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EUROlinkCAT: Establishing a linked European Cohort of Children with Congenital Anomalies (EUROlinkCAT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Over 130,000 children born in Europe every year will have a congenital anomaly (CA; birth defect). These CAs, which are often rare diseases, are a major cause of infant mortality, childhood morbidity and long-term disability. EUROCAT is an established European network of population-based registries for the epidemiologic surveillance of CAs. EUROlinkCAT will use the EUROCAT infrastructure to suppor...
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The use of computational techniques to Improve compliance to reminders within smartenvironments (REMIND)

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

The aim of this Project is to create an International and Intersectoral network to facilitate the exchange of staff to progress developments in reminding technologies for persons with dementia which can be deployed in smart environments. The focus will be on developing staff and partner skills in the areas of user centered design and behavioral science coupled with improved computational technique...
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AcceLerate Innovation in urban wastewater management for Climate changE (ALICE)

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

The challenges facing society in urban wastewater management cannot be solved by any one sector alone. ALICE (AcceLerate Innovation in urban wastewater management for Climate changE) will accelerate innovation by bringing together and exchanging knowledge between the key players who can, together, address the future techno-economic, governance and societal challenges arising from climate change. I...
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Improving the crashworthiness of composite transportation structures (ICONIC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

The European aerospace, automotive, and rail industries are committed to improving their energy efficiency to meet targets set within the EU’s climate, energy and transport policies. This is motivating the increased use of lightweight composite materials in lieu of heavier metallics. To implement this transition, these industries must reach, at least, the same level of crash performance achieved w...
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COllaborative Network for Training and EXpertise in psychoTraumatology (CONTEXT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Mental health disorders afflict more than one-third of the EU’s population each year with an annual economic cost to the EU of €432 billion. The ‘COllaborative Network for Training and EXcellence in psychoTraumatology’ (CONTEXT) is an international, interdisciplinary European Industrial Doctorate (EID) designed to address deficiencies in psychotraumatology training and innovation. A key feature of...
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NOVEL, SUSTAINABLE MARINE BIO-SURFACTANT / BIO-EMULSIFIERS FOR COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION (MARISURF)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Surfactants and emulsifiers constitute an important class of chemical agents that are widely used in almost every sector of modern industry. The huge market demand is currently met almost exclusively by synthetic, mainly petroleum-based, chemical products, which are usually non-biodegradable and mostly toxic or GM plant based products (used in foods), which are undesirable by some end-users. Their...
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Mobile Assistance for Groups Individuals within the Community - STROKE REHABILITATION (MAGIC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2020,

MAGIC Post Stroke Project Team has united members from across Europe, dedicated to enable significant change in the delivery of health & social care (H&SC) services for patients post stroke. The consortium has recognised a significant gap in care associated with the recovery of such patients & we need a new way of meeting the needs of 508,000 new post stroke EU citizens/ year. Demographic changes ...
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Analysis System for Gathered Raw Data (ASGARD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

ASGARD has a singular goal, contribute to Law Enforcement Agencies Technological Autonomy and effective use of technology. Technologies will be transferred to end users under an open source scheme focusing on Forensics, Intelligence and Foresight (Intelligence led prevention and anticipation). ASGARD will drive progress in the processing of seized data, availability of massive amounts of data and ...
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Meaningful Integration of Data, Analytics and Services (MIDAS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

The MIDAS consortium is a partnership involving health authorities in five EU countries and the U.S. and technical big data experts from research institutions, MNCs and SMEs. Managing big data for ‘health in all’ is a monumental challenge for policy makers. MIDAS is addressing this challenge by developing and delivering an integrated solution which will liberate knowledge from data silos and unify...
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Development of innovative lightweight and highly insulating energy efficient components and associated enabling materials for cost-effective retrofitting and new construction of curtain wall facades (EENSULATE)

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

We will validate an affordable (28% reduction of total costs) and lightweight (35% weight reduction) solution for envelope insulation to bring existing curtain wall buildings to “nearly zero energy” standards while complying with the structural limits of the original building structure and national building codes. Two key commercial insulating products:• Highly insulating mono-component and enviro...
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Sciuriosity - Evolving IAS grey squirrel management techniques in the UK. (SciuriousLIFE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background The presence of the invasive alien grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in the UK is detrimental to several native species and the overall health and resilience of affected woodland ecosystems. The native Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is particularly threatened by grey squirrels, but to date there has been no clear pan to stem its po...
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Advanced TeChnologies and PlatfoRm fOr Smarter ASsisted LivING (ACROSSING)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Smart Home (SH) provides a promising approach to assisted living for the ageing population. Yet it still remains a challenge to develop and deploy such solutions in a large scale due to the lack of an easy-to-use technology infrastructure and application exemplars. This problem arises from the nature of the SH field: multidisciplinary, diverse in its applications, and with multiple stakeholders. W...
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Sensor Enabled Affective Computing for Enhancing Medical Care (SenseCare)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

