The MARVEL project is focused on diagnostics and regenerative medicine. The new technology can e.g. help to detect cancer or provide medicinal products for cardiac repair.
The Marilia project succeed in the 2019 EIC Transition to Innovation Activities call. The project’s aim is to develop industrial low-cost identification assay improving the quality of water.
The Commission has mobilised another €122 million from its research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, for urgently needed research into the coronavirus. The new call for expressions of interest complements earlier actions to develop diagnostics, treatments and vaccines by strengthening capacity to manufacture and deploying readily available solutions in order to rapidly address the pressing needs. It will also improve understanding of behavioural and socio-economic impacts of the epidemic.
The SMILE (Scalable Structured Micro-Illumination Light Engines) project succeeded in the 2019 FET-Proactive call. Its goal is to develop microLED platforms giving access to an enormous variety of novel applications.
ELECTROMED is developing an innovative sensing technology which can help to fight COVID 19
FREE@POC project is directing its research to COVID-19 detection with the development of a brand new portable molecular diagnostic platform.
The European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Pilot will work with an extra €150 million to support game-changing innovations to tackle the coronavirus crisis. The additional budget, approved by the European Commission today, will fund the best start-ups and SMEs who applied under the March cut-off.
The Danish island of Bornholm is the first ever winner of the EU RESponsible Island Prize. The Danish island won the title in recognition for its innovative energy solutions and its contribution to a sustainable and climate-friendly Europe, the European Commission announced today. The award comes with a €500,000 cash prize funded by Horizon 2020, the EU research and innovation programme.
NOVIRUSES2BRAIN includes COVID-19 in their spectrum of analysis developing a solution that fights all viruses: “one size fits all”.
New FAQs on Horizon 2020 calls and grants published on Thursday 16 April. Continuously updated info on extension of call deadlines, Pan-European hackathon opened for registration.
The European Commission and EU member states have today launched a call for participation in a pan-European Hackathon to connect innovators, partners and buyers across Europe to develop innovative solutions to coronavirus.
The European Union is stepping up its research and innovation cooperation with Africa in order to combat the coronavirus outbreak. The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) is launching calls for expressions of interest to support research on the coronavirus and strengthen research capacities in sub-Saharan Africa. Three calls in total will be funded with up to €28 million from Horizon 2020, the EU research and innovation programme.
EIC Pathfinder Open: new deadline for submission of applications
This study assessed the implementation, results, and wider impacts of the “Science and Society” and “Science in Society” programmes, projects and activities in Framework Programme 6 and 7 (FP6 and FP7) – as well as their legacy in the development of ‘Science with and for Society' in Horizon 2020.
The European Commission has decided to fund another project as part of its emergency call for urgently needed research and innovation into the coronavirus. This means it will support 18 projects, involving 140 research teams with a total of €48.5 million from Horizon 2020, the EU research and innovation programme.
Reacting to the Covid-19 crisis, deadlines for calls under Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 1 (Health section) are extended by initial two months, to allow medical professionals to focus on their fight against the Coronavirus and to leave more time for preparing their applications.
The Commission has adopted an update of the 2020 Work Programme of Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation programme to allocate increased funding to its priorities, including urgently needed research and innovation projects into the coronavirus.
The European Commission is coordinating a common European response to the outbreak of COVID-19.
URGENT: extensions will be applied to Horizon 2020 calls with original deadlines from today until 15 April. No extensions will apply to the IMI and EIC pilot calls. Further details will be published on the call and topic pages on the Funding and Tenders Portal. IMPORTANT UPDATE: The #eicAccelerator call has now also been extended, until Friday 20 March at 5pm CET
The European Commission funds through Horizon 2020, the EU research and innovation programme, up to €45 million of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) fast track call for research proposals in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. A commitment of a similar scale is expected from the pharmaceutical industry so that the total investment could reach up to €90 million.
