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Integrated inter-sector framework to increase the thermal resilience of European workers in the context of global warming (HEAT-SHIELD)

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

Environmental heating is a growing challenge for our community and problems are already experienced by millions of Europeans during the summertime and aggravated during heat waves or occupational settings. In addition to the well-known health risks related to severe heat stress, a number of studies have confirmed significant loss of productivity due to hyperthermia. Even if countries adopt the EU ...
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Simulation in Real Time for Manufacturing with Zero Defects (STREAM-0D)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

Facts: i) Zero-defect manufacturing and flexibility of production processes are some of the main challenges for European manufacturing; ii) One of the engineering tools with higher potential is the linking of simulation tools with measurement devices for real-time control of applications. The huge potential of this synergistic loop remains untapped for manufacturing processes and could be used f ...
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Zero-defect manufacturing strategies towards on-line production management for European factories (Z-Fact0r)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

Manufacturing represents approximately 21 % of the EU’s GDP and 20 % of its employment, providing more than 30 million jobs in 230 000 enterprises, mostly SMEs. Moreover, each job in industry is considered to be linked to two more in related services. European manufacturing is also a dominant element in international trade, leading the world in areas such as automotive, machinery and agricultural ...
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Green Integrated Structural Elements for Retrofitting and New Construction of Buildings (GREEN INSTRUCT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

The Green INSTRUCT project will develop a prefabricated modular structural building block that is superior to conventional precast reinforced concrete panels by virtue of its reduced weight, improved acoustic and thermal performance and multiple functionalities. The Green INSTRUCT block consists of over 70% of CDW in weight. The Green INSTRUCT project will: (i) achieve sustainability and cost sav ...
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High sensitivity, portable photonic device for pervasive water quality analysis (WaterSpy)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

Pervasive and on-line water quality monitoring data is critical for detecting environmental pollution. However, it’s not easy to gather such data, at least not for all contaminants. Currently, water utilities rely heavily on frequent sampling and laboratory analysis in order to acquire this information.For this situation to be improved, portable and high-performance devices for pervasive water qua ...
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Lean innovative connected vessels (LINCOLN)

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

LINCOLN presents three new concepts of added-value specialized vessels able to run requested services for several maritime sectors in the most effective, efficient, economic valuable and eco-friendly way. LINCOLN will develop three types of completely new vessels concepts at TRL5, through dynamic simulation model testing. The first is a Multi-platform Catamaran to serve as: Service crew vessel and ...
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Increasing resource efficiency of aviation through implementation of ALM technology and bionic design in all stages of an aircraft life cycle (Bionic Aircraft)

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

Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) processes can significantly contribute to the demanding task within the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) to reduce the impact of aviation on the environment. The unique manufacturing process of ALM technologies promises great weight saving potential, due to the possibility to produce bionically optimized lightweight structures of high complexity in ...
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PROtective composite Coatings via Electrodeposition and Thermal Spraying (PROCETS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Wear and corrosion of materials causes losses of 3-4% of GDP in developed countries and billions of Euros are spent annually on capital replacement and control methods for wear and corrosion infrastructure. As a result many important industries are dependent on surface engineering of protective coatings, making it one of the main critical technologies underpinning the competitiveness of EU industr ...
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Assembly of miniaturized PCBs by using low cost hyper-fine solder powders (FineSol)

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

The total EU electronics industry employs ≈20.5 million people, sales exceeding €1 trillion and includes 396,000 SMEs. It is a major contributor to EU GDP and its size continues to grow fueled by demand from consumers to many industries. Despite its many positive impacts, the industry also faces some challenges connected with the enormous quantity of raw materials that it needs for sustainability, ...
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Industrial Thermal Energy Recovery Conversion and Management (I-ThERM)

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

Waste heat recovery systems can offer significant energy savings and substantial greenhouse gas emission reductions. The waste heat recovery market is projected to exceed €45,0 billion by 2018, but for this projection to materialise and for the European manufacturing and user industry to benefit from these developments, technological improvements and innovations should take place aimed at improvin ...
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Innovative Technology for District Heating and Cooling (InDeal)

