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Integrated Arctic observation system (INTAROS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2021,

...rch for and access data from distributed databases. The evolution into a sustainable Arctic observing system requires coordination, mobilization and cooperation between the existing European and international infrastructures (in-situ and remote including space-based), the modeling communities and relevant stakeholder groups. INTAROS will include development of community-based observing systems, wh ...
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Chronologicon Hibernicum – A Probabilistic Chronological Framework for Dating Early Irish Language Developments and Literature (ChronHib)

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

Early Medieval Irish literature (7th–10th centuries) is vast in extent and rich in genres, but owing to its mostly anonymous transmission, for most texts the precise time and circumstances of composition are unknown. Unless where texts contain historical references, the only clues for a rough chronological positioning of the texts are to be found in their linguistic peculiarities. Phonology, morph ...
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Water - Sustainable Point-Of-Use Treatment Technologies (WATERSPOUTT)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2020,

...water use & needs of specific communities.b. Examine the effect of gender relations on uptake of SODIS technologies.c. Explore the relevant governance practices and decision-making capacity at local, national and international level that impact upon the use of integrated solar technologies for point-of-use drinking water treatment.d. Determine the feasibility & challenges faced at household, commu ...
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Maximising the technical and economic performance of real wave energy devices (INNOWAVE)

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

This initiative proposes an innovative training environment for 3 ESRs in a supportive environment provided by an award-winning progressive wave energy company (Aquamarine Power Ltd) and a research centre at the forefront of innovation in wave energy device optimisation and control (the Centre