André Mischke YAE Prize 2020 awarded to Dr Grant Hill-Cawthorne in recognition of his internationally leading roles in academic research, management, and policymaking.

Academia Europaea would like to inform its members about the publication of the latest COVID-19 Bulletin of the Royal Society of Biology. The bulletin presents
interesting news about the COVID-19 research.

Professor Martin McKee talks about Public Health, his role at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and his latest research on the adverse effects of movement restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A systematic collection and map of the most recent published evidence on covid-19 published by the EPPI-Centre (Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre).

Martin McKee, member of the Behavioural Sciences section of Academia Europaea, has published a new article on the Wider health effects of COVID-19 response.

The Commission announced that 8 large-scale research projects, aimed at developing treatments and diagnostics for the coronavirus, were selected in a fast-track call for proposals, launched in March by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a public-private partnership.

Academia Europaea provides links to information and research about the coronavirus.

Call for speakers for the YAE Symposia on COVID-19.

Professor Milena Žic Fuchs, member of the Linguistic Science section of Academia Europaea, was elected first Croatian member of the ERC Scientific Council.

10 members of the Informatics section of Academia Europaea elevated to First Cohort of Fellows by IFIP, the International Federation of Information Processing.

A group of COST Actions joins forces to set up an informal ‘inter-COST network’ to advance research on coronavirus. Stratagem COST Action is leading and coordinating this bottom up initiative.

Human Diversity in Context: an open accesss publication drawn from the Academia Europaea Curien Fund supported conference in Triest in 2018.

Academia Europaea mourns the passing of Professor Robert McCredie May, member of the Organismic and Evoluationary Biology section of Academia Europaea.

Luca Steardo, Robert Zorec and Alex Verkhratsky, members of the Physiology and Neuroscience section of Academia Europaea, have published a commentary entitled ‘Neuroinfection may contribute to pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of COVID-19’.

Board Member of Academia Europaea, Éva Kondorosi, has been appointed to the European Group of Chief Scientific Advisors.

Interview with Peter Jackson on the occassion of the publication of the new SAPEA evidence review on "A Sustainable Food System for the European Union.

Academia Europaea invites its members and others to sign the petition by the Friends of the ERC calling upon the Heads of States and Governments, to secure funding for the ERC in Horizon Europe, the next European framework programme for Research and Innovation.
April 2020.

SAPEA Evidence Review Report on “A Sustainable Food System for the EU” has been published today, Thursday 09th April 2020.

Operating modes of the London Headquarters, the regional Knowledge Hubs and the Graz Information Centre.
23 March 2020.

Professor Dieter Grimm, a member of the Law section of Academia Europaea, elected Fellow of the British Academy.

Ineke Sluiter awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol.

A special call for Registered Report (RR) submissions that are relevant to COVID-19 in any field, including but not limited to biological, medical, economic, and psychological research.

The Gold Medal of Academia Europaea will be awarded to Professor Ole Petersen MAE FRS for his contribution to the development of European Science.

The Wroclaw workshop “Collective Identities, Nations and Social Spheres" is postponed and rescheduled to next Spring.

The European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA) is organising a Call for Expression of Interest in view of establishing a Reserve List of Seconded National Experts - Research Programme Experts.
Deadline for application: 21 April 2020, at 12:00 (midday) Brussels time.

Order of Canada awarded to Professor Donald B. Dingwell

Interview with Barbara Prainsack, professor for Comparative policy analysis, University of Vienna.

March 2020. With news about the activities of the Barcelona Knowledge Hub, the international conference on "The Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions" organized by the HERCuLES group, the 2020 Annual conference “BUILDING BRIDGES III”, and 32nd annual Business meeting of members in Barcelona, the ERASMUS MEDAL award, the lauching of a fifth AE Regional Knowledge Hub in Munich, and the nomination cycle 2020.

Report on the panel discussion on the ‘Making Sense of Science for Policy’ Evidence Review Report.
The event was hosted by Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange (CUSPE) at Magdalene College, Cambridge, 30 January 2020.

Chevalier in the Order of Academic Palms awarded to Adrian Bejan, a member of the Physics and Engineering Science section of Academia Europaea.