The ETP for Sustainable Chemistry has published a new Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda highlighting the potential for sustainable chemistry technologies to tackle societal challenges, as set out in Horizon 2020.

Queen Mary University of London is celebrating success after receiving funding to develop and validate an early-stage cardiovascular disease detection platform using integrated silicon photonics.

The European Commission has opened its call for research proposals for the €1m ‘Horizon Prize for Better Use of Antibiotics’.

A research project focusing on the standardisation and development of assays for the assessment of influenza vaccine correlates of protection has begun work.

Horizon 2020 calls are still being heavily oversubscribed to following the flash results of a Societal Challenge and JTI call.

SSAB has been selected to develop Europe’s next generation of bulk wagons in an international project part funded by Horizon 2020.

Two European commissioners are highlighting the importance of tackling the issue of ageing at a major conference in Brussels.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced its support for the rehabilitation of railway tracks with a loan of €50m.

KIC InnoEnergy has announced the results of its 2014 sustainable energy innovation project support programme, resulting in a €80m investment in high potential project consortia.

Researchers have used fibres from orange tree pruning to create an acoustic insulator, contributing to the goals of Horizon 2020.

The European Commission has released initial results regarding two health calls under the Societal Challenges pillar.

A €3.6m project investigating the role of nuclear power on the energy map of Europe has received funding from Horizon 2020.

Participants from across Europe have finished Climate-KIC’s first executive education course in London, UK, following earlier workshops in Copenhagen, Denmark, Paris, France, and Rotterdam and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The European Commission has announced that a prize of €1m is to be awarded to the person or team that develops a rapid test to tell whether a patient needs to be treated with antibiotics or not.

Horizon 2020 is funding a project to cater for the growing demand of knowledge and the lack of qualified workers in wind farm management and maintenance.

DG Research and Innovation in the European Commission has announced that Horizon 2020-funded projects will bring particular benefits to the European Energy Union.

Horizon 2020 is funding a European Training Network (ETN) project aimed at developing and validating an array of new peptide-drug conjugates combining tumour-specific peptides with potent cytotoxic drugs.

The European Commission has awarded funding to a project focusing on developing the cost-efficient production of large scale, lightweight and flexible photovoltaic foils.

Two Societal Challenges calls – Personalising Health and Care and Health Co-ordination Activities – are closing today (24 February) at 17:00 CET.

Europe’s largest cleantech business idea competition, ClimateLaunchpad 2015, is now open for entries in 23 countries.