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Scale up your deep tech business Apply to the 9th edition of the EIT Digital Challenge, the leading pan-European competition for digital deep tech scaleups and become the next European success...
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The first HSbooster.eu Open Call will provide the opportunity for ongoing or complete H2020 and Horizon Europe projects to apply for practical guidance to assess the standardisation readiness of project...
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EU Soil Mission: €95 million - Call opens
The European Commission is looking for strategies for land decontamination and reuse, and innovative ideas on how to implement carbon-farming practices. The deadline to apply is 27 September 2022. Read...
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Call on EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters
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Cancer research – calls for proposals
The 5 calls for proposals under Horizon Europe health to support the Cancer Mission are still open for applications, until 7 September. The topics focus on improving and strengthening cancer research ...
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Call for Applications to EU Award for Gender Equality Champions
A new prize recognising academic and research organisations driving the change towards gender equality in research and innovation. First edition in 2022 This new award is the European Commission...
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Horizon Europe Proposal preparation call (for Kosovo)
The main objective of this grant scheme is to stimulate cooperation and joint project proposals in the frame of Horizon Europe programme between R&I actors from the European Union (EU) and Kosovo. ...
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Call for innovation intermediaries related to space technologies in Eastern and South Eastern Europe
InnORBIT is empowering startup support organisations with practical and easily replicable solutions to set up and run local space initiatives to support space tech entrepreneurs. The project pilots a ...
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Call for feedback / participation in interim evaluation of Horizon Europe /
Everyone is invited to have a say on the Horizon evaluations. See the links below to provide your feedback and highlight the features that e.g. prevent you from applying or being successful. &...
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Supernovas: EIT Food, EIT Manufacturing and EIT Urban Mobility join forces on SUPERNOVAS to bring more women into the entrepreneurship ecosystem. As part of Supernovas, the Rocket-up programme has opened...
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The SeeRRI poster sessions provide an opportunity to share projects and practices implemented at the territorial level dealing with Responsible Research and Innovation. Posters that share expertise and...
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Objective: The RISE scheme promotes international and cross-sector collaboration through exchanging research and innovation staff, and sharing knowledge and ideas from research to market (and vice-...
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Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Objective: The COFUND scheme aims to stimulate regional, national or international programmes to foster excellence in researchers' training, mobility and career development, spreading the best practices...
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Do you want to: Be a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (Early Stage Researcher) with accompanying salary and benefits Study in 2 European countries (Ireland / Italy / Austria / France) Get a Ph...
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To honour the outstanding achievements and excellence of the MSCA fellows, the MSCA 2020.HR AWARDS will be awarded. According to the objectives of the Conference, the competition is divided into three...
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Webinar on Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes. MSCA COFUND
The COFUND scheme aims to stimulate regional, national or international programmes to foster excellence in researchers' training, mobility and career development, COFUND takes the form of: Doctoral...
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JRC - Second call for expressions of interest for the Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP)
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published the second call for expressions of interest for the Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP).
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H2020 IMI2 - Call 21: Development of therapeutics and diagnostics combatting coronavirus infections
The European Commission funds through Horizon 2020 up to €45 million of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) fast track call for research proposals in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. A...
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EU Prize for Women Innovators 2020 opens for applications
The European Commission launched today the seventh edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators. The Prize celebrates female leaders in innovation and aims to inspire the next generation to follow their...
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TETRAMAX 2nd call on Entrepreneurial Technology Transfer Experiments (TTX)
The overall goal of an Entrepreneurial Technology Transfer Experiment (TTX) is to mobilize, challenge and train small teams of potential entrepreneurs in the Customized Low-Energy Computing (CLEC) space...
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Mid-term (10-12 months) application experiments will be implemented between three or more partners (in case a multidisciplinary collaboration is needed) from at least two different EU member states and...
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TETRAMAX 3rd open call for Bilateral Technology Transfer Experiments (TTX)
One academic partner (publicly funded, university, research institution) or an SME partner (only in well justified cases) based in an EU member state or in a country associated to HORIZON 2020 transfers...
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DT-ICT-12-2020: AI for the smart hospital of the future
Specific Challenge: European health and care systems face a number of challenges linked to the ageing of the population and an increase in the prevalence of chronic conditions. With budget constraints...
