29/04/2026 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 29 April, the European Commission unveiled the first 16 projects selected under the ‘Choose Europe for Science’ initiative, “a groundbreaking pilot scheme designed to attract and retain world-class researchers in the EU in key areas for Europe such as AI, biomedicine, robotics, genomics, climate, energy and advanced materials”. These projects are coordinated by organisations in eight Member States (Spain, France, Portugal, Ireland, Latvia, Austria, Belgium and Germany) and the UK. The initiative is funded with €20 million. It introduces a new funding model whereby participating organisations, such as universities, receive support from the EU to select and recruit postdoctoral researchers. They will be employed and trained throughout their projects. The pilot call received 58 proposals, with 49 eligible for evaluation. To see the list of selected projects: https://aeur.eu/f/lqu (CG)