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

Challenged by climate change, and coupled with the need to secure sustainable economic growth and social cohesion, Europe must achieve a genuine energy revolution to reverse present-day unsustainable trends and live up to the ambitious policy expectations. A rational, consistent andfar-sighted approach to heating and cooling is key for ensuring such transformation.Toward this direction, district h ...
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Effective Management of Pests and Harmful Alien Species - Integrated Solutions (EMPHASIS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

EMPHASIS is a participatory research project addressing native and alien pests threats (insect pests, pathogens, weeds) for a range of both natural ecosystems and farming systems (field crops, protected crops, forestry, orchards and amenity plants).The overall goal is to ensure a European food security system and the protection of biodiversity and of ecosystems services while developing integrated ...
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Intersectoral Network for Innovation on Smart Thermal Solutions for Bicycle Helmets (SmartHELMET)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Bicycle helmets are a tremendously important asset against head injuries during accidents. However, their normal use is often associated with strong thermal discomfort due to the (thermally) insulating nature of the materials used in their structures. This affects directly the willingness to wear helmets, which has direct implications in terms of the risk to which riders are exposed to. However, t ...
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Transnational Cooperation among ICT NCPs (Idealist2018)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The main objective of Idealist2018 is reinforcing the network of National Contact Points (NCP) for LEIT ICT under Horizon2020, by promoting further trans-national cooperation within this network. This cooperation will also include collaboration and networking with similar networks in parallel themes (Security, ENV, Transport, Energy, Health,…etc) especially in the context of joint/coordinated or P ...
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Intersectoral collaboration for innovation in non-invasive techniques to estimate human brown adipose tissue activity (ICI-THROUGH)

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

Non-invasive, inexpensive, and accurate assessment of adipose tissue (BAT) activity is crucial in the fight against metabolic pandemics such as obesity, and in various industries (e.g., foods, pharmaceuticals). However, the only technique available to measure the activity of this tissue is PET/CT imaging of the glucosetracer 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose , a highly invasive technique that is harmful for ...
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Empowering Young Disadvantaged Individuals to Trigger Change in their Communities - You.Change.Com

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

The world is gradually becoming witness to the disenfranchisement of youth. This is partially due to a global unrest in relation to the economic system placing young people at a disadvantaged socio-economic position with heightened youth unemployment, and also due to political distrust, a fall of values and socially-oriented causes as well as reduced belief in bottom-up social change. Similarly, f ...
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Online Privacy Enforcement, Rights Assurance and Optimization (OPERANDO)

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

The goal of the OPERANDO project is to specify, implement, field-test, validate and exploit an innovative privacy enforcement platform that will enable the Privacy as a Service (PaS) business paradigm and the market for online privacy services.The OPERANDO project will integrate and extend the state of the art to create a platform that will used by independent Privacy Service Providers (PSPs) to p ...
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REfactoring Parallel Heterogeneous Resource-Aware Applications - a Software Engineering Approach (RePhrase)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

"The RePhrase project directly meets the challenge of ICT-09-2014, by studying the critically important issue of improving software development practice for parallel data-intensive applications. Data-intensive applications are among the most important and commonly encountered kinds of industrial application, and are increasingly important withthe emergence of ""big data"" problems. Emerging hetero ...
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Dependable Embedded Wireless Infrastructure (DEWI)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

DEWI (dependable embedded wireless infrastructure) envisions to significantly foster Europe’s leading position in embedded wireless systems and smart (mobile) environments such as vehicles, railway cars, airplanes and buildings. These environments comprise wireless sensor networks and wireless applications for citizens and professional users. Therefore the consortium introduces the concept of a “s ...
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New generation of protective coatings alternative to hard chrome (HARDALT)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

The total annual estimated direct cost of corrosion, not including wear damage, in the worlds is estimated at about 3.1% of the world’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Protective coatings serve to prevent wear and corrosion and thus reduce the total loss from corrosion and wear. Hard chromium plating is one of the most widely used techniques for production of such coatings. However, hard chromium fa ...
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Automated Pollution Inspection Scanning System for Soil using a robotic vehicle (POLLINS)

