August 3, 2026
August 3, 2026
The 2026 call for Business Innovation Grants (R&D&I) includes three funding lines tailored to the different stages of the innovation process: the initial validation of a technology (technology exploration grants), its application in projects close to market (grants for technological innovation), and the development of new products, processes or services involving high technological risk (grants for R&D projects).
July 22, 2026
July 22, 2026
Microsoft has joined Connèxia UPC with a project to optimise AI applications and big data management
Microsoft has joined Connèxia UPC, a programme designed to strengthen long-term university–business relation and tailored to the companies' needs. Under this new collaboration framework with the UPC, Microsoft has launched a project with inLab FIB to research advanced techniques aimed at improving the performance and speed of graph databases, which are key to managing large information networks. This technology is fundamental to fields as diverse as social platforms, financial fraud detection and the systems powering many artificial intelligence applications.
July 15, 2026
July 15, 2026
As a member of the DISCOVER consortium, the UPC Technology Center (CIT UPC) participated in the 2nd General Assembly meeting of the EU-funded DISCOVER project, held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 7 and 8 July 2026. The meeting, hosted by Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), brought together representatives from all 14 partner organisations to review the progress achieved over the past year, discuss ongoing technical developments and coordinate the next steps towards transforming the deconstruction and construction industry through innovative digital technologies.