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Advanced European Network of E-infrastructuresfor Astronomy with the SKA (AENEAS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The objective of the AENEAS project is to develop a concept and design for a distributed, federated European Science Data Centre (ESDC) to support the astronomical community in achieving the scientific goals of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The scientific potential of the SKA radio telescope is unprecedented and represents one of the highest priorities for the international scientific communit...
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Accessible Resources for Cultural Heritage EcoSystems (ARCHES)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The popularisation of digitisation techniques has boosted the generation of digital cultural heritage assets in recent years. However, such techniques should not be regarded as an end in and of themselves, but as a means for enabling European citizens to engage with cultural heritage more closely and in different ways. ARCHES aims to create more inclusive cultural environments particularly for tho...
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Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence @UVic

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The University of Victoria has established itself as the hub of European Union studies on the west coast of Canada. This proposed Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence (JM EUCE) seeks to bring together the commitment of our three past Jean Monnet Chairs, faculty from diverse departments, and previous European Union Centres of Excellence to promote, advance and build excellence in the stu...
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Comparing and Contrasting EU Migration and Border Policies - Are they Exemplary?

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The current migration crisis is forcing Europeans to face past and future issues; and the decisions they are taking will have long standing impact on the EU. Our network hypothesizes that answers to the crisis are shaping Europe’s borders, migration and related security policies in exemplary manners and should be studied in comparative perspective and context. To conduct this innovative and forwar...
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Jean Monnet Chair in Innovative Governance

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

This Jean Monnet Chair in Innovative Governance will create two new courses, three units of teaching, a public lecture series, and Europeanize the curriculum of three graduate programs, hence bringing future local, provincial and federal public civil servants to know more about the European Union programs and policies.
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Lifecourse biological pathways underlying social differences in healthy ageing (LIFEPATH)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

"The dramatic differentials in healthy ageing, quality of life and life expectancy between individuals of different socioeconomic groups, is a major societal challenge facing Europe. The overarching aim of the LIFEPATH project is to understand the determinants of diverging ageing pathways among individuals belonging to different socio-economic groups. This will be achieved via an original study de...
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Canada-EU Dialogue on Migration

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Background/objectives: The current refugee crisis sheds light on some fundamental social and political challenges that are shared between Canada and the EU. In terms of advancing transatlantic dialogue and promoting EU Studies in Canada, the focus on borders and migration is timely and most promising with a view to its broad scholarly and societal resonance. The proposed project intends to form a ...
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Narratives of Memory, Migration, Xenophobia and European Identity: Intercultural Dialogues

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

This project will examine how narratives of memory, migration, and xenophobia are interlinked and shape current politics of migration and the European identity. Our overall goal is two-fold: to understand how memory politics and narratives of the past inform current political decisions, while also exploring how Holocaust Education, Education for Democratic Citizenship, and Human Rights Education c...
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Social Innovation: Driving Force of Social Change (SI-DRIVE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

SI-DRIVE extends knowledge about social innovation (SI) in three major directions:- Integrating theories and research methodologies to advance understanding of SI leading to a comprehensive new paradigm of innovation.- Undertaking European and global mapping of SI, thereby addressing different social, economic, cultural, historical and religious contexts in eight major world regions.- Ensuring rel...
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European Lead Factory (EUC²LID)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The European Lead Factory concept proposed by the EUC2LID Consortium relates to the discovery of novel small molecule candidates to serve as starting points for subsequent optimization to either drug candidates or high-quality pharmacological tools for the experimental validation of targets. The concept intends to bridge academic and applied research interests. The European Lead Factory will provi...
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Recognising Adverse Drug Reactions (WEB-RADR)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

WEB-RADR is a consortium of leading experts in pharmacovigilance from regulatory agencies, research, academia and patient support groups. Together with EFPIA partners our aims will be to set policy & guidance and deliver robust information technology tools to address the potential for the reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) through mobile applications and the recognition of drug safety sign...
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FORUM on Aviation and Emissions (FORUM-AE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

The FORUM-AE coordination action will create a technical specialists european network with all relevant competencies, including academic and industrial partners, linked to key environmental technical issues on aviation emissions.It will address equitably three complementary aspects: environmental impacts (air quality and climate change), technical and technological mitigation solutions (aircraft, ...
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Political Leadership in the European Union

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

This project focuses on holding a workshop on Political Leadership in the European Union (EU) ‘EULead’, a public event featuring former EU politicians, publishing the results in an academic journal and disseminating the knowledge through a policy brief and the media. The policy brief will be presented at a final dissemination event in Brussels.The EU faces difficulties in exercising political lead...
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Epigenetic Training Network - Innovative techniques and models to understand epigenetic regulation in the pathogenesis of common diseases (EPITRAIN)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

