healthcare, economic, and social systems. Although the collective energy and effort of communities must focus on the crisis at hand, community members, researchers, and leaders will soon also be considering how civic services and systems should be rebuilt to be stronger and more resilient once communities emerge from this crisis. As teams reflect on the focus areas of the Civic Innovation Challenge (tracks described below), they are encouraged to consider how both the current situation and other experiences in their communities uncover new challenges, motivate new questions, and highlight the need for new perspectives. The Civic Innovation Challenge comprises two tracks, shaped by input from cities and communities from across the country at an Ideas Festival held in early 2019: Communities and Mobility: Offering Better Mobility Options to Solve the Spatial Mismatch Between Housing that is Affordable and Jobs; and Resilience to Natural Disasters: Equipping Communities for Greater Preparedness and Resilience to Natural Disasters. The Challenge is organized in two stages. In the first stage, teams will compete for planning grants of up to $50,000 per team over a period of four months. Awards will be offered to approximately 12 teams per track and are expected to be made in Fall 2020. Planning grant applications are due on July 1, 2020. With the support of the planning grant, the selected teams will then refine their projects and compete for second-stage grants of up to $1 million per team over a period of 12 months; these awards will support ready-to-implement, research-based pilot projects and will be offered to a cohort of awardees in each track. Only awardees of Stage 1 will be eligible to submit proposals for Stage 2. "The Civic Innovation Challenge is the latest step by NSF to provide funding for high-need research areas with significant societal impact," said Margaret Martonosi, NSF Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering. "We are thrilled to partner with DOE and DHS to support community-based innovation. The structure of the Civic Innovation Challenge will allow for teams to learn from each other and develop transferable approaches poised to address key civic priorities on a national scale." In discussing the Communities and Mobility track, Daniel R. Simmons, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, said "DOE is proud to participate in the Civic Innovation Challenge and inspire communities and researchers to work together to develop affordable, innovative mobility options that better connect residents to work, critical services, and amenities. DOE's national labs conduct cutting edge research encompassing transportation and mobility, and we are eager to build off of our existing knowledge-base to address this priority." In discussing the Resilience to Natural Disasters track, Andre Hentz, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate, remarked: "Natural disasters and crises like the COVID-19 outbreak requires resilience in cities and communities across the country and across the spectrum of planning, response and recovery efforts. Our federal, state and local customers need safe, reliable and secure tools to adapt to and respond to changing environments and emergencies, and to drive-down risk, according to Hentz. "DHS is excited to partner with NSF and invest in new ideas and tools to improve services and serve as living labs for innovative approaches. The discoveries and solutions generated through the Civic Innovation Challenge will make the nation more resilient." NSF has a cooperative agreement with MetroLab Network, a non-profit organization that will support the Civic Innovation Challenge through organizing outreach to prospective communities and teams in preparing for Stage 1 and Stage 2, as well as cultivating communities of practice among awardees to help teams develop methods and solutions transferable to communities across the U.S. MetroLab contributed to the design of the Civic Innovation Challenge, supported by a grant from NSF. Through this multi-agency federal effort, the Civic Innovation Challenge prioritizes community engagement, transdisciplinary research, and real-world pilots to enhance science and create lasting community impact. Because of competing priorities and schedule disruptions due to the COVID-19 crisis and response, several measures will be taken to accommodate those responding to the Civic Innovation Challenge: MetroLab will host webinars to share guidance on best practices in crafting research-community partnerships amid the current organizational responsibilities of civic leaders. In preparing the planning grant proposals, partnerships with civic leaders may be not be as developed as they would have been under typical circumstances; MetroLab will provide general guidance on how teams can ensure sufficient "buy-in" from civic leaders and enlist additional partners that will strengthen their planning grant efforts. All workshops and events associated with the Civic Innovation Challenge will be held virtually until public health guidance changes. Questions? For questions about the solicitation or applying for an award, contact NSF program officers David Corman, Michal Ziv-El, Sandip Roy, and Linda Bushnell. For questions about programming or partnership inquiries, please contact MetroLab. Testimonials from leaders in the civic ecosystem: "I have spent my career at the intersection of government and academia, looking at ways that the public sector can better use data to address key priorities. The Civic Innovation Challenge offers a pathway for transformative projects to be incubated and deployed," said Stephen Goldsmith, the Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and 46th Mayor of Indianapolis. "The Civic Innovation Challenge has the potential to help cities, communities and universities work together to address some of the most challenging issues that we face as a society: access to opportunity, and resilience in the face of disaster, whether that is a global pandemic, economic calamities, or increasingly severe and extreme weather," said Harriet Tregoning, Director of the New Urban Mobility Alliance. "We are seeing fundamental shifts in how we think about identifying actions and solutions that solve multiple problems, not just serve a single purpose. Federal programs like the Civic Innovation Challenge provide the resources, support, and encouragement to partner and collaborate in ways that could positively transform so many of our communities and broaden access, opportunity and resilience." About the National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent Federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2020, its budget is $8.3 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities and other institutions. Each year, NSF receives more than 50,000 competitive proposals for funding and makes about 12,000 new funding awards. The Civic Innovation Challenge is an effort in the Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC) domain. The NSF's S&CC program, led by the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, encourages researchers to work with communities and residents to identify and define challenges they are facing, enabling those challenges to motivate use-inspired research questions. The S&CC program supports integrative research that addresses fundamental technical and social science dimensions of smart and connected communities, and pilots solutions together with communities. Importantly, the program is interested in projects that consider the sustainability of the research outcomes beyond the life of the projects, including the scalability and transferability of the proposed solutions. About the U.S. Department of Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office The U.S. Department of Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office supports research, development, and deployment of efficient and sustainable transportation technologies that will improve energy efficiency, fuel economy, and enable America to use less petroleum. These technologies, which include advanced batteries and electric drive systems, lightweight materials, advanced combustion engines, alternative fuels, as well as energy efficient mobility systems, will increase America's energy security, economic vitality, and quality of life. About the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate As the research and development arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) focuses on providing the tools, technologies, and knowledge products to DHS security operators and the first responder community. As technology continues to transform society and change our security landscape, S&T is building new research partnerships with governmental and industry innovators to accelerate solutions and address complex threats. About MetroLab Network MetroLab Network is a DC-based non-profit focused on advancing civic research and innovation. It works with cities and communities globally that leverage local government-university partnerships to undertake technology transformation in government and drive forward research-informed, evidence-based policy. MetroLab's involvement in the Civic Innovation Challenge is supported by a cooperative agreement with NSF. To Access the Solicitation on the National Science Foundation site: CIVIC Solicitation To learn more about the Civic Innovation Challenge: www.nsfcivicinnovation.org Twitter: @nsfcivic MetroLab Network contact: innovate@metrolabnetwork.org For more National Science Foundation news, visit our news site. Contact the news team.