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ICT-49-2020: Artificial Intelligence on demand platform
Specific Challenge: The challenge is to fully exploit the potential of AI in the economy and society. Building notably on Europe's Scientific and Technology strengths in the field, the supported activities...
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ICT-47-2020: Research and Innovation boosting promising robotics applications
Specific Challenge: Robotics enables a significant part of the economic impact of AI by delivering physical intelligence. Logistics, Healthcare, Agri-Food, Inspection and Maintenance, Mobility, Construction...
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ICT-46-2020: Robotics in Application Areas and Coordination & Support
Specific Challenge: While robots originated in large-scale mass manufacturing, they are now spreading to more and more application areas. In these new settings, robots are often faced with new technical...
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The European Research Council has opened a call for grant applications for a group of two to maximum four Principal Investigators (PIs) – one of which will be designated as the corresponding PI (cPI) – ...
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The European Research Council has opened a call for grant applications for researchers of any nationality who intend to conduct their research activity in any EU Member State or Associated Country...
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks
Objective: The Innovative Training Networks (ITN) aim to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers, able to face current and future challenges and to...
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Enhancing the EOSC portal and connecting thematic clouds
The aim of this topic is to facilitate wide, user-friendly and cross-disciplinary access to the data and services of the EOSC through the development of the necessary interfaces. The EOSC aims to offer...
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INFRAINNOV-01-2019: Stimulate the innovation potential of SMEs
This call addresses the following challenge: "Providing an effective mechanism for inclusion of innovative, agile SMEs in a landscape characterised by strong presence of public pan-European e-infrastructures...
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ATTRACT – Phase 1: Call for proposals
ATTRACT is a pioneering initiative bringing together Europe's fundamental research and industrial communities to lead the next generation of detection and imaging technologies.ATTRACT is calling for organisations...
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Apply to C-VoUCHER and obtain services up to a value of €60k to implement circular economy solutions in your business. Open for EU Member States and countries associated to H2020.
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Are you a talented early-career scientist who has already produced excellent supervised work, is ready to work independently and shows potential to be a research leader? The ERC Starting Grant could be...
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Call for Innovative Training Networks – ITN under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action
The aim of the call is to train a new generation of creative and innovative young researchers with entrepreneurial potentials who are able to cope with existing and future challenges and transform their...
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H2020 - Implementation research for maternal and child health
Each year, an estimated 213 million women become pregnant and 140 million newborn babies are delivered. However, many of the women and infants receive no appropriate care or care that is below evidence...
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EIC Horizon Prize for 'Early Warning for Epidemics'
The challenge is to develop a scalable, reliable and cost-effective early warning system prototype to forecast and monitor vector-borne diseases in order to contribute to the prevention of outbreaks mitigating...
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Inducement prize: Tactile Displays for the Visually Impaired
People with visual impairment have serious difficulties in accessing digital information. This is a growing challenge as digital content becomes increasingly reliant on graphics which are particularly...
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H2020 - Research, innovation and educational capacities for energy transition
The energy sector is evolving rapidly creating new job opportunities while requiring new skills and expertise to be developed. The challenges are significant. Over the coming years, the growing low-carbon...
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The organisation of ESOF2020 Trieste has started working on the project through the creation of the so-called format "The Trieste Encounters on Science and Innovation - TESI". A Call for proposals...
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Public consultation on the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework
To enhance the openness and transparency of the EU decision-making process, the European Commission regularly consults citizens and other groups with an interest in EU policies through public consultations...
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Commission launches EIC Horizon Prize for Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid
The European Commission has launched the first of six European Innovation Council (EIC) Horizon Prizes, on Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid. EIC Horizon Prizes are part of the European Innovation...
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INFRAEOSC-01-2018 Access to commercial services through the EOSC hub
Specific Challenge: To achieve excellence in their research activities, researchers need to use a broad range of state-of-the-art services that sometimes are not made available by their public e-infrastructure...
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MG-4-2-2018 Building Open Science platforms in transport research
Specific Challenge: The rapid development of digital technologies and new collaborative tools are the basis of an on-going transformation and opening up of science and research, referred to as Open...
