Good news from around Europe
The European Commission today announced how it will spend the last and biggest annual tranche – €11 billion – of the EU research and innovation funding programme Horizon 2020 in the final year of the programme. Powered by WPeMatico
Working with Latin American partners, such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the EU-funded BABET-REAL5 project is proving the social and economic value of its compact biofuel production process. Powered by WPeMatico
Following the EU political agreement on Horizon Europe – the Research and Innovation Framework Programme 2021-27 – a window of challenges and opportunities opens up to R&I actors, to develop a new strategic vision. Starting from the main agreed upon legislative elements of Horizon Europe, the 2019 GIURI Annual Event
An EU-funded project has helped bioenergy SMEs in six EU countries to become more economically sustainable/profitable and more competitive on the market by supporting them with technical, funding and management guidance, as the EU seeks to meet its climate and energy goals. Powered by WPeMatico
To prepare the implementation of Horizon Europe, the next and most ambitious EU research and innovation programme (2021-2027) with a proposed budget of €100 billion, the European Commission has launched today an online consultation as part of Horizon Europe’s intensive co-design process. The process will help shape European research and
Deserts and other sun-drenched regions are the ideal location for concentrated solar power plants, but where sunlight is abundant water tends to be scarce. EU-funded researchers are solving this conundrum by developing technologies to comprehensively reduce water consumption, enabling CSP plants to play an even bigger role in addressing the
Europe needs to capitalise on its science and start-ups to compete in global markets increasingly defined by new technologies. That is why the European Commission is introducing a European Innovation Council (EIC) to turn science into new business and accelerate the scale-up of innovative companies. Powered by WPeMatico
Estonian citizens could become significantly healthier following the launch of a pioneering nationwide DNA testing programme. The aim is to provide tailored treatment, preventive care and lifestyle advice, building on the work of an EU-funded project that is making personalised medicine effective and affordable for all. Powered by WPeMatico
An EU-funded project is supporting innovative nanotechnology research, with a platform for improved cancer monitoring among its successes. This promises earlier and more cost-effective detection of cancers and can guide individualised therapeutic approaches. Powered by WPeMatico
A 40kg lunar buggy developed by EU-funded researchers could enhance our understanding of the origins of the solar system and make future manned missions to the moon more feasible. Powered by WPeMatico