Horizon 2020 Projects

Leaders of several major Research and Technology Organisations in Europe have renewed their call for a full reimbursement of costs to enable RTOs to fully gain the benefits of Horizon 2020.

With high unemployment, enduring austerity and a long-term recession, Horizon 2020 will be a vital resource for Spain that could help rapidly improve the country’s innovation and economic growth prospects.

EU science ministers have gathered in the Irish capital Dublin for an informal meeting of the EU’s Competitiveness Council in an attempt for a political arrangement on Horizon 2020.

UK legislators have called for increased funding for the EU’s next research and innovation framework programme, describing the EU’s position as a leading R&I hub as ‘increasingly threatened’.

FP7 Executive Diana Spiteri of the Malta Council for Science & Technology outlines how the Mediterranean island will increase its participation in Horizon 2020 and the importance of EU funding to its R&D efforts.

Belgium ICT research institute iMinds is to become an associate partner of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s ICT Labs Knowledge and Innovation Community.

Northern Ireland’s Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Arlene Foster, outlines Belfast’s Horizon 2020 action plan and how proposed measures will help the area benefit from extra funding.

The Leuphana University Lüneburg in Europe is leading a coalition of research institutes to forge closer collaborative ties with the European Institute for Innovation and Technology.

A new research incubator to assist the development of solutions to climate change has launched in Germany. It’s hoped the ‘Green Garage’ will also increase the speed of developing new innovative products.

Christopher Hull, secretary general of the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations, explains how changes to cost reimbursement could have a negative impact on universities and RTOs.

The Commission has launched a new nuclear safety training facility, EUSECTRA, to help combat the illegal trade in radioactive material. The centre is located at the JRC site in Germany.

The Joint Research Centre is once again allowing members of the public to explore its Ispra site in Italy. The open day will be formally opened by European Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.

Upstart ICT companies CoRehab, Quuppa, and Volumental are selected to compete for this year’s Entrepreneurship Award from the European Institute for Innovation and Technology.

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s KIC InnoEnergy Sweden has assisted in the development of Sustainable Energy Business Angels, a company set up to help start-ups firms in the sector.

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology has launched its 2013 calls on Learning Modules in the sustainable energy Knowledge and Innovation Community, KIC InnoEnergy.

Leading researchers at the UK’s University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine are calling on the European Commission to introduce further reforms to Horizon 2020.

Bertrand Herry, manager of National Contact Point Wallonie, tells Horizon2020projects.com about the main responsibilities of the regional NCP in Belgium and his expectations for the upcoming framework programme.

The European Commission’s DG Enterprise and Industry has launched the Workplace and Innovation Network to help further develop the European Union as a leading innovation hub.

The rapporteur for the specific programme implementing Horizon 2020, Maria da Graça Carvalho MEP, offers her thoughts on the forthcoming Horizon 2020 legislation and the framework programme’s budget.

Maria da Graça Carvalho MEP, a key rapporteur of the Horizon 2020 legislation, has described the future framework programme as a “fundamental instrument in structuring research and innovation in Europe”.

For ESF President Pär Omling, there are major changes taking place now and on the horizon affecting the management and budgeting of science projects, leading to wider international collaboration.

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology is beginning a search for commercial solutions to the effects of climate change.

Women account for only 33% of all researchers in Europe according to the latest edition of the ‘She Figures’ report by the European Commission.

Rome has outlined its strategy in a bid to reverse disappointing recent showings on EU innovation scoreboards, according to Guido Schwarz, spokesman for the Ministry of Education, University and Research.

International collaboration between scientists in strategic research fields is vital for the successful development of new products and technologies according to the COST Office director Dr Monica Dietl.

A new EU report on innovation unveiled by Antonio Tajani, the European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, has revealed that levels of innovation may be improving across the Union.

Bulgaria has once again ranked at the bottom of a table comparing the innovation performance of the European Union’s 27 member states; for the second consecutive year and third time overall.

The development of Horizon 2020 and a unified patent indicates a busy time ahead for the European Patent Office. Oswald Schröder, principal director of communications, gives his thoughts on the changes ahead.

The Scottish Government in collaboration with other local organisations is developing an action plan in order to reach its full potential under Horizon 2020. Events will also be held to encourage participation.

Francesco Profumo, minister of education, universities and research, has launched a seven-year plan to help Italy gain the most from Horizon 2020, the EU’s next research framework programme.

Following his country’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2012, the Minister for Research, Innovation and Higher Education, Morton Østergaard, outlines his expectations for Denmark in Horizon 2020.

Professor Paul Boyle, president of Science Europe, sees his organisation as the “constructive critic” of the European Commission. He talks to Horizon2020projects on his expectations for Horizon 2020.

Professor Manfred Horvat, an independent expert on European and International research and technology co-operation at the Vienna University of Technology, gives his thoughts on the next framework programme.

Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts outlines how the UK will benefit from Horizon 2020.

MEPs have vorted in Strasbourg on the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework, urging greater flexibility regarding the transfer of EU funds and member states to settle outstanding obligations.

The Irish Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, has flown into Brussels for the concluding session of the ‘EU Science: Global Challenges and Global Collaboration’ conference, describing the event “as too important to miss”.

Professor Seija Kulkki of Aalto University School of Business outlines Horizon 2020’s ambition to develop a leading collaborative innovation ecosystem, though is concerned about EU budget cuts.

Venture capitalists form Union Square Ventures in New York and Earlybird from Germany give their thoughts on working in Europe and the EU’s forthcoming EU research and innovation framework programme.

The Northern Ireland Executive has launched a detailed strategy to help businesses benefit from Horizon 2020. It’s hoped the action plan will assist researchers in gaining the most for Horizon 2020.

In an interview with University World News, Kurt Deketelaere, the secretary general the League of European Research Universities, says he is satisfied with the budget for Horizon 2020.