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Commission launches €2 million Horizon Prize in Social Innovation
The European Commission launched on 27 November 2017 a Horizon Prize in Social Innovation to improve the mobility of older people. Submissions will be accepted until 28 February 2019 from any legal entities...
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MSCA-ITN-2018 Innovative Training Networks
Objective: The Innovative Training Networks (ITN) aim to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers, able to face current and future challenges and to...
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MSCA-NIGHT-2018 European Researchers' Night
Objective: The European Researchers' Night aims to bring researchers closer to the general public and to increase awareness of research and innovation activities, with a view to supporting the public...
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SwafS-09-2018-2019 Supporting research organisations to implement gender equality plans
Specific Challenge: Gender equality is a key priority set with the Member States and Associated countries in the European Research Area. Research funding and performing organisations and universities...
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SwafS-08-2019 Research innovation needs & skills training in PhD programmes
Specific Challenge: Within the New Skills Agenda (adopted in June 2016)[1] and in the Modernisation Agenda (adopted in May 2017)[2] specifications on innovative employment-oriented curricula recommendations...
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MIGRATION-08-2018: Addressing the challenge of forced displacement
Specific Challenge: Tens of millions of people live in forced displacement, many of them in protracted refugee and displacement situations for long periods of time and even generations. This is often...
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Specific Challenge: Global migration governance regimes are emerging. There is a pressing need to identify priority areas and strategies to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration...
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Specific Challenge: The integration of migrants, including refugees, in many Member States of the European Union and Associated Countries remains a challenge for both public authorities and local communities...
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Specific Challenge: With adequate institutional support outstanding researchers can have a decisive and positive impact on the culture and performance of research institutions. Yet issues such as the...
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Specific Challenge: The specific challenge is to enhance networking activities between the research institutions of the Widening countries and internationally-leading counterparts at EU level. Driven...
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[Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenges] EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF INNOVATION PRIZE
The European Capital of Innovation award aims to provide European recognition to those cities that make the most to promote innovation within their communities and thereby improve the quality of their...
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[Forthcoming Call] MSCA National Contact Points (MSCA-NCP-2017)
The call wants to facilitate trans-national co-operation between National Contact Points (NCPs) for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA), with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and...
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Building a future science and education system fit to deliver to practice
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, together with the bio-based industries, are integral parts of the European economy and society. Relying on the use of limited natural resources, these...
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Data and Distributed Computing e-infrastructures for Open Science
This topic covers two complementary areas of e-infrastructures very closely related with the objective to make research data discoverable, accessible, assessable, intelligible, useable, and wherever possible...
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Platform-driven e-infrastructure innovation
Prepare the capacity required to future generations of e-infrastructure is the key challenge. e-Infrastructure platforms and services need to evolve through innovation actions to respond to the long-term...
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Tools for smart digital content in the creative industries
High quality content is the main source of revenue for the Creative Industries and also instrumental for their competitiveness in a large, international market. The challenge is to maximise the potential...
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The European Research Council has published the 2017 Consolidator Grant call. It is expected that this call with a budget of €575 million, worth up to €2 million per grant, will fund approximately 320...
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[Forthcoming Call] Webs of Innovation Value Chains and Openings for RRI (SwafS-12-2017)
The challenge is to model and better understand the dynamics of the complex webs of innovation value chains and the openings they offer for RRI. The key idea is that of crisscrossing 'innovation value...
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H2020 Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (MSCA-RISE-2017)
The RISE scheme will promote international and inter-sector collaboration through research and innovation staff exchanges, and sharing of knowledge and ideas from research to market (and vice-versa). ...
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ICT-41-2017: Next Generation Internet
Today the Internet is key to almost any socio-economic activity, a true value creator which reshapes economic and societal behaviours. This trend is irreversible and in 10 years from now the Internet ...
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ICT-32-2017: Startup Europe for Growth and Innovation Radar
In Europe too many promising high tech start-ups or innovative SMEs do not manage to grow and scale up at pan-European or international level. The tendency is that they either remain within a restricted...
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Innovation procurement networks
ECB and FP7 impact studies point out that the biggest challenge faced by innovative companies in Europe is not to find funding for R&I but to find a first customer. The challenge is to facilitate ...
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ICT-11-2017 - Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation
Today Europe fails to capitalise fully on participatory innovation; more models and blueprints are needed to lead to new ways to produce collective intelligence in key sustainability areas, leveraging...
