Horizon 2020 Projects

The European Commission has replied to the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘One of Us’.

The Competitiveness Council has adopted conclusions in support of the implementation of the roadmap for the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures.

The second meeting of the Competitiveness Council under the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union will take place in Brussels on 26 May 2014.

It has been announced that the annual Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Forum will take place in Bucharest, Romania from 9-12 September 2014. Calls for contributions are open until 23 May 2014.

The European Commission has adopted new rules that will facilitate the granting of aid measures by EU member states in support of research, development, and innovation activities.

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has urged EU political leaders to set ambitious and concrete goals for the next legislature.

The General Assembly of Science Europe has unanimously elected Professor Miguel Seabra as the next president of Science Europe.

The European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO) has unanimously elected Maria Khorsand as its new president.

Stellenbosch University in South Africa have announced they will host a Horizon 2020 information session on 26 May.

Stakeholders are being consulted for the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5 ‘Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials’.

An interactive Horizon 2020 seminar will be held in Athlone, Ireland, on 5 June 2014.

A survey inviting EU businesses and EU intellectual property professionals to post their views on the protection and the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in non-EU countries has been launched.

National agencies have taken one step closer to a six-month maximum period between the moment an SME submits a funding application and the moment a grant contract is signed.

The European Industrial Research Management Association and consulting company Spinverse have announced they will launch the quest for Europe’s CTO of the Year.

The European Commission is planning to offer €20m in prizes for researchers to offer innovative solutions to specific problems.

It’s been announced that Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009, will attend the Euroscience Open Forum 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

In its monthly package of infringement decisions, the European Commission is pursuing legal action against EU member states for failing to comply properly with their obligations under EU law.

The Irish Minister for Small Business, John Perry, has set out key ways that Ireland can maximise its participation in Horizon 2020.

The European Parliament has voted in favour of the new ECSEL JTI and the AAL Joint Programme.

Funding of €2m has been made available to encourage regional enterprises and research bodies in Lazio, Italy, access to Horizon 2020.