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European Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence in ChiNA (ERICENA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Europe actively engages internationally to strengthen its leadership in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in the global scene and improve synergies between Member States. Europe aims to foster international cooperation and strengthen its STI presence in China due to its growing importance and STI opportunities for European actors. ERICENA (European Research Innovation Centre of...
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Validating C. elegans healthspan model for better understanding factors causing health and disease, to develop evidence based prevention, diagnostic, therapeutic and other strategies. (Ageing with elegans)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2020,

Healthspan (the life period when one is generally healthy and free from serious disease) depends on nature (genetic make-up) and nurture (environmental influences, from the earliest stages of development throughout life). Genetic studies increasingly reveal mutations and polymorphisms that may affect healthspan. Similarly, claims abound about lifestyle modifications or treatments improving healths...
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COP21: Results and Implications for Pathways and Policies for Low Emissions European Societies (COP21 RIPPLES)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2019,

The COP21 outcome represents an important new strategic context for EU climate policy. Analysing the implications of this new context requires an interdisciplinary approach, combining analysis of the evolution of the international climate regime as well as of NDCs and their socio-economic implications. Such analysis is also urgent, given the timelines imposed by the Paris Agreement for a “facilita...
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Linking Climate and Development Policies - Leveraging International Networks and Knowledge Sharing (CD-LINKS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

An important question for policy makers, in the G20 and beyond, is how to bring climate action into the broader sustainable development agenda. Objectives like energy poverty eradication, increased well-being and welfare, air quality improvement, energy security enhancement, and food and water availability will continue to remain important over the next several decades. There have been relatively ...
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the international Learning Network of networks on Sustainability

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

The LeNSin project aims at the internationalization, intercultural cross-fertilization and accessibility of higher education by consolidating and empowering a global network called the Learning Network on Sustainability. This network is composed of 6 existing, functioning regional networks (14 HEIs in 5 partner countries and 4 European HEIs): LeNS_Brasil, LeNS_Mexico; LeNS_South Africa, LeNS_China...
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Introducing the European Union in classroom of Tsinghua

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

This proposed Jean Monnet module covers a suite of 2 undergraduate courses and 1 scholarship program for post-graduate students.Tsinghua University (THU) is one of the top two most important universities in China, together with Peking University. The recent three generations of Chinese national leaders, namely President Xi Jinping, former President Hu Jintao and former Premier Zhu Rongji, are all ...
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Network for Cloud Computing Eco-System (CleanSky)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

With the increasing demand for cloud computing services and rapid development and advances in data center techniques, cloud computing is moving from small data centers towards a large scale, highly efficient new computing infrastructure with low cost. The proposed CleanSky network is intended to provide a stimulating and structured platform for the training of young researchers, for the developmen...
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Monitoring and Assessment of Regional air quality in China using space Observations, Project Of Long-term sino-european co-Operation (MARCOPOLO)

Start date: Sep 27, 2013, End date: Apr 1, 2017,

Due to the strong economic growth in the China in the past decade, air pollution has become a serious issue in many parts of the country. Therefore, up-to-date regional air pollution information and means of emission control for the main pollutants are important for China. Especially, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River and the Pearl River deltas are known as three focal regions wi...
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PArtnership with chiNa on space DAta (PANDA)

Start date: Nov 11, 2013, End date: Jan 1, 2017,

PArtnership with chiNa on space DAtaThe objective of the PANDA Project is to establish a team of European and Chinese scientists who will jointly use space observations and in-situ data as well as advanced numerical models to monitor, analyse and forecast global and regional air quality. PANDA will provide to users and stakeholders knowledge, methodologies and toolboxes that will serve as a basis ...
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The impact of the quality of CO2 on transport and storage behaviour (IMPACTS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

"IMPACTS - The impact of the quality of CO2 on transport and storage behaviour will underpin the realisation of the EU CCS European Industrial Initiative implementation plan by developing knowledge and technology needed for Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport and Storage (CCS) pilots and large-scale demonstrations. IMPACTS is linked to demonstration projects, and will therefore benefit from realisti...
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Evaluating the Climate and Air Quality Impacts of Short-Lived Pollutants (ECLIPSE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

