Horizon 2020 Projects

A UK-based fabless chip designer is to take part in the European Commission’s ENTRA project, it has been announced.

New research in computer graphics will advance artificial vision, 3D displays and video editing, says scientists at Harvard University, part-funded by the European Research Council.

The superfast pan-European research network that helped discover the Higgs Boson will be able to reach speeds of 2Tbps following a major network upgrade.

Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission for with responsibility for the Digital Agenda, has congratulated the work of DANTE in helping to tackle societal challenges.

A new EU-funded project hopes to give citizens and businesses earlier and more accurate data regarding their impact on the environment.

Welsh Finance Minister Jane Hutt has announced a £500,000 (~€580,666) EU funding boost for a project which is helping Welsh businesses develop emerging mobile technologies.

The European Commission has announced a €77m FP7 fund to assist high-tech SMEs in the manufacturing sector in the deployment of ICT.

European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes outlines how innovation can ensure Europe returns to economic growth at the ‘Open Innovation 2.0’ conference in Dublin, Ireland.

A director of Intel Labs says the telecoms sector needs a radical overhaul to ensure innovation takes place, calling for a need for “a Michael O’Leary or a Ryanair” in order to re-energise the industry.

The European Commission has set up the expert-led ‘CONNECT Advisory Forum for ICT Research and Innovation’ to provide advice and support on the technology during Horizon 2020.

With nearly one million vacancies in ICT within the next three years, Commissioners Neelie Kroes and László Andor outlines the EU’s new digital strategy and the potential of Horizon 2020.

The Seventh Framework Programme is making its final call for photonics research funding bids as the European Commission begins to wind down the current research and innovation FP7, due to end in December.

European Vice-President Neelie Kroes has given her backing to the EU’s forthcoming research framework programme, announcing that digital technology research will form a key part of in Horizon 2020.

European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes announces that Europe’s ICT sector will receive nearly 20% of total funding under Horizon 2020, the replacement for the Seventh Framework Programme.

Scientists working on the HOME Gigabit Access project, funded by the Seventh Framework Programme, have developed a new fast broadband network using a combination of power cables, radio signals and light.