Horizon 2020 Projects

The European Budget Commissioner, Janusz Lewandowski, outlines his concerns over the Council of the European Union’s proposals for the 2014 EU budget and how they will affect Horizon 2020.

European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes addresses the Startup Europe Leaders Club on a ‘manifesto for innovation and change’ aimed at assisting entrepreneurs and new businesses in creating Europe’s ‘Silicon Valley’.

Janusz Lewandowski has expressed renewed concerns over the 2014 EU annual budget after the Council of the European Union announced further cuts.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, is to visit the Republic of Malta to help launch Horizon 2020.

The European Commission has begun its search for the first iCapital. The prize will reward the city which is building the best quadruple helix innovation ecosystem.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, outlines how European universities can reform to assist the ‘Maastricht generation’ and better compete with American and Asian universities.

A survey has researched SMEs in Europe and United States and revealing that entrepreneurs in the UK have the shortest working week.

The European Commission is giving EU citizens a chance to have their say on the next research and innovation framework programme.

Scotland will still receive access to important UK research funding after gaining independence, according to the head of a leading Scottish university.

A webinar on Horizon 2020 is set to take place in September. The online meeting will focus on the ‘Participant Portal’, the main web platform for the European Commission’s research and innovation activities.

Eurostars will implement a quicker time-to-grant under Horizon 2020 that should bring key benefits to SMEs across Europe.

A new study has revealed that 50% of research publications are now available free of charge to/for readers. This is the key conclusion following a study funded by the European Commission.

Horizon 2020 will encourage greater and more open access to published papers, according to the European Commission.

Third-level Irish research institutions have benefited from €488m in an EU-based investment programme.

Dr Merja Hiltunen, of Finnish technology funding agency, Tekes outlines the recent developments of the organisation, maintaining the balance between pure and applied science and her thoughts for Horizon 2020.

The UK’s National Physical Laboratory and Imperial College London are to receive funding from Climate-KIC to test new ideas designed to tackle the country’s future power problems.

The chair of the National Assembly for Wales’s Enterprise and Business Committee, Nick Ramsay, provides his thoughts on how Wales can better compete for Horizon 2020 funding following an investigative report.

A senior Welsh minister has described the EU as ‘absolutely essential for the future success of Wales and the UK’.

Horizon 2020 will actively seek to promote equality between men and women in EU R&D. Professor Lizbeth Goodman, chair of Creative Technology Innovation at University College Dublin, provides her views on how to boost this equality.

Professor Lizbeth Goodman, chair of Creative Technology Innovation at University College Dublin, outlines the importance of promoting STEM subjects to girls and how to encourage post-doc female researchers to stay in science.

Former Portuguese science and technology minister, Professor José Mariano Gago assess Europe’s research landscape, his idea of creating a scientific observatory and the Horizon 2020 deal.

A group of French students have won a prestigious enterprise award from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s (EIT) ICT Labs Knowledge and Innovation Community.

The Town and Country Planning Association has launched a European Knowledge Exchange seminar series to help exploit EU funding opportunities and share policy best practice.

The EU’s Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER I) have agreed eight initiatives during the first month of the Lithuanian Council Presidency.

Horizon2020projects.com explores the benefits of cross-border public investment for the first time between Northern Ireland and Ireland and gauges the opinions of the Irish Government, Northern Ireland Executive and InterTradeIreland.

Maria Chiara Carrozza, the Italian Minister of Education, University and Research, has appointed 14 new MPs to the country’s Horizon 2020 committee.

A new online application system will be launched under Horizon 2020 for the EU’s Eurostars programme. It’s hoped the new system will support the new simpler procedures introduced under Horizon 2020.

The European Commission has announced two information days for SMEs looking to participate in Horizon 2020.

As Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn opens new research facilities in Gdańsk, she evaluates Poland’s current R&I base and its prospects during Horizon 2020.

The heads of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s ICT Labs and the European Investment Fund have signed an agreement to boost SME innovation investment.

The Lithuanian Minister for Education and Science, Dainius Pavalkis, speaks to members of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee and outlines the country’s priorities during its Presidency.

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s KIC InnoEnergy has announced calls for this year’s ‘Innovation Project Proposals of Sustainable Energy’.

The gap between skills supply and demand was a focus of the second day of the Informal meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The European Investment Bank is lending Poland nearly €1bn to assist the country in R&D activities.

Six EU member states have ranked in the top ten of a world innovation index, including Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

Fusion for Energy has signed a contract with the NKMNOELL-REEL consortium for the design, certification, manufacturing, testing, installation and commissioning of four cranes.

EU Internal Market and Industry ministers have focused on assisting SMEs at an informal meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council in Vilnius, Lithuania.

European research ministers are set to discuss what skills are needed to guarantee EU competitiveness in the field of science and innovation.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, outlines a new €22bn investment in the form of public private partnerships in the health, transport and the environment industries.

Finance Minister Jane Hutt outlines Wales’ plans for Horizon 2020 and how she hopes the formation of SCoRE Cymru will better assist Welsh businesses in competing for EU R&D funds.