ECLIPSE aims to develop and assess effective emission abatement strategies for short-lived climate agents in order to provide sound scientific advice on how to mitigate climate change while improving the quality of air. Current climate policy does not consider a range of short-lived gases and aerosols, and their precursors (including nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, sulphate, and black...
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Linking European and Chinese Research Infrastructures and Communities (ORIENTplus)

Start date: Jul 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Between 2007 and 2010 the ORIENT project provided the first high capacity link between GEANT and China with FP6 funding support and successfully enabled many innovative EU-China research and application collaborations to flourish. ORIENTplus addresses Section 3.4 domain (f) of the call ("International cooperation in Research and Education Networking addressing (i) the extension of the European in...
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Cross-lingual Knowledge Extraction (X-Like)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The goal of the X-LIKE project is to develop technology to monitor and aggregate knowledge that is currently spread across global mainstream and social media, and to enable cross-lingual services for publishers, media monitoring and business intelligence.In terms of research contributions, the aim is to combine scientific insights from several scientific areas to contribute in the area of cross-li...
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Prediction and control of porosity in laser welding of non-ferrous metals (PCPLAS)

Start date: Oct 10, 2013, End date: Oct 9, 2014,

Laser welding is a robust process for producing full penetration welds in steels. Welds in non-ferrous materials (such as Al and Ti), achieving acceptable weld quality is less straightforward. Of particular concern is porosity formation in the deep penetration. Achieving low levels of porosity in a reproducible way is currently preventing acceptance of laser welding in the aerospace and to some ex...
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Glycomics by High-throughput Integrated Technologies (GlycoHIT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Protein glycosylation is a post-translational phenomenon that is involved in most physiological and disease processes including cancer. Most of the known cancer-associated glycobiomarkers were discovered individually using liquid chromatography and mass spectroscopy. Though valuable, there is room for improvement in these approaches for the discovery phase. There is also a critical need for innova...
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Manipulation of Reynolds Stress for Separation Control and Drag Reduction (MARS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

"Reynolds stress is the most important quantity affecting the mean flow as it is responsible for a major part of the momentum transfer in the wall bounded turbulent flow. It has a direct relevance to both skin friction and flow separation. Manipulation of the Reynolds stress can directly lead to changes in the viscous stress at the wall so as to effectively control the flow for effective flow cont...
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Innovative CO2 capture (iCap)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

In post-combustion CO2 capture, a main bottleneck causing significant reduction in power plant efficiency and preventing cost effectiveness is the low flue gas CO2 partial pressure, limiting membrane flux, solvent selection and capacity. In pre-combustion CO2 capture, key bottlenecks are number of processing steps, possible low hydrogen pressure, and high hydrogen fraction in the fuel Global deplo...
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Casting of Large Ti Structures (COLTS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"This proposal is in response to the call for EU and China collaboration on casting large Ti structures. The consortium consists of 7 EU and 7 Chinese partners. This proposal aims to make a step-change for casting of large Ti components by overcoming some key challenges in the casting process. Such a step-change is critical if the production of large Ti components is to meet the requirement in cos...
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"Scoping China’s Environmental Research Excellence and major Infrastructure: Foresight, Potentials, and Roadmaps" (SPRING)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

"SPRING is a supporting action under EU FP7 Environment theme, with the main objective of creating and providing a solid basis for future EU-China collaboration in environmental research. SPRING will identify common needs and opportunities, analyse potential topics of research cooperation and initiatives, map competences and potentials of Chinese research organisations and major infrastructure, in...
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Policy Options to engage Emerging Asian economies in a post-Kyoto regime (POEM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

"Developing countries are reluctant to make any binding commitment as their per capita emissions are low and climate abatement measures conflict with their main priorities on socio-economic development. The question is if there is a way to simultaneously provide sufficient energy (which is also the main source of GHG emissions), to support poverty alleviation and economic growth and achieve suffic...
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Patient Centric Approach for an Integrated, Adaptive, Context Aware Remote Diagnosis and Management of Cardiovascular Diseases (BRAVEHEALTH)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