This project brings together a diverse group of subject matter experts from industry and academia under one umbrella, with the main aim of enhancing and advancing future healthcare processes and systems using sensory and machine learning technologies to provide emotional (affective) and cognitive insights into patients well-being so as to provide them with more effective treatment across multiple ...
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Development of an Easy-to-use Metagenomics Platform for Agricultural Science (MetaPlat)

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2019,

The aim of this project is to bring together experts from the academic and non-academic sectors and to create an easy-to-use integrated hardware and software platform. This will enable the rapid analysis of large metagenomic datasets. It will provide actionable insights into probiotic supplement usage, methane production and feed conversion efficiency in cattle. In the recent years, the number of ...
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LAND Management: Assessment, Research, Knowledge base (LANDMARK)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

LANDMARK is a pan-European multi-actor consortium of leading academic and applied research institutes, chambers of agriculture and policy makers that will develop a coherent framework for soil management aimed at sustainable food production across Europe.The LANDMARK proposal builds on the concept that soils are a finite resource that provides a range of ecosystem services known as “soil functions...
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Connected Health Early Stage Researcher Support System (CHESS)

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

Changing demographics and increasing pressure on health related resources mean that new models of care must be found. Fortunately, technology developments and increasing digital literacy mean that we can now put the correct information in the correct hands at the correct time. This is connected health and it allows patients, clinicians, and planners to make better decisions. Ultimately, these d...
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Combined HEat SyStem by using Solar Energy and heaT pUmPs (CHESS-SETUP)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

The project objective is to design, implement and promote a reliable, efficient and profitable system able to supply heating and hot water in buildings mainly from renewable sources. The proposed system is based in the optimal combination of solar thermal (ST) energy production, seasonal heat storage and high efficient heat pump use. Heat pumps will be improved technically in order to obtain the b...
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Gaming for Peace (GAP)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

EU Personnel in Conflict Prevention and Peace Building missions come from diverse organizations and nations, yet must coordinate together in the temporary network or umbrella organization that comprises each CPPB mission. Coordination is challenging strategically and operationally. Even if the structures to coordinate together are in place, diversity in organizations (militaries, police forces, ci...
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Transmitting Contentious Cultural Heritages with the Arts: From Intervention to Co-Production (TRACES)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Transmitting Contentious Cultural Heritages with the Arts: From Intervention to Co-Production (TRACES) aims to provide new directions for cultural heritage institutions to contribute productively to evolving European identity and reflexive Europeanization. To do so, it deploys an innovative ethnographic/artistic approach, focused on a wide range of types of ‘contentious heritage.’ Attention to con...
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Decision Support and Information Management System for Breast Cancer (DESIREE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer affecting woman in the EU. Multidisciplinary Breast Units (BUs) were introduced in order to deal efficiently with breast cancer cases, setting guideline-based quality procedures and a high standard of care. However, daily practice in the BUs is hampered by the complexity of the disease, the vast amount of patient and disease data available in the dig...
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NEARshore geological CONTROL on coastal morphodynamics: monitoring and modelling in high-resolution (NEARCONTROL)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

A major shortcoming of contemporary coastal research is the poor quantification of geological control in nearshore hydrodynamic and morphosedimentary processes along natural and developed coastal areas. This is particularly relevant given the global dominance of geologically-constrained coastlines, which face increasing risks driven by extreme storm events and growing societal pressures on the coa...
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Ceramics and its dimensions

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

Our cultural heritage leads to tomorrow’s creativity: Ceramics and its dimensionsIn ceramics no development can be looked upon as national, it is common European heritage. Generating routes from Past to Future, the project brings together 16 partners from 11 countries: museums, universities, research institutes, companies: Documenting the past it shows the scope in usage of ceramics. Past and Pres...
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Grey and green in Europe: elderly living in urban areas (GRAGE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

The EU has to face many challenges in achieving a more balanced regional development and sustainable economic recovery. Many of those challenges have to do with the ageing population trend, urbanization and environment under distress. More liveable and efficient communities is a target to be reached in Europe, where the “silver hair” trends can become a challenging opportunity, from a social, econ...
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Community-based ICT for Maternal Healthcare in Africa (mHealth4Afrika)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

mHealth4Afrika is a collaborative research project that addresses maternal and newborn healthcare delivery, a key requirement of end-user communities in developing countries, and priority area in both the 2015 Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.Aligned with Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges, mHealth4Afrika will research and evaluate the potential impact of co-d...
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Improving digital health literacy in Europe (IC-Health)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Citizens' digital health literacy is an essential element for successful eHealth deployment. However, citizens often do not have the necessary skills to find, understand and appraise online health information and apply their knowledge to make health decisions. Digitally health literate citizens are empowered to play a more active role in their health self-management, resulting in improved preventi...
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Creation of the Graduate Curricula in Peace Studies in Georgia

