Day: April 27, 2018

European Innovation Council – Commission launches EIC Horizon Prize for Early Warning for Epidemics

The European Commission today launched a €5 million prize to find the best solution for setting up an early warning system for epidemics. It is one of six European Innovation Council (EIC) Horizon Prizes, which are part of the European Innovation Council pilot run under Horizon 2020, the EU’s Research

Research Headlines – Building better internal processors

From cars and planes to medical scanners, many features of modern life rely on multiple internal electronic systems. At the same time, the availability of multi-core computing platforms is a breakthrough for system and application integration. The ARTEMIS/ECSEL-JU and industry co-funded project EMC2 has developed tools to run real-time applications

Research Headlines – Cost-cutting software facilitates ‘talk’ between digital devices

An EU and industry-funded project has built ground-breaking software that automates communication between Internet-enabled digital devices, potentially cutting engineering costs by up to 75 % or more. The software is already in use across Europe, saving consumers money and benefitting the environment. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Opening up international opportunities for Irish researchers

EU-funded project INSPIRE supported 50 experienced researchers from Ireland who undertook projects at universities across the globe, advancing both scientific knowledge and their careers. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Bio-based materials for aircraft

EU-funded researchers are developing eco-friendly bio-based materials for aircraft. Collaboration with researchers in China and the aviation industry will see these materials replace traditional high-carbon footprint, non-recyclable materials in planes. Powered by WPeMatico

European Youth Together: Q&A session on 27/04/2018

On Friday 27 April 2018, EACEA and EAC are holding a Q&A session on the call for proposals European Youth Together 2018. The event will be accessible via WebEx. Prospective beneficiaries should visit the event page here to find out more and submit their questions. Powered by WPeMatico

Social Agenda 51 – Fair mobility and social fairness

The April issue of our Social Agenda magazine focuses on the notion of fairness: fair cross-border mobility, with the creation of a European Labour Authority; and social fairness with a Recommendation on access to social protection for the almost 40% of people employed in the EU who are either in