Horizon 2020 Projects

The European Commission has launched the new Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.

EU SMEs are becoming more resource efficient and are contributing to the transition to a low carbon economy, according to the 2013 Eurobarometer survey.

Over €15m available to help transform the EU’s entrepreneurial culture, give students the confidence, knowhow and support to set up their own businesses and to help promising web start-ups launch.

Intel Labs Europe has said it welcomes the opportunity that Horizon 2020 presents.

Researchers have discovered that polymers can behave like insulators, semiconductors, and metals – as well as semimetals.

The ITEA 2013 awards of excellence have been announced at the annual ITEA and ARTEMIS Co-Summit.

EU offers €400,000 in prizes to the best new apps that help build smarter cities and smarter businesses.

The joint ARTEMIS-ITEA Vision 2030 paper has been unveiled, the first time that the European Commission and Eureka have presented such a joint vision.

The Commission’s vision for robotics is to secure EU academic excellence and groundbreaking research results.

The first day of the ARTEMIS-ITEA Co-Summit is being held in Stockholm, Sweden.

ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking and EUREKA’s ITEA (Information Technology for European Advancement) are opened their annual Co-Summit in Stockholm, Sweden.

This year will likely be a turning point for EU SMEs, with total employment in small and medium sized businesses expected to increase by 0.3% and value-added by 1% as compared to last year.

The Full Project Proposals submission of EUREKA Cluster’s ITEA 2 call 8 has closed. The results show a strong interest in with 21 FPPs submitted.

The European Commission has welcomed the European Parliament’s adoption of COSME.

A Latvian initiative which helps micro-enterprises has been announced as the main winner of the seventh European Enterprise Promotion Awards.

European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani has announced the launch of Sentinel-1A, the first satellite of the EU Copernicus Programme.

Eurostars is set to be fully integrated into Horizon 2020, the replacement for FP7.

Access to finance remains a top concern of SMEs in the EU, whilst younger and smaller firms suffer the most according to the ‘Access to Finance’ survey released by the European Commission and European Central Bank.

South Korea is expected to be the first non-European member of Eurostars when the programme’s second phase is launched under Horizon 2020.

The winners of Europe’s first-ever Digital Woman Awards have been announced.