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

The wider objective of the project is to lay foundation to instil peace oriented mind-set in Georgian society through education. The proposal aims to develop graduate curricula in Peace Studies at 4 HEIs in Georgia. Specific objectives are the following: (1) to provide targeted Georgian faculties with capacity development measures to enable them to meet European standards aligned with Bologna proc...
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PATHway: Technology enabled behavioural change as a pathway towards better self-management of CVD (PATHway)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death and disability in Europe and worldwide, costing the EU economy almost EUR 196 billion a year. With changing demographics and deteriorating lifestyle this situation will worsen considerably. While effective cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improves mortality and morbidity rates, uptake of community-based CR, which represents the long-t...
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Wrist and arm sensing technologies for cardiac arrhythmias detection (WASTCArD)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Abnormal heart rhythms are a major cause of cardiovascular disease and death in Europe. Sudden cardiac death accounts for 50% of cardiac mortality in developed countries; ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation is the commonest underlying arrhythmia. In the ambulatory population, atrial fibrillation is the commonest one, and is associated with increased risk of stroke and heart failur...
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PhD on Innovation Pathways for TES (INPATH-TES)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Following the EC SET-Plan Education and Training Roadmap, the concept of this proposal is to develop a joint PhD programme between universities and research centres, on the topic of Thermal Energy Storage (TES). The goal of INPATH-TES is to create a network of universities and research institutes to implement a joint PhD programme on TES technologies. The final result of such a network is to educa...
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Inspiring CitizeNS Participation for Enhanced Community PoliCing AcTions (INSPEC2T)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

INSPEC2T projects’ scope is to develop a sustainable framework for Community Policing that effectively addresses and promotes seamless collaboration between the police and the community. INSPEC2T approach bases its conceptual foundations on EU crime prevention and Member States specific Internal Security Policies, validated research results and best practices from cooperation between police and lo...
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Addressing Fundamental Challenges in the Design of new generation fuels (GENFUEL)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

There is a pressing need at the European and global levels to address challenges in the design of a new generation of fuels in order to achieve significant efficiency and emissions benefits in modern downsized boosted engines employing gasoline and ethanol blends. Abnormal combustion phenomena are a severe constraint to the use of much higher boosting pressures which are needed for significant ga...
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Novel Composite Materials and Processes for Offshore Renewable Energy (MARINCOMP)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The consortium behind the MARINCOMP IAPP – NUI Galway and University of Ulster; Toray Carbon Fibers Europe, a company specialized in manufacture of carbon fibre; EireComposites, an SME with innovative composite manufacturing technology; and Suzlon Blade Technology, a utility class wind turbine manufacturer – aims to reduce the cost of offshore wind and tidal turbine blade structures and enable the...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Reactive Atmospheric Plasma processIng - eDucation network (RAPID)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"The goal of the Multi-Partner ITN-RAPID (Reactive Atmospheric Plasma processIng - eDucation network) is the realization of an interdisciplinary training involving the disciplines physics, chemistry and engineering. As a result, RAPID will create the platform for a truly European PhD in plasma technology. The scientific goal is the development of non-equilibrium reactive processes in atmospheric p...
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EUROVOUZELA 3

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Escola Profissional de Vouzela (EPV) started its activity in Ocotber 1991, being exclusively dedicated to teaching and Professional training of youngsters, having graduated already around 5000 youngsters and young adults.The lack of specialized labor in hospitality in the region and the high number of students who left (and leave) early school justified its creation. Today it is a consistente inst...
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Vocational training and enterprise: a winning alliance for growth 2015

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

The project "VET-PRICE 2015" moves from the need to expand the knowledge and skills of young people training in Vocational and Technical Education, through an internship experience abroad lasting five weeks, in order to improve job opportunities. It is also a response to the training needs of the productive sectors of the Province of Treviso, hit hard by the crisis, through action that will lead ...
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VALENCIA EMPLEA II

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

The VLC EMPLEA project is a joint initiative undertaken by the Foundation Pact for Employment with 4 VET centers in the municipality of Valencia, the Consortium is composed by: - FoundationPact for Employment ( Consortium coordinator ) - INTER Institute - Sociedad Cooperativa Valenciana Juan Comenius - Professional School Xavier - TAES Centre The project arises from the need to provide great...
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On the Impact of Extreme Weather on Critical Infrastructures (INTACT)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

The resilience of critical infrastructures (CI) to Extreme Weather Events (EWE) is one of the most salient and demanding challenges facing society. Growing scientific evidence suggests that more frequent and severe weather extremes such as heat waves, hurricanes, flooding and droughts are having an ever increasing impact, with the range and effects on society exacerbated when CI is disrupted / des...
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Security System for language and image analysis (Slandail)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Project Slándáil will demonstrate a cost-effective and ethically-correct way in which social media information can be used by an emergency management system. The social media landscape consists of a range of digitized documents in a variety of formats, updated by a diverse and geographically distributed people and organisations. During an emergency, authorities use websites and the population, emp...
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Scale-up of Calcium Carbonate Looping Technology for Efficient CO2 Capture from Power and Industrial Plants (SCARLET)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Calcium Carbonate Looping (CCL) is a promising long-term technology for low-cost post combustion CO2 capture for fossil fuels using limestone based solid sorbents. It combines the advantages of a small efficiency penalty of 5 to 7 % points and a low CO2 capture cost compared to competing technologies currently under development. First tests performed on the 1 MWth scale have confirmed the feasibil...
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