Date: 21/06/2016The scheme, which focuses on fundamental research, will be implemented by Poland’s National Science Centre. Named Polonez, this Marie Skłodowska-Curie action is aimed at experienced researchers in other countries, inviting them to apply for fellowships hosted by i … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-CS2-CFP04-2016-02Pillar: Societal ChallengesPlanned Opening Date: Deadline: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) | Continue reading
Date: From 11/07/2016 to 15/07/2016Venue: AthensMore informationThe Hellenic Forum is being organized for the 4th year running by the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” and is under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The event envisages op … | Continue reading
Date: 16/06/2016© J. Weber“Much of the architecture of the 19th century was built using Roman cement. But by the turn of the century, shortly before the beginning of World War I, it fell out of fashion and Portland cement — the modern cement we are using today — began to take ove … | Continue reading
Date: 16/06/2016© Reading Borough Council“Passengers often say that switching modes is the hardest part of any journey, and the sector would like to make improvements,” says Caroline Hoogendoorn of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), the coordinator of the N … | Continue reading
Date: 16/06/2016The ways in which communities use and manage land impacts the environment, its ability to sustain biodiversity and provide for society’s needs. These needs include food, drinking water, energy, and building materialsRead more … | Continue reading
Date: From 27/06/2016 to 29/06/2016Venue: Charlemagne building, Rue de la loi 170, BrusselsThe InfoWeek on 2017 calls for Societal Challenge 2, "Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, maritime and martime inland water research and bio-economy", will include the foll … | Continue reading
Identifier: RFCS-2016Pillar: Research Fund for Coal & SteelPlanned Opening Date: Deadline: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) | Continue reading
Date: From 26/09/2016 to 27/09/2016Venue: Incheba conference centre, Bratislava, SlovakiaThe event will focus on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016-17 in the field of Information & Communication Technologies. It will offer a unique and exceptional opportunity to build quality p … | Continue reading
Date: 13/06/2016Transcan was set up in 2011 by public funding organisations supporting translational cancer research — research that aims to develop promising scientific leads into new ways of predicting, detecting and treating cancer. It spans 15 EU countries as well as Israel, … | Continue reading
Date: 13/06/2016“The main objectives of the PVCROPS project were to improve the performance, reliability and lifetime of photovoltaic (PV) systems, reduce PV energy costs and enhance PV integration into the electrical grid,” explains project coordinator Luis Narvarte from the Uni … | Continue reading
Date: 24/06/2016Venue: AmsterdamMore informationA lunch workshop on the SME Instrument will be held at the Industrial Technologies Conference in Amsterdam on 24 June 2016.Four SMEs will be pitching their projects from 12.20-12.45, and you will receive more information about the H … | Continue reading
Date: 13/06/2016The tools developed by the LAMPRE project use high- and very high-resolution optical images collected by satellites and have been proven accurate in practical studies around the world. LAMPRE has also tested new methods to simulate the impact of tens of thousands … | Continue reading
Date: From 16/06/2016 to 17/06/2016Venue: NiceMore informationInnovative City, the largest international gathering dedicated to Smart Cities is returning to the Côte d’Azur for its 5th edition on June 16 and 17, 2016.The minds behind the connected cities of tomorrow will be there … | Continue reading
Date: 13/06/2016The project’s focus was on improvised explosive devices (IEDs), a term used for a bomb constructed and deployed outside conventional military action, such as roadside and car bombs. After an IED blast, forensic experts must search an immense area and collect vast … | Continue reading
Date: 13/06/2016As the most widely used construction material in the world, concrete has a significant impact on the environment. Producing it consumes large amounts of raw materials and is responsible for around 10 % of all human-sourced emissions of greenhouse gases, according … | Continue reading
Date: From 27/06/2016 to 30/06/2016Venue: BerlinMore informationThe ‘Marine Microbiome – Discovery & Innovation’ is a unique event which brings the worlds of industry and science in the field of marine biotechnology face-to-face in a format designed to facilitate the sharing of e … | Continue reading
Date: 29/06/2016Venue: BrusselsMore informationDigital transformation presents a new set of challenges that require novel approaches to integrate new technologies including internet of things, cloud computing, cybersecurity and big data.Engage and learn how senior level executive … | Continue reading
Date: 17/06/2016Venue: StockholmMore informationERA-Can+ promotes cooperation between the European Research Area and Canada in science, technology and innovation (STI) with a broad range of activities and on several levels: policy dialogue, programme cooperation and researcher mo … | Continue reading
Commission invests €36 million for quicker market access of 16 innovative projects - The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-FTIPilot-2016Pillar: Societal ChallengesOpening Date: Deadline: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016Latest information: List of beneficiaries - March 2016 cut offAPlease note that an overview of the evaluation results … | Continue reading
Date: 03/06/2016Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, and Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, Mexican Secretary of Energy, announced the result in the margins of the Clean Energy Ministerial Meeting on 2 June in San Francisco.Commissioner Moedas said: "Me … | Continue reading
Date: 03/06/2016Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, said: "I have set three goals for the EU research and innovation policy - Open Innovation, Open Science, and Open to the World - and Mission Innovation combines all three. Open innovation by bringin … | Continue reading
Date: 03/06/2016Perhaps nowhere has felt the impact of intimate proximity and visceral violence more than the ethnically mixed towns of Palestine and Israel. To better understand this historical conflict, with the objective of providing new insights into conflict-resolution, the … | Continue reading
Date: 03/06/2016Chemicals are present in virtually all modern day-to-day products. Plastics, soaps and detergents, synthetic textiles in clothes, and even electronic equipment would not exist without them. Unfortunately, most chemicals are produced from oil and natural gas. Curre … | Continue reading
