FREECOVER Showcases Innovation at INORG 2025
We are thrilled to share that the FREECOVER project was recently featured at the prestigious Italian Chemical Society conference on Inorganic Chemistry (INORG 2025) in Naples! A huge thank you to Fabio Piccinelli from our partner institution, UNIVR, who presented a poster outlining the general description, mission, and objectives of the FREECOVER project. This poster […]
Webinar Highlights EU Auto Sectors
Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Applications in the Automotive Sector: Criticality and Circular Economy Challenges On October 23, 2025, the EIT RawMaterials’ Strategic Impact Group Network (SIGN), under the MAGELLAN Project, hosted the 7th Rare Earth Roundtable webinar. The event, titled “Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Applications in the Automotive Sector: Criticality and Circular Economy Challenges,” brought together […]
FREECOVER Welcomes 2025 MSCA Staff Exchanges Call Results
On October 9, 2025, the European Commission announced that the 2025 MSCA Staff Exchanges call attracted 363 proposals, requesting nearly €423.6 million in funding. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Between 80 and 90 projects are expected to be selected, with an indicative EU contribution of ~€97.7 million. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions The proposals involved 2757 organisations across 134 […]
European Researchers’ Night 2025
FREECOVER at Trieste Next On 27 September 2025, FREECOVER was showcased at Trieste Next Science Week, during the European Researchers’ Night. Representing the project, Dr Leonardo Piccinetti and Donatella Santoro from Sustainable Innovation Technology Services Ltd (SITES) joined a University of Trieste podcast interview, sharing FREECOVER’s vision for a sustainable future. Dr. Piccinetti highlighted FREECOVER’s […]
From PhD to Research Manager
FREECOVER Masterclass On 26 September 2025, the FREECOVER consortium hosted its first internal Masterclass seminar, titled “From PhD to Research Manager: Grant Writing, Leadership & Project Management”, at the Università di Udine, Campus dei Rizzi, Aula Gialla. The event, part of FREECOVER’s MSCA Staff Exchanges activities, was opened by Prof. Andrea Melchior (UNIUD, FREECOVER Coordinator), […]
Upcoming FREECOVER Masterclass
From PhD to Research Manager The FREECOVER project is pleased to announce its first Masterclass & Seminar, which will take place on 26 September 2025 at the University of Udine (UNIUD). Prof. Andrea Melchior (UNIUD, FREECOVER Coordinator) will open the event, followed by a Masterclass delivered by Dr. Leonardo Piccinetti (SITES) on “From PhD to […]
Prof. Marilena Tolazzi Honored for Excellence in Chemistry & Engineering
We’re proud to announce that Prof.ssa Marilena Tolazzi of Università degli Studi di Udine, partner in the FREECOVER project, has been awarded by the Associazione Italiana di Chimica per l’Ingegneria for her outstanding contributions to chemistry and engineering. Prof. Tolazzi’s work aligns with FREECOVER’s core mission: developing green chemical technologies such as ionic liquids and […]
FREECOVER Workshop in Havana
Advancing Chemical Technologies for Circular Economy On September 5, 2025, the FREECOVER project hosted its first internal workshop at the University of Havana (UH), Cuba. The workshop, titled “Chemical Technologies for the Recovery of Critical Raw Materials through Solid-Phase Extraction: Advances Toward the Circular Economy”, was part of the project’s training and dissemination activities under […]
MSCA Fellows Invited to Apply
MSCA Fellows Invited to Apply for the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Interdisciplinary Meeting The European Commission is inviting current and past Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) fellows to apply for the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on interdisciplinary fields, which will take place from 28 June to 3 July 2026 in Lindau, Germany. This prestigious event […]
FREECOVER Secondment Spotlight
Dr. Tatjana Trtić-Petrović at AD HARBI, Sarajevo As part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Staff Exchanges within the FREECOVER project, we are proud to spotlight the first secondment of Dr. Tatjana Trtić-Petrović, senior researcher at the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences (VINS), completed at AD HARBI d.o.o. in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hosted by AD HARBI, […]