"Despite the past century witnessing considerable advances in our understanding of genetics, the success of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in detecting putative causal variants has been tinged with disappointment as the effects found have been modest. Epigenetics promises a novel biological foundation of a new way of looking at common diseases because it responds to the environment and gov...
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Sustainable Lifestyles 2.0: End User Integration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (EU-INNOVATE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Typically, end users or “consumers” are perceived as adopters of sustainable products and services, developed by companies. Thus, a lot of attention is paid to the (non-) diffusion of sustainable products and services. From this perspective end users are seen as – more or less – passive recipients of sustainable products and services.We propose to investigate the active roles of end users in shapi...
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Vascular Endothelial interactionS and SpEciaLization (Vessel)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The vascular network plays essential roles in animal biology. Local disruption or impaired function of the vascular network is known to cause various pathological conditions, such as ischemic heart disease and stroke. The angiogenic growth of blood vessels is critically required during development, growth and regeneration, but it can also promote the growth of cancer cells and contribute to diabet...
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Managing Impacts of Deep-seA reSource exploitation (MIDAS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The MIDAS project addresses fundamental environmental issues relating to the exploitation of deep-sea mineral and energy resources; specifically polymetallic sulphides, manganese nodules, cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts, methane hydrates and the potential mining of rare earth elements. These new industries will have significant impacts on deep-sea ecosystems, in some cases extending over hundre...
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Political and Social Transformations in the Arab World (ArabTrans)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Goal:To describe, explain and understand the root causes, the evolution and future outlook of the ‘Arab Spring’ or ‘Arab Revolution’Overview:Since January 2011, the Arab World entered into a historical process of rapid and deep change of its political and social structures. This process of political transformations shows some striking similarities with the political revolution in post-Communist Eu...
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ADenoViruses as novel clinical treatments (ADVANCE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

ADVance is designed to integrate 8 leading academic centres and 4 private companies under a single umbrella to create an opportunity to train young scientists in adenovirus (AdV) research. Our full partners and industrial partners represent internationally leading academic centres of excellence in key facets of research into the basic biology of AdV and their application as vectors for clinical p...
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Total Diet Study Exposure (TDSEXPOSURE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Total Diet Studies (TDS) allow getting information on real dietary exposure to food contaminants consumption (heavy metals, mycotoxins, POPs...) and estimating chronic exposure to pesticide residues in food and food additives intake. TDS consider total exposure from whole diets and are based on food contamination as consumed rather than contamination from raw commodities, thus ensuring a realistic...
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Semantic Infostructure interlinking an open source Finite Element tool and libraries with a model repository for the multi-scale Modelling and 3d visualization of the inner-ear (SIFEM)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

The clinical evidence indicates that the number of people with all levels of hearing impairment and hearing loss is rising mainly due to a growing global population and longer life expectancies. Hearing loss caused by pathology in the cochlea or the cochlear nerve is classified as sensorineural hearing loss. The study of the normal function and pathology of the inner ear has unique difficulties as...
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A consumer oriented prototype – forming the nucleus of a novel Ecological Accounting System (MYECOCOST)

Start date: Oct 15, 2012, End date: Oct 14, 2015,

myEcoCost is a foundational methodology that defines a global collaborative network of resource accounting nodes. It provides a means of accounting for and expressing usage of natural resources for products, services and technologies, to inform all economic actors including SMEs (Small and Medium size Enterprise) and consumers, on environmentally relevant information. It is a novel, bottom up appr...
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Creativity in learning through Social Computing and Game Mechanics in the Enterprise (COLLAGE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

Description Social creativity in learningMuch social creativity involves human collaboration through and about artefacts that embody collective knowledge resulting from the collaboration. It can be a catalyst to enable European SMEs and large organizations to adopt and sustain new approaches to learning by fostering non-linear and non-sta...
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Security and Safety Modelling (SESAMO)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

"The SESAMO project addresses the root causes of problems arising with convergence of safety and security in embedded systems at architectural level, where subtle and poorly understood interactions between functional safety and security mechanisms impede system definition, development, certification, and accreditation procedures and standards. Intense market innovation is being held back by this r...
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Cognitive and Cerebrovascular Effects Induced by Low Dose Ionising Radiation (CEREBRAD)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

The major elements of scientific uncertainty in the context of radiation protection policy and of risk assessment for cerebrovascular diseases, set the following key topics (1) the direct assessment of health effects through epidemiological studies of groups exposed to low doses, (2) doses-response and biological effects from different types of radiation and (3) the biological processes in cells a...
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Europeana Fashion

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

Europeana Fashion is a best practice network co-funded under the CIP ICT-PSP programme and composed by 22 partners from 12 European countries, which represent the leading European institutions and collections in the fashion domain. The consortium will aggregate and provide to Europeana the most outstanding and rich materials about the history of European fashion, include more than 700.000 fashion-...
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Cyber-Physical European Roadmap and Strategy (CyPhERS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