Date: 03/06/2016The EU-funded RCMS project is currently evaluating the implementation of a new robotic container management system (RCMS) at a number of European ports with limited room to expand, and where land is very expensive. The overall objective is to achieve cost savings … | Continue reading
Date: From 29/06/2016 to 30/06/2016Venue: Valencia, SpainMore informationVision2020: The Horizon Network will hold its second Climate Helix Event at University of Valencia Botanic Garden, on 29th and 30th June, kindly hosted by Institute for Ceramic Technology (ITC-Instituto de T … | Continue reading
Date: From 30/06/2016 to 01/07/2016Venue: Glasgow, ScotlandMore informationEach year the UK Research Office (UKRO) organises a two-day Annual Conference aimed primarily at European Liaison Officers, European research managers, Research Councils and policy makers.The 2016 edition … | Continue reading
Date: 14/06/2016Venue: BrusselsMore informationV4 for researchers' mobility: supporting young researchers on the way to excellence is a jointly organised event by CZELO (Czech Liaison Office for Research, Development and Innovation), Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU, … | Continue reading
Date: 07/06/2016Venue: BrusselsMore informationBe part of this conference and learn how to make the most of your bioeconomy R&I results. The conference will give you insights on how to improve the exploitation aspects of a research project proposal to fully exploit all of the opp … | Continue reading
Date: 31/05/2016Type 2 diabetes can result in a number of associated diseases. Among the most dangerous is diabetic kidney disease, which leads to the deaths of about 126 000 Europeans a year. The disease is the leading causes of kidney failure.Read more … | Continue reading
Date: 31/05/2016The cost of burning aircraft fuel is ultimately passed on to passengers, who may choose whether or not to take a plane. But what about the environmental costs of the CO2 and nitrogen dioxide (NOx) emissions generated through combustion at the high temperatures rea … | Continue reading
Date: 02/06/2016Venue: BrusselsMore informationThe Czech Liaison Office for Research, Development and Innovation is holding a conference on "FUTURE of the FOREST" on 2 June 2016 in Brussels. Forest and forestry sector face many challenges. Climate variability, both naturally caus … | Continue reading
Date: 10/06/2016Venue: Graz, AustriaMore informationThe Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) together with all Universities in Graz and supported by the Canadian Embassy to Austria, are delighted to present an ERA-Can+ Information Session in Graz, Austria.The information session fe … | Continue reading
Date: 09/06/2016Venue: BrusselsMore informationThis seminar will address the recent policy developments and programmes to facilitate Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) cooperation between Europe and Japan. A report will be presented on joint and Japanese research programmes … | Continue reading
Date: 01/06/2016Venue: BrusselsMore informationThe Czech Liaison Office for Research, Development and Innovation in association with Harper Adams University (UK) is holding a Consortium Building Event & Thematic H2020 Workshop for selected preliminary themes of the Societal Chall … | Continue reading
Date: 01/06/2016Venue: BrusselsMore informationThe Informal Group of RTD Liaison Offices (IGLO) is holding its annual SPRING RECEPTION 2016 on 1 June 2016 in the Palais des Académies in Brussels. This year´s edition is entitled 'Can Europe deliver on innovation? Practitioner and … | Continue reading
Date: 02/06/2016Venue: Berlin, GermanyMore informationSUNJET II, brings together diverse stakeholders from Europe and Japan and aims to create roadmaps in the fields of Airframe, Engine, Systems and Equipment with the support of the Industry, R&T Institutions, Academia and Cluste … | Continue reading
Date: 27/05/2016The research, led by prosthetics company Otto Bock and conducted in the AMYO project, may constitute a watershed moment for the prosthetics industry and prostheses users as advanced artificial limbs and control systems make the leap from the lab to real-life appli … | Continue reading
Date: 26/05/2016Was a video taken with that specific camera? Police investigating a sexual abuse crime would want to know. Has someone tampered with an image to mislead people? A journalist may want to be sure a photo has not been manipulated before using it for an article.Read m … | Continue reading
Date: 25/05/2016Presbyopia affects close to 1 billion people in the world. Being faced with a blur instead of print is very inconvenient, but decreasing quality of vision can be the cause of something more serious. Workers may be at risk wearing protective glasses if they can no … | Continue reading
Date: 01/06/2016Venue: BrusselsMore informationAccess to finance can be difficult for companies in environmental sectors due to limited information or understanding of new business models or the issues driving them. In addition, there are also challenges in getting from innovatio … | Continue reading
Date: 26/07/2016Venue: Genova (IT)This one-day workshop is a unique opportunity to learn and discuss about the R&D performed in the FET project RENVISION.Register for the workshop before 20 June 2016. The participation is free of charge and abstracts for the poster session can be … | Continue reading
Date: 24/05/2016SocialCar plans to design, develop, test and roll out an alternative to current carpooling networks, which the project says often provide little or no information on all choices available to travellers.SocialCar´s proposed alternative allows users to access its ne … | Continue reading
Date: 24/05/2016The wood-plastic composite produced by the LIMOWOOD project can replace wood of similar density, but has better mechanical properties and resistance to moisture and mould. It also performs better than cheap and light wood-based fibreboard panels. The product can b … | Continue reading
Identifier: ERC-2016-ADGPillar: Excellent SciencePlanned Opening Date: Deadline: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) | Continue reading
Date: 20/05/2016 The conference was organised by DG RTD and held in Brussels on the 4-5 February 2016. The report summarises the main discussions and conclusions of the conference, identifies immediate and long-term research need … | Continue reading
Date: 20/05/2016In modern aircraft, an autopilot system calculates bearings and fuel needed to get from one city to another, while other systems detect malfunctioning components and guide the pilot’s response. While these automation systems have substantial and proven safety bene … | Continue reading