Identifier: HP-FPA-2017Pillar: 3rd Health ProgrammePlanned Opening Date: Deadline: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) | Continue reading
EventsThe FEAT project brings together artists and Future & Emerging Technologies projects to push the boundaries of human knowledge. The exhibition will display the work of six leading international artists hosted within FET projects.Date: 15/03/2017 - 16:54Venue: Dundee, UKThe … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-CS2-CFP06-2017-01Pillar: Societal ChallengesPlanned Opening Date: Deadline: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) | Continue reading
NewsAs part of the Circular Economy Finance Support Platform launched on the 26th January 2017, the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation has set up a group of experts. The Support to Circular Economy Financing Expert Group is an informal Commission expert group operati … | Continue reading
NewsOn Tuesday 7 March the European Union celebrated the one hundred thousandth fellow benefiting from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. To mark this milestone in the history of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, 30 highly promising researchers have been selected to showcase t … | Continue reading
NewsThe European Commission announced the winners of its annual Prize for Women Innovators.Kristina Tsvetanova from Bulgaria, CEO and co-founder of EIT Digital-supported BLITAB Technology, won the Rising Innovator category, recognising the best women entrepreneurs under 30 in Eur … | Continue reading
News71 small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) from 22 countries have been selected for funding in the latest round of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase 2. The total amount to be distributed between the SMEs working on 66 projects is €103.82 million. In this phase of the inst … | Continue reading
NewsAt an award ceremony in Brussels on International Women's Day, Commissioner Carlos Moedas and Vice-President of the European Parliament Mairead McGuinness announced the four winners of the 2017 Horizon 2020-funded EU Prize for Women Innovators.Date: 08/03/2017 - 01:00The winn … | Continue reading
EventsWhat is happening in molecular communication? To what extend can we interfere with the process, how and what for? Those and numerous other questions are challenging researchers in the field. One of the utmost difficulties for this emerging research filed, however, is synerg … | Continue reading
Identifier: REC-NETW-2017Pillar: RCHI Promote and protect the rights of the childPlanned Opening Date: Deadline: Tue, 16 May 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) | Continue reading
NewsEIT Digital today opened an innovation hub in Madrid to strengthen development of digital innovation in Spain.Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport and Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Spanish Minister for Education, Culture, and Sport, attended the open … | Continue reading
EventsThis conference is organized in the framework of the FET funded QUCHIP project and the Marie-Curie project PICQUE. It will be the final conference for both projects. The scientific program foresees tutorial lectures, invited seminars on scientific results, oral contribution … | Continue reading
EventsThis event will gather all High Performance Computing (HPC) related European initiatives and actors in a single week.Date: From 15/05/2017 - 02:00 to 19/05/2017 - 02:00Venue: Barcelona, SpainRapid Press Release: Do Not Publish as Rapid Press ReleaseRead full textContact | Continue reading
NewsThe European Commission will further simplify participation in Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme. New funding rules will reduce administrative costs to participants and help prevent accounting errors.Date: 28/02/2017 - 01:00 … | Continue reading
Identifier: UCPM-2017-PP-AGPillar: UCPM-1-1Planned Opening Date: Deadline: Thu, 11 May 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) | Continue reading
NewsResearchers working on EU-funded research and innovation projects will receive at least as much salary as they would get if they were working on national projects, and will be eligible for an additional bonus of up to €8000 per year.Date: 27/02/2017 - 13:18Rapid Press Release … | Continue reading
Featured projectsEvery cancer follows its own complex path. An EU-funded project is developing experimental tools and a computer model to generate and test ideas on the combined impact of the body's cell and chemical processes on cancer progress. The findings should one day help … | Continue reading
Featured projectsThe EU-funded GETUI project is developing ways to assess how gestures fit into the communication skill set needed for collaborative problem solving.Date: 24/02/2017 - 12:07Collaborative problem solving has become a major feature within today’s workplaces. Increas … | Continue reading
MultimediaThis video by the EU-funded HEARTEN project describes their innovative mobile platform that will allow patients suffering from heart failure to be managed and linked with healthcare professionals, caregivers, their families, physical activity experts and nutritionists; … | Continue reading
New projectsThe SELFback project is developing new mHealth technology to self-manage low back pain. Project Coordinator Paul Jarle Mork: "We anticipate that those who use the SELFback system will have at least a 20% reduction in pain related disability".Date: 22/02/2017 - 01:00Ar … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-ECSEL-2017-2-RIA-two-stagePillar: Industrial LeadershipOpening Date: Deadline: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-ECSEL-2017-1-IA-two-stagePillar: Industrial LeadershipOpening Date: Deadline: Thu, 11 May 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) | Continue reading
NewsEssel Group Middle East has signed a deal to invest approximately $200M (€188M) in LeadCold – an EIT InnoEnergy supported start-up that has developed a unique, reliable and safe micro-nuclear reactor.A cost-effective and low-carbon substitute for diesel generation, LeadCold’s … | Continue reading
NewsEIT Health is now seeking applications from suitable companies and individuals for the 2017 round of Headstart and Proof-of-Concept Grants.As part of its Accelerator activities, EIT Health provides funding for emerging companies and SMEs to develop new products and services f … | Continue reading
New projectsOn 27 January 2016, key representatives of the Animal health community joined in Brussels to launch the International Research Consortium (IRC) on Animal Health. Less than one year later, thanks to Horizon 2020 funding, a new Scientific Secretariat for this IRC is up … | Continue reading
