Horizon 2020 Projects

Biomed Alliance has welcomed the EU’s decision to create a Strategic Scientific Panel for Health within Horizon 2020, describing it as a major step towards more targeted investment in health innovation in Europe.

A 3,200 year-old mystery as to why civilisation suddenly collapsed in historical Israel has been resolved by researchers.

An international team of researchers led by a European Research Council grantee have begun their research adventure in the Canary Islands.

A new species of fungus that eats amphibians’ skin has ravaged the fire salamander population in the Netherlands, bringing it close to regional extinction.

Physical dominance can give some wild animals the edge over their sexual rivals – but their weaker competitors have some breeding advantages too, a new study suggests.

A UK researcher who has won a European Research Council grant is set to investigate how coral can help reduce the effects of cancer.

The UK’s Institute of Food Research has welcomed the government’s agri-tech strategy. The investment aims to make the UK a world leader in the pivotal role science and technology plays in delivering nutritious food.

The Directors of Rural Development are set to attend a conference in Lithuania, as part of the country’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The Commission has launched a consultation on how to use phosphorus in a more sustainable way. It’s hoped the consultation will launch a debate on the use of phosphorus and increase resource-efficiency.

An international research project on olive oil authentication is expected to begin within the next twelve months following a conference in Madrid, Spain.

The European Commission has hosted an intergovernmental conference to set out a new, three-year budgetary framework for the HFSP, a global programme funding frontier research in the life sciences.

Ten life sciences institutes have launched a new alliance to help encourage collaboration in the industry and during Horizon 2020.

Horizon2020projects.com speaks to Cristina Micheloni, vice president of the Italian Association for Organic Agriculture (AIAB), about her thoughts on biotechnology in Horizon 2020.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn outlines the importance of tackling food security, increasing agricultural sustainability, and the role an EIP will play in developing a solution.

Research, Innovation and Science Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn announces the signing of The Galway Statement, a new trans-Atlantic agreement on marine research between the EU, Canada and the United States.

New technology to help improve the accuracy of a tractor’s ploughing could help increase productivity in agriculture. The technology was developed by the Navtronics, a Belgium ESA Business Incubation Centre.

The European Parliament’s Committee on Regional Development passes Seán Kelly’s opinion on the Blue Growth strategy, encouraging economic growth and jobs in the EU maritime sector.

The EU’s new Bioeconomy Observatory will monitor the conversion of waste-to-fuel as one of its first research tasks. The observatory was launched in February by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.

With extensive experience of working with the EU on the successful FP7 project, Aquafit4Use, project co-ordinator Willy van Tongeren outlines his thoughts, concerns and ambitions on Horizon 2020.

Maria Damanaki, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, outlines the role the Integrated Maritime Policy, Horizon 2020 and international co-operation will play in the future of the marine environment.