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Boosting inclusiveness of ICT-enabled research and innovation
The deployment of information and communication technologies induces changes that impact individuals, societies and the environment in profound and pervasive ways. Harnessing the expertise of social sciences...
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Innovative ICT solutions for future logistics operations
In a logistics sector with highly increased collaboration, intermodal and dynamic re-routing of freight, there is a need to exploit ICT advances such as Internet-of-Things, big data, new satellite navigation...
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Reinforcing European presence in international ICT standardisation
Standards and interoperability for digital technologies play a crucial role as a foundation of an effective Digital Single Market. They ensure that technologies work smoothly and reliably together, provide...
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ICT Innovation for Manufacturing SMEs (I4MS)
For Europe's competitiveness in manufacturing, it is crucial that advances in ICT are taken up in engineering and manufacturing "at large" as soon as they have the appropriate maturity level. The topic...
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Behavioural change toward energy efficiency through ICT
The objective is to demonstrate that ICT-based solutions can contribute to saving energy by motivating and supporting behavioural change of energy end-users. The main challenges are (i) establishing cost...
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ERC Starting Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are starting their own independent research team or programme. Applicant Principal Investigators...
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[SwafS-20-2016] ERA Mobility and Career Day
Specific Challenge: The European Research Area (ERA) priorities underline the importance of an open labour market for researchers. This includes the removal of barriers to researchers mobility, training...
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[SwafS-19-2016] Networking of National representatives and resources centres on Gender in R&I
Specific Challenge: In the 2012 ERA Communication, Member States are invited to create a legal and policy environment and provide incentives to remove legal and other barriers to the recruitment, retention...
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Specific Challenge: Some technologies raise complex ethical issues that can have considerable socio-economic impact and generate lively debates on research ethics and Human Rights. The areas of genomics...
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[SwafS-15-2016] Open Schooling and collaboration on science education
Specific Challenge: At the moment, Europe faces a shortfall in science-knowledgeable people at all levels of society. This is a good time to expand opportunities for science learning, in formal, non...
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[SwafS-04-2016] Opening Research Organisations in the European Research Area
Specific Challenge: This topic focuses on the institutional changes needed to cope with the new interactions between Research Funding and Performing Organisations (RFPOs) and RRI stakeholders. Existing...
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[SwafS-03-2016-2017] Support to research organisations to implement gender equality plans
Specific Challenge: Gender equality is a key priority of the European Research Area. The Communication "A Reinforced European Research Area: Partnership for Excellence and Growth" invites research ...
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[SwafS-02-2016] ERA-NET Cofund – Promoting Gender equality in H2020 and the ERA
Specific Challenge: European research still suffers from persistent barriers and constraints to gender equality in the recruitment, advancement and mobility of scientists in the European scientific...
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The COFUND scheme aims to stimulate regional, national or international programmes to foster excellence in researchers' training, mobility and career development, spreading the best practices of Marie...
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MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS
Objective: The goal of Individual Fellowships is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers, wishing to diversify their individual competence in terms of skill acquisition...
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Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange
The Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) scheme promotes international and inter-sector collaboration through research and innovation staff exchanges, and sharing of knowledge and ideas ...
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Specific Challenge: In Europe too many promising high tech start-ups or innovative SMEs do not manage to grow and scale up at pan-European or international level. The tendency is that they either remain...
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[MSCA-ITN-2016 Call] Innovative Training Networks
The Innovative Training Networks (ITN) aim to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge...
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[MSCA-NIGHT-2016] European Researchers' Night
The European Researchers' Night aims to bring researchers closer to the general public and to increase awareness of research and innovation activities, with a view to supporting the public recognition...
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Celebrating European Science (H2020 call)
Specific Challenge: Europe's vibrant research and innovation ecosystem produces a third of the world's high impact publications and patent applications. It is crucial to sustain this excellent track...
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR ERC STARTING GRANT
ERC Starting Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are starting their own independent research team or programme. This action is open to researchers...
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EU Prize for Women Innovators:WIP-01-2015
The EU Prize for Women Innovators recognizes and celebrates women who have benefitted from EU funding related to Research and Innovation and who have combined their scientific excellence with an aptitude...