Science day at the World Organic Trade Fair - The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation | Continue reading
EventsInterested in portable molecular diagnostic tools on plant diseases? Register to the webinar organized by the Horizon 2020 project EMPHASIS. First come, first served.Date: 01/03/2017 - 01:00Venue: WebinarOrganiser: EMPHASIS and NIAB (UK)See also: EMPHASIS website … | Continue reading
EventsThis event will gather all High Performance Computing (HPC) related European initiatives and actors in a single week.Date: From 15/05/2017 - 02:00 to 19/05/2017 - 02:00Venue: Barcelona, SpainRapid Press Release: Do Not Publish as Rapid Press ReleaseRead full textContact | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-SC6-CO-CREATION-2016-2017Pillar: Societal ChallengesOpening Date: Deadline: Tue, 24 May 2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017Latest information: As from 1 January 2017 Switzerland is associated to the entire Horizon 2020. In pract … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-SC6-ENG-GLOBALLY-2016-2017Pillar: Societal ChallengesOpening Date: Deadline: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017Latest information: As from 1 January 2017 Switzerland is associated to the entire Horizon 2020. In prac … | Continue reading
NewsThe European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have started selecting promoters of one or more private-sector led, market-driven Pan-European Venture Capital Funds-of-Funds. 17 applications were submitted by the 31 January 2017 deadline.Date: 07/02/2017 - 13:1 … | Continue reading
EventsMalta is holding a Presidency event, in cooperation with the Commission, to inform the community about the status of the preparation of the Quantum Technology (QT) Flagship and to promote its objectives. The high level experts group will present its first recommendations to … | Continue reading
NewsThis new edition of the FET newsletter brings you the latest news on Future and Emerging Technologies, the Quantum flagship, eInfrastructures, open science, funding opportunities and interesting project results and future events.Date: 03/02/2017 - 14:31In the edition you can … | Continue reading
NewsOn the evening of 6 February 2017, Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation will award the "Horizon Prize – Better Use of Antibiotics" to one of the finalists for the €1m Horizon Prize.Date: 02/02/2017 - 17:18 … | Continue reading
Reports/StudiesTo truly integrate Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities in Horizon 2020 is essential in order to ensure that the programme delivers on its high ambitions.Date: 02/02/2017 - 11:43Regularly monitoring reports are published to track the development of SSH Integratio … | Continue reading
Identifier: COS-CLUSINT-2016-03-01Pillar: More favourable conditions for business creation and growthOpening Date: Deadline: Tue, 23 May 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017Latest information: The submission session is now available for: COSME-201 … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-MSCA-NCP-2017Pillar: Excellent ScienceOpening Date: Deadline: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017Latest information: The submission session is now available for: MSCA-NCP-2017(CSA) | Continue reading
NewsThe European Commission is awarding nearly €33.5 million to bring more innovative ideas to market quicker. The 17 benefitting projects, involving 80 partners in 19 countries, will receive around €2 million each under the sixth and last round of the €200 million Fast Track to … | Continue reading
AchievementsFor millennia astronomers have looked to the sky and gazed in wonder at the stars and planets. Ancient civilisations already realised that objects in the sky appeared to move in a regular manner, and many communities used the stars to determine when to plant and harve … | Continue reading
NewsFind out more about the research and innovation prizes funded by Horizon 2020.Date: 30/01/2017 - 10:51Horizon 2020 funds a range of prizes to encourage and recognise the very best research and innovation. The Horizon Prizes are 'challenge' prizes (also known as 'inducement' p … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-CleanAir-2015Pillar: Industrial LeadershipOpening Date: Deadline: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017Latest information: The submission session is now available for: CLEANAIR-01-2015(IPr) | Continue reading
EventsFollowing the success of the Graphene Pavilion in 2016 the Graphene Flagship will showcase the latest achievements and innovations from the graphene community covering a worldwide perspective in a Graphene Experience Zone at the Mobile World Congress.Date: From 27/02/2017 - … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-FETPROACT-2016-2017Pillar: Excellent ScienceOpening Date: Deadline: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017Latest information: In response to this topic, one proposal was submitted by the call deadline on 24 January 201 … | Continue reading
NewsFollowing the evaluation of proposals submitted to the very first Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Innovation Launchpad call, 16 successful proposals have now been invited to grant agreement preparation. The FET Innovation Launchpad aims at boosting economic growth stem … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-CIP-2016-2017Pillar: Societal ChallengesOpening Date: Deadline: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017Latest information: An overview of the evaluation results (flash call info) is now available under the tab ‘Call doc … | Continue reading
NewsThe European Commission has announced the 15 members of the new High Level Group that will advise the Commission on how to strengthen support for breakthrough, market-creating innovation in Horizon 2020 and future research and innovation programmes.Date: 20/01/2017 - 13:31Rap … | Continue reading
EventsThe European and African Unions adopted in April 2016 a roadmap on research and innovation for food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture (FNSSA). The European Commission is inviting around 20 African and European experts to discuss the state of play of this co … | Continue reading
NewsForbes has chosen 18 EIT Community members for their annual Forbes 30 under 30 list featuring the best young innovators, entrepreneurs and game-changers from Europe. The number of EIT Community members included on the Forbes 30 under 30 list has more than tripled since 2016.D … | Continue reading