BRAVEHEALTH proposes a patient-centric vision to CVD management and treatment, providing people already diagnosed as subjects at risk with a sound solution for continuous and remote monitoring and real time prevention of malignant events. The solution proposed will be made up of the following sub-systems: 1)WEARABLE UNIT: it is an innovative concept of miniaturised multi-parameter sensor, able to...
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Advanced Turbulence Simulation for Aerodynamic Application Challenges (ATAAC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

"The ATAAC project aims at improvements to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods for aerodynamic flows used in today’s aeronautical industry. The accuracy of these is limited by insufficient capabilities of the turbulence modelling / simulation approaches available, especially at the high Reynolds numbers typical of real-life flows. As LES will not be affordable for such flows in the next 4 d...
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Innovative networks of SMEs for complex products manufacturing (Net-Challenge)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

European SMEs will have to adopt new business models and to establish dynamic and non-hierarchical networks to respond to market opportunities, assuring quick response, fast time to market, differentiated offerings and competitive prices. Sustainability for SMEs will be found in high-variety low-volume businesses, related with complex products manufacturing. However, there are currently no proven...
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Open Architecture for Accessible Services Integration and Standardisation (OASIS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

OASIS introduces an innovative, Ontology-driven, Open Reference Architecture and Platform, which will enable and facilitate interoperability, seamless connectivity and sharing of content between different services and ontologies in all application domains relevant to applications for the elderly and beyond. The OASIS platform is open, modular, holistic, easy to use and standards abiding. It includ...
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Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Asia (ISSOWAMA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

The general inadequate, when existing, methods of collection and disposal of solid waste in most Asian cities are causing important environmental and social harms, as human diseases spreading, environmental pollution and ground and water pollution. In order to raise awareness, promote an adequate waste collection and treatment system and the economic growth of this activity sector in a technologic...
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OneLab2 : An Open Federated Laboratory Supporting Network Research for the Future Internet (OneLab2)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2011,

Experimentally driven research is key to success in today's Internet. Many test beds support research and development, and product prototyping in communication networks. However, they tend to specialise in particular access technologies or services, or explore near term product offerings, often with limited availability and openness. An open and sustainable large-scale shared experimental facility...
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Free/Libre and Open Source Software: International Cooperation development roadmap (Flossinclude)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2010,

Description With partners around the globe, the FLOSSInclude project is developing a roadmap for international co-operation to realise the potential of FLOSS as a tool for social and economic development.The Southern FLOSS ChallengeFree/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) holds great potential for developing countries. There are no licence...
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China EU Information Technology Standards Research Partnership (China EU Standards)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Feb 28, 2010,

This Action will promote research collaboration and engagement between research and policy in relation to Information Technology standardisation in China & Europe. The People’s Republic of China has recently begun to be remarkably active in many areas of ICT interoperability standards. This raises important issues for China about standardisation processes and technology promotion policy. Their out...
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INTERWEAVE - Student Mobility EU - Asia

Start date: Jul 15, 2013,

The INTERWEAVE partnership & mobility project gathers diversified and complementary leading Asian and European HEIs in Science and Technology. It is jointly coordinated by Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France, and University of Malaya, Malaysia. It gathers 10 Asian and 10 EU HEIs, and is supported by 2 associate partners from the corporate and institutional realms. It triggers and manages the training...
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Erasmus Mundus Europe Asia (Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, China)

Start date: Jul 15, 2012,

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S1-L12 Erasmus Mundus Europe Asia

Start date: Jul 15, 2011,

The overall objective of Erasmus Mundus Europe Asia, EMEA, (Lot 12) is to create a partnership in research and education that will strengthen the ties between Europe and Asia. The project will be used as a platform to establish or strengthen structures of academic cooperation, and emphasis will also be placed on capacity building aspects, specifically, the ability of the partner institutions to ha...
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S1-L11- EM Europe Asia

Start date: Jul 15, 2010,

The Consortium is composed of partners representing eight European countries (Sweden,Italy, Poland, UK, Ireland, France, Austria, and The Netherlands) and five Asian countries(India, China, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh). When choosing partners, excellence ineducation and research have been the main criteria, but we have also taken into account theheritage from existing EMECW China and India pro...
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