The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) are part of the Horizon Europe (2021-2027), is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. They are the European Union’s flagship funding programme for doctoral education and postdoctoral training of researchers. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions provide grants at all stages of researchers’ careers, from PhD candidates to highly experienced researchers, and encourage research cooperation […]
Horizon 2020: Prize for ‘European Low-Cost Space Launch’
Specific Challenge The challenge is to develop a European technologically non-dependent solution for launching light satellites into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), which will enable dedicated low-cost launches with committed schedule and orbit. The solution needs to be innovative, implementable, affordable in development and exploitation phases, and commercially viable. Applicants are required to take a holistic approach […]
Commission launches open access publishing platform for scientific papers
The European Commission today launched Open Research Europe, a freely accessible platform for publishing scientific papers. The platform will present the results of research funded by Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation programme for 2021-2027, and its predecessor, Horizon 2020. Open Research Europe will provide free access to the latest scientific findings for researchers […]
Horizon 2020: innovative solution that will allow tracking all commercial freight trains , covering the whole European network
The main objective of the prize is to develop an innovative solution that will allow tracking all commercial freight trains, from all railway undertakings, covering the whole European network. The aim is to provide real time information about the train, accessible to all, including information on the location, departure, destination, compositition and punctuality. In particular, […]
Horizon 2020: EIC Horizon Prize for ‘Early Warning for Epidemics’
Vector-borne diseases cause more than one million deaths globally per year. Thus, Horizon 2020 programme launches this call in order to find innovative solutions based on the large amount of data obtained from the Earth observation domain. Thereby, these solutions shall help to improve the ‘preparedness’ and response related to vector-borne disease outbreaks. The challenge […]
Horizon 2020: European capacities for citizen deliberation and participation for the Green Deal
All areas of the European Green Deal, from climate action to zero pollution, require citizens’ active support at all stages of the transitions. This is particularly the case of complex issues with diverging views or interests at stake, such as the rural-urban gap, attitudes to the bio-economy, water management, the choice of energy sources, etc. […]
Horizon 2020: preventing and fighting extreme wildfires with the integration and demonstration of innovative means
The Green Deal explicitly calls to “reduce the incidence and extent of forest fires”. It also calls “to boost the EU’s ability to predict and manage environmental disasters” as an immediate priority. Large-scale and more intense wildfires are becoming an increasing concern. Fire is a natural component in many ecosystems across Europe but more and […]
Horizon 2020: restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services
Underpinned by knowledge in the latest IPCC and IPBES reports, large-scale ecosystem restoration is urgent – the window of opportunity is closing rapidly. It needs a systemic approach to deliver tangible benefits on the European Green Deal actions for climate (mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk reduction), biodiversity, zero pollution and sustainable food systems (from farm […]
Horizon 2020: European Research Infrastructures capacities and services to address European Green Deal challenges
The urgency and the scale of Green Deal challenges require the mobilisation and advancement of world-class scientific capacities and resources such as those offered by European Research Infrastructures. They will contribute to the transition towards a climate neutral Europe, targeting at least 50% emissions reduction by 2030. As a pilot under Horizon 2020, activities will […]