Start date: Nov 15, 2013, End date: Nov 14, 2016,

"Currently, the detection of soil pollution is done by manual surveys which are inefficient, unreliable, time consuming and very expensive. The need of a better and low-cost technical approach, that would be able to assess contaminated areas before programing the required remediation actions, has become more intense due to public awareness for the environment.This project aims to develop a semi-au ...
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New Generation of orthopaedic Biomaterials (NEWBIOGEN)

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Biomaterials industry and especially the orthopaedics sector represent a large market globally with growth rates of 7-15%. Unfortunately current biomaterials are not optimal and cause pain and distress to a large number of patients. Particularly their life cycle is very small compared to the average starting age of musculoskeletal disorders. The raw materials used can cause neurological problems a ...
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ALTernative to Indium Tin Oxide materials for sustainable growth of displays, solar and automobile industries (ALTITUDE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

The electronics/displays and photovoltaic (PV) sectors are massively growing industries with sales worth > €3 trillion and €100 billion, respectively. Of strategic importance, they are major contributors to EU GDP. Despite their many positive impacts, these industries face threats of: (i) sustainability of growth in terms of raw materials, energy and environment and (ii) competitive threat from As ...
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Fostering Dialogue and Cooperation between the EU and EECA in the HORIZON 2020 perspective (EAST-HORIZON)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

In the fluid environment of the junction between FP7 and HORIZON 2020, the EAST HORIZON Support Action, brought forward by a balanced mixture of European Strategic Consulting companies, IT Industry, EECA National Research and Governmental Organizations, comes as a bridge for a two-way cooperation between the EECA and the EU.It will inspire ideas, influence policies, and launch actions to:Support t ...
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Road Pavements & Bridge Deck Health Monitoring/Early Warning Using Advanced Inspection Technologies (RPB HEALTEC)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

The European Road Network is undoubtedly one of the most important land infrastructures in the EU. It is and will remain for the foreseeable future a crucial artery for Europe, both in economic terms, as it services the vast majority of goods traffic, and in social terms, as it does so for passenger travel as well.Maintenance is considered to be the most expensive function of a high-way operating ...
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Local content in a Europeana cloud (LoCloud)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

LoCloud aims to build on the achievements of CARARE in establishing a repository-based aggregator for Archaeological and Architectural heritage and of Europeana Local in its work with local institutions and their regional and national aggregators, which resulted in the contribution to date of well over 5 million items to Europeana.The main goals of LoCloud are: to continue to ease the task of ena ...
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Low-cost, Green, Large Scale Manufacturing of new age conducting nanowires displays (NanoDiGree)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

Currently, display industries, LCD and OLED displays manufacturing is based on Indium-Tin Oxide (ITO) Transparent Conducting Films (TCF). Nevertheless, Indium metal is a very scarce material and its worldwide resources are becoming increasingly limited. Thus, the prices of produced displays based on ITO will inevitably rise day by day if no alternative material is developed to replace it. More ...
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Research Data Alliance Europe (RDA Europe)

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

Over the last 10 years, significant investments have been made in both the European Union and the USA for developing scientific data infrastructures to support the work of research communities, and in improving shared access to data. On both sides of the Atlantic, there is a shared understanding that solutions must be global and that the development of an integrated and interoperable data domain c ...
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Trans-national cooperation among ICT NCPs (Idealist2014)

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

The main objective of Idealist2014 is reinforcing the network of National Contact Points (NCP) for ICT under FP7, by promoting further trans-national cooperation within this network. This cooperation will not be reduced to only ICT NCPs but also a degree of collaboration and networking with similar networks in parallel themes (Security, SSH, ENV, Transport, Energy, Health,...etc) especially in the ...
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Addressing the divide between EU indications and their practical implementation in the green construction and eco-social re-qualification of residential areas in South East Europe regions (BUILD SEE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

WHY ARE SEE CITIES SO FAR FROM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DESPITE EU INDICATIONS ? WHY DO URBAN PLANNING AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS LACK A TRUE GREEN APPROACH? "BUILD SEE" answers these questions. It supplies public administrations, enterprises and citizens with practical tools, recommendations and action plans (from SEE local country case-studies) to bridge the gap to achieve low environmental impact and ...
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Development of interregional financial assistance to SMEs and of non-grant instruments (DIFASS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