Toward Smarter Communities: Federal Agencies Partner on a Research and Action Competition

04/21/2020

ANNOUNCEMENTS NSF Public Affairs National Science Foundation awards rapid response grants to support coronavirus (COVID-19) research 04/17/2020  The National Science Foundation is working closely with the scientific research community to bolster the national response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The agency is funding dozens of research projects on COVID-19 to mobilize the scientific community to better understand and develop measures to respond to the virus. NSF has issued a letter to researchers inviting proposals for rapid response research grants related to the virus. The letter welcomes studies to help understand COVID-19, inform and educate the public about virus transmission and prevention, and develop effective strategies for addressing this challenge at the local, state and national levels. Support for these efforts is made through NSF's Rapid Response Research (RAPID) funding mechanism, which enables the agency to quickly process and support research that addresses an urgent need. Previous RAPID awards have helped advance our understanding of Ebola and Zika disease outbreaks and measures to contain them. RAPID funds have also enabled research to improve our response to natural disasters such as Hurricane Harvey and unexpected events like the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Critical challenges like these require input from a variety of scientists, engineers and educators. As the only U.S. federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering, NSF is uniquely positioned to gather a spectrum of scientific input, bringing to bear the best research on our most complex national concerns. A list of the NSF COVID-19 RAPID grants, continually updated as they are awarded, may be found at: NSF COVID-19 RAPID Awards. The RAPID grants include such topics as: Uncertain Risk and Stressful Future: A National Study of the COVID-2019 Outbreak in the U.S. Responding to an Emerging Epidemic through Science Education Coronavirus persistence, transmission, and circulation in the environment On-mask Chemical Modulation of Respiratory Droplets Developing Epidemiology mechanisms in Three-dimensions to Enhance Response

ΒΑRACK OBAMA latest news

Hi there, This week, we wanted to make sure you heard directly from President and Mrs. Obama as they offered words of thanks and encouragement to community leaders here in Chicago and around the world, as well as healthcare workers on the frontlines—and even sat down for a little storytime. We hope you take a minute to watch these videos from President and Mrs. Obama—and continue to share more stories of social connection in this time of social distancing at obama.org/HOPE. Stay healthy, stay hopeful, —The Obama Foundation   Last week, President Obama joined a call with community leaders from across Chicago who are responding to this moment. Hear the words of encouragement he shared.   Mrs. Obama joined former first lady Laura Bush for Global Citizen’s "One World: Together at Home" special to thank the essential health care workers who are risking their lives every day on our behalf.   “In a lot of ways crises like this sharpen our focus and I hope for all of you have underscored why the work you do is so important.”    President Obama met with our Obama Foundation Scholars to offer some words of advice as they find creative ways to continue their inspiring work.   To all those children in need of a good story—and those parents in need of a little break—watch Mrs. Obama read one of her favorite children’s books, “The Gruffalo.” Be sure to tune in Mondays at 11 am CT to PBS KIDS’ Facebook page or YouTube channel.   Many of you are already doing so much to keep your families, loved ones, and communities healthy, but if you're able, you can find ways to support others in need by donating to an organization near you.   TAKE ACTION NOW

«O υποψήφιος βουλευτής του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ Ηλίας Γρηγόρης ξεπέρασε κάθε όριο χυδαιότητας...

Αθήνα, 26 Μαΐου 2020   Να πάρει θέση ο κ. Τσίπρας για τις χυδαιότητες του στελέχους του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ Η. Γρηγόρη «O υποψήφιος βουλευτής του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ Ηλίας Γρηγόρης ξεπέρασε κάθε όριο χυδαιότητας κατά του Πρωθυπουργού, μελών της Κυβέρνησης και ανθρώπων που δίνουν στην πρώτη γραμμή τη μάχη κατά του κορονοϊού όπως ο Σ. Τσιόδρας και ο Ν. Χαρδαλιάς. Καλούμε τον κύριο Τσίπρα, να πάρει θέση και να τον διαγράψει από το κόμμα του. Αν δεν το κάνει, δίνει κάλυψη στις χυδαιότητές του και τις υιοθετεί. Την ώρα που η χώρα βρίσκεται αντιμέτωπη με μια τεράστια κρίση και η συντριπτική πλειοψηφία δίνει τη μάχη με υψηλό αίσθημα ευθύνης, κάποιοι σπέρνουν το μίσος και τον διχασμό και προσπαθούν να επαναφέρουν στην πολιτική ζωή το κλίμα της "πάνω και κάτω πλατείας"».