The Digital Opportunity traineeship initiative provides cross-border higher education traineeships for students and recent graduates. It is financed by Horizon 2020 and implemented through Erasmus+ and the aim is to give students of all disciplines the opportunity to get hands on digital experience in fields demanded by the market. Who can apply – Students from universities in the Erasmus+ programme countries and […]
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Programme – Several countries
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Activities (MSCA) are part of Horizon Europe (2021-2027), the EU’s main funding programme for research and innovation. They are the European Union’s flagship funding programme for doctoral education and post-doctoral training of researchers. Marie Skłodowska-Curie activities provide grants at all stages of researchers’ careers, from doctoral candidates to highly experienced researchers, and […]
Grants – Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions – Several countries
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Activities (MSCA) are part of Horizon Europe (2021-2027), the EU’s main funding programme for research and innovation. They are the European Union’s flagship funding programme for doctoral education and post-doctoral training of researchers. Marie Skłodowska-Curie activities provide grants at all stages of researchers’ careers, from doctoral candidates to highly experienced researchers, and […]
Horizon 2020 evaluation shows that investment in EU research and innovation greatly pays off
Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation programme running from 2014 to 2020 with a budget of nearly €80 billion, made a major contribution to building an EU society and economy rooted in knowledge and innovation and benefitted Europeans far beyond what could have been achieved at national or regional level. Enabling rapid response to […]
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. […]