The ongoing integration of software-intensive embedded systems and global communication networks into Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) is considered to be the next revolution in ICT with a lot of game-changing business potential and novel business models for integrated services and products. CPS will be a core enabling technology for securing economic leadership in embedded systems/ICT, having an enor...
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Systems biology towards novel chronic kidney disease diagnosis and treatment (SysKID)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects up to 10% of the population. Besides eventual progression towards end stage renal disease CKD impacts the patient’s quality of life by causing serious comorbidities including cardiovascular complications and bone metabolism disorders. On the everyday clinical level early stage diagnosis and tailored treatment of CKD are still inadequate. In addition, CKD seems ...
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Characterisation of metadata to enable high-quality climate applications and services (CHARME)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

A major difficulty faced by users of climate data is how to judge whether the data are fit for purpose. This is a serious barrier to widening the use of climate data by non-expert users. Different users require different information, such as reports on validation campaigns, the robustness of the algorithms used, and the data policy. We term this information 'Commentary' metadata. Much work has bee...
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Novel continuous in-pack decontamination system for fresh produce (SAFE-BAG)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

In 2008 a WHO report on microbial safety in fresh produce prioritised leafy green vegetables as the highest priority in terms of fresh produce safety from a global perspective. It is critical that effective decontamination steps are in place to ensure consumer protection and confidence in fresh produce. There is thus a requirement to ensure microbiological safety during production of minimally pro...
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Development of OPN-305 as an orphan drug for the treatment of Delayed Graft Function post solid organ transplantation (MABSOT)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

Delayed graft function (DGF) is defined as the need for dialysis within seven days of renal transplantation (DGF promotes allograft rejection, requires prolonged dialysis and hospitalisation, and increases the likelihood of graft failure and ultimately the duration of renal graft survival-expectancy. The incidence of DGF occurs in 21-44% of cases following cadaveric renal graft. Several rare dise...
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Security UPgrade for PORTs (SUPPORT)

Start date: Jul 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

"Port security remains of paramount importance for Europe both due to potential threats on passenger life and the potential for crippling economic damage arising from intentional unlawful attacks on port facilities. Challenges arise due to the complexity of operational modalities of sea and hinterland traffic and the lack of efficient organisational and technological interfaces linking ports to bo...
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Trans-national Cooperation among NCPs (NCP) (PeopleNetwork+)

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

The PEOPLE Programme under FP7 aims to strengthen the human potential in research and technology in Europe, by stimulating people to take up the profession of researchers, encouraging European researchers to stay in Europe, and attracting to Europe the best researchers from the entire world. The international dimension is well addressed by the Marie Curie Actions (MCAs) by providing a number of op...
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Collaborative Oncological Gene-environment Study (COGS)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

The overarching goal of COGS is to identify individuals with an increased risk of breast, ovary and prostate cancer. Furthermore, we will evaluate the effect of inherited genetic variation on tumour characteristics and clinical outcome. We will do this through quantifying the role of genetic and environmental/lifestyle risk in the largest data set ever generated. In all, we will include over 200,0...
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Mediterranean Open Access Network (MEDOANET)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

"MEDOANET will focus on national and regional coordination of Open Access strategies, policies and structures in six Mediterranean countries –Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Turkey. It will do so by means of strengthening, expanding and systematizing the activities of an already active regional network of partners from Mediterranean Europe. MEDOANET will identify and map existing strat...
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Climate change integrated assessment methodology for cross-sectoral adaptation and vulnerability in Europe (CLIMSAVE)

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

CLIMSAVE will develop and apply an integrated methodology for stakeholder-led, climate change impact and vulnerability assessment that explicitly evaluates regional and continental scale adaptation options, and cross-sectoral interactions between the key sectors driving landscape change in Europe (agriculture, forests, biodiversity, coasts/floodplains, water resources, urban development and transp...
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Chromatin diseases: from basic mechanisms to therapy (DisChrom)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

The scope of this ITN is to promote research and training in the field of chromatin diseases. Chromatin diseases (CD) are genetic pathologies resulting from mutations in structural components of chromatin or in enzymes that biochemically modify chromatin, altering chromatin status and thereby causing drastic effects on gene expression. CD frequency ranges from very rare to quite common pathologies...
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Researchers in Knowledge triangle (K-TRIO)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

The project sets as its main goal to enhance public recognition of researchers and their role in society and to encourage young people in Bulgaria to embark on scientific career. In the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy, the project focuses on the need for increasing the number of researchers and innovators in Europe and to foster the interest of the society and the youth, in particular, to r...
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Comprehensive Modelling of the Earth system for better climate prediction and projection (COMBINE)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

"The European integrating project COMBINE brings together research groups to advance Earth system models (ESMs) for more accurate climate projections and for reduced uncertainty in the prediction of climate and climate change in the next decades. COMBINE will contribute to better assessments of changes in the physical climate system and of their impacts in the societal and economic system. The pro...
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Therapeutic challenge in Leukodystrophies: Translational and ethical research towards clinical trials (LEUKOTREAT)

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

Leukodystrophies (LDs) are inherited rare neurodegenerative diseases of the white matter and its main component, the myelin, that are affecting predominantly children. Severity of the disease is related to the axonal dysfunction due to myelin deficiency or destruction. Despite the achievement of remarkable advances made in the past decade, there is no current curative therapy. The development of t...
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