DIFASS aims to unlock potential for innovation, internationalisation and sustainable growth of SMEs in Europe by improving access to finance.Innovative SMEs are often faced with problems when obtaining loans from commercial banks and intermediaries as valuing risks in technology innovation or foreign markets is problematical and as SMEs often cannot provide sufficient collateral. Resulting from th ...
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Tackling the "Broadband Gap" in SEE Rural areas through PPP model  (PPP4Broadband)

Start date: Nov 30, 2012, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

SEE area comprising non-EU MS, NMS and EU-15 MS is area with the biggest challenge in the matter of Broadband development to achieve i2010 or i2015 targets as it is seen from Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2011 for EU MS and from national reports available for some non-EU MS. Mainly Rural areas are affected by phenomenon of Broadband Gap where we can still identify alarming percentage of Inhabitants li ...
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Rail Hub Cities for South East Europe (RAIL4SEE)

Start date: Apr 30, 2012, End date: Oct 30, 2014,

The challenge that the RAIL4SEE partners share is the development of models, concepts, measures, harmonised strategies and policy actions targeted to the improvement of rail and intermodal transport in SEE. In particular partners call for complementary interventions facing the alleviation of barriers for rail hubs integration in the local, regional, transnational and TEN-T systems, transport servi ...
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An Infrastructure for Open, Linked Governmental Data Provision towards Research Communities and Citizens (ENGAGE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2014,

Information and Communication Technologies have an unprecedented potential to improve the responsiveness of governments to the needs of citizens and have long been recognized as a key strategic tool to enable reforms in the public sector. During the last years, this potential of ICT has started to be dealt with in a multi-disciplinary way, giving birth to new research communities dealing with gov ...
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Extended Non-Destructive Testing of Composite Bonds (ENCOMB)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

"Even though composite materials are already used in the manufacturing of structural components in aeronautics industry a consequent light-weight design of CFRP primary structures is limited due to a lack of adequate joining technologies. In general, adhesive bonding is the optimum technique for joining CFRP light-weight structures, but difficulties in assessing the bond quality by non-destructive ...
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Technet_nano – Transnational network of public clean rooms and research facilities in nanotechnology making accessible innovation resources and services to SMEs in the BSR (Technet_nano)

Start date: Sep 28, 2011, End date: Mar 27, 2014,

Technet_nano sets up a transnational network of public clean rooms and research facilities in micro- and nanotechnology making accessible innovation resources and services to SMEs in the BSR.The problem addressed is that especially SMEs and R&D institutions in branches such as energy, climate or medical technology do not fully exploit their innovation and growth potentials in the field of micro- a ...
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The Strategic Project on Trans-national Commercial Activities in Research & Innovation, Clusters and in SME-Networks (StarDust)

Start date: Sep 16, 2010, End date: Dec 15, 2013,

How to link strong research nodes, clusters and SME networks in the Baltic Sea region in order to jointly reach globally-leading innovation partnerships? How to use the high innovation potential of the region to address common societal challenges?StarDust was designed to give answers to these questions. Besides the concrete testing of collaboration methods, policy implication should be drawn on ho ...
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International Cooperation Network for Central Asian and South Caucasus countries (IncoNet CA/SC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

The project focuses on the strengthening and deepening of the S&T cooperation with the Central Asian and South Caucasus countries, as well as with Moldova. It will be implemented in close coordination with the ongoing IncoNet EECA project (International Cooperation Network for Eastern European and Central Asian countries). The main aims of the IncoNet CA/SC project are: enhancing the policy dialog ...
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Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Management of Emerging, New Technology Related Risks (iNTeg-Risk)

Start date: Dec 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2013,

iNTeg-Risk is a large-scale integrating project aimed at improving the management of emerging risks in the innovative industry. This will be achieved by building a new risk management paradigm for emerging risks, which is a set of principles supported by a common language, commonly agreed tools & methods and Key Performance Indicators integrated into a single framework. As main impact, it will red ...
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Embedded Reconfigurable Architectures (ERA)

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

Description To develop an embedded system platform that dynamically adapt itself to the applications. The platform will be open-source: both the industry and academia can use it for fast design-space prototypingThe design of embedded systems such as mobile smartphones becomes increasingly more complex as multi-core processors are needed t ...
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