Horizon 2020 Projects

A top Israeli minister has said his country is willing to forego its participation of Horizon 2020.

The Israeli government has expressed its hope for ‘positive understandings’ on the EU’s new guidelines as bilateral negotiations on Horizon 2020 begin.

EU funding will help fund an investigation into a key piece of Irish history at a university in Canada.

Israel is expected to further distance itself from the EU’s new settlement guidelines as talks on the country’s participation in Horizon 2020 begin.

Israel looks set to reject new European Commission guidelines governing how resources are distributed in the country, thereby foregoing its participation in Horizon 2020.

There is increasing division in Israel over the country’s future participation in Horizon 2020 after the EU issued guidelines suggesting Israeli participation would be limited to pre-1967 borders.

The Israeli economy Minister, Naftali Bennett, has urged his government to end all co-operation with the EU following the publication of new ‘settlement guidelines’ by Brussels.

The Switzerland-Sweden Innovation Initiative have announced the second call for R&D project proposals in the two countries.

A senior Israeli source has cited doubt in the country’s participation in the next research and innovation framework programme, Horizon 2020.

The vice president of an Israeli University has announced its pleasure on the latest announcement of European Research Council funding.

Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has met with his Swiss counterpart to discuss bilateral relations as part of the country’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

A major university in India has joined the EU’s NAMASTE scheme. The project aims to boost bilateral co-operation in education and research between the EU and the world’s largest democracy.

The European Research Council will fund a PET scanner at the Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel, to investigate brain cancer. The project will receive €1.65m.

The Joint Research Council and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology have agreed to expand their scientific co-operation to ten new areas.

Switzerland has agreed to take part in Horizon 2020. The National Council made the decision, which has been supported by the country’s opposition party, the Free Democratic Party.

Norway has announced its formal participation in Horizon 2020. Oslo said it wants to be a ‘full member’ of the EU’s replacement for FP7.

A consortium of Irish universities led by University College Dublin is developing links with Brazil to promote Ireland’s scientific and technological co-operation during Horizon 2020.

The Global Research Council has adopted an action plan towards open access to publications and research integrity. The strategy was agreed after a three-day meeting in Berlin, Germany.

The Commission and CERN have agreed to support the construction of SESAME which will allow Middle East researchers to investigate the advanced materials, biological processes and cultural artefacts.

Europe has arguably some of the best research infrastructures in the world. However, extra investment through financial schemes, such as Horizon 2020, is required in order to stay competitive.