Horizon Impact Award call
The European Commission has launched the Horizon Impact Award on 6 January 2022.
Publication date: 27 January 2022
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Lump sum funding works in practice – assessment of the pilot in Horizon 2020
In the R&I Framework Programme, project funding is so far based on the reimbursement of actual costs. Despite simplified rules and improved IT support, this system remains complex and error-prone. One of the Commission’s initiatives with high potential to overcome this problem, and to simplify further, is the wider use lump sums.
Publication date: 21 October 2021
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European Green Deal Call raises high number of proposals under Horizon 2020
On 27 January, the Commission received 1550 proposals for the €1 billion Green Deal call, demonstrating an impressive response from the research community in Europe and beyond.
Publication date: 03 February 2021
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Shape the Green Deal Call
In support of the priority for fighting climate change and making Europe climate-neutral by 2050, the Commission is reinforcing Green Deal-related research and innovation with a dedicated call for proposals under the current research and innovation programme - Horizon 2020.
Publication date: 20 May 2020
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H2020 coronavirus call
The European Commission has launched the second Coronavirus call for an Expression of Interest (H2020-SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2). Applicants can apply for five topics:
Publication date: 19 May 2020
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H2020 Coordinators’ Day on Amendments and Reports
On the 12th May 2020 the European Commission will organise a “Coordinators’ Day on Amendments and Reports”.
Publication date: 23 April 2020
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Advancing knowledge for the clinical and public health response to COVID-19
On 30 January, through Horizon 2020 the European Commission launched a request for expressions of interest entitled 'SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020: Advancing knowledge for the clinical and public health response to the [COVID-19] epidemic' with a budget of €48.5 million.
Publication date: 08 April 2020
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Extended deadlines for Horizon 2020, Erasmus+ and EU Solidarity calls
Horizon 2020 call deadlines have been extended. The recent escalation of restrictions related to the coronavirus outbreak may hamper applicants’ ability to prepare and finalise high-quality proposals.
Publication date: 08 April 2020
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Funding for start-ups and SMEs to help tackle outbreak
On 13 March the Horizon 2020 European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator pilot alerted start-ups and SMEs with technologies and innovations that could help in treating, testing, monitoring or other aspects of the coronavirus outbreak to apply urgently to the next round of funding with a budget of €164 million.
Publication date: 08 April 2020
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The deadline of the H2020 health calls has been extended
The European Commission has decided to extend the deadline for the topics of the „Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing” calls. The new deadline is: 15 April 2020.
Publication date: 20 March 2020
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JRC: Collaborative Doctoral Partnership programme
The Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP) is an initiative of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) to establish strategic collaborations with higher education institutions (HEIs/universities) that grant doctoral degrees (PhD).
Publication date: 17 February 2020
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Advancing knowledge for the clinical and public health response to the 2019-nCoV epidemic
The European Commission is boosting urgently needed research into coronavirus with €10 million from its research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020.
Publication date: 04 February 2020
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ERA-Net Smart Energy Systems transnational call for research, development and innovation projects
The ERA Net SGplusRegSys is an European joint programming initiative to develop integrated, regional, smart energy systems enabling regions and local communities to realize their high sustainable energy ambitions. The Hungarian funding agency participant is the National RDI Office. The action will set up a joint programming initiative to develop Smart, Integrated, Regional Energy Systems.
Publication date: 12 June 2018
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Publication of the H2020 AMGA update version 4.1
The updates of the H2020 Annotated Model Grant Agreement version 4.1 is available on the Participant Portal.
Publication date: 03 November 2017
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Horizon 2020 Dashboard launched
The new Horizon 2020 Dashboard provides a user-friendly interactive tool for viewing statistics and data on participation in Horizon 2020 proposals and projects, such as success rates, allocated funding and much more.
Publication date: 03 November 2017
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Interim evaluation of Horizon 2020 at COMPET meeting in Tallinn
The Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union hosted the meeting of the European Union’s Competitiveness Council (COMPET) on 25 July 2017 where József Pálinkás, President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary argued for the positive effects of R&D on economic growth and for the importance of an enhaced coordination between national and EU funding programmes.
Publication date: 02 August 2017
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New EU report hints at post-Horizon 2020 research priorities
Attracting more top global companies and boosting investment in defence are among the main avenues the European Commission could investigate as it lays the ground for a successor to Horizon 2020, according to a report examining ways of maximising the impact of EU research and innovation programmes.
Publication date: 16 February 2017
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Hungarian winner of H2020 SME Instrument: augmented reality for more aviation safety
As a winning proposal of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase 2, the Aeroglass project of the Hungarian EU Edge Ltd. develops a smart glass application, which displays key information necessary for pilots during their flight, in real-time and in 3D, without hampering the pilot’s visibility. Around two thirds of aviation accidents are caused by pilot errors, as they have to translate 2D information from the control panel into a 3D environment. With the help of the head-mounted display pilots will be able to make faster and better decisions.
Publication date: 05 January 2017
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Switzerland fully associated to Horizon 2020
As from 1 January 2017 Switzerland is associated to the entire Horizon 2020. For all Horizon 2020 projects for which the GA is signed as from 1 January the Swiss participants are automatically eligible for funding and may count towards the minimum number of participants required for a project.
Publication date: 05 January 2017
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Competitve calls published by consortia of H2020 projects
ICT projects within the Horizon 2020 programme frequently announce competitive calls to support the collaboration between knowledge centres and SMEs, the technology transfer, the exploitation of experimental infarstructures and the development of ICT-based ecosystems. The calls are published on the H2020 Participant Portal and/or the websites of the given projects/initiatives.
Publication date: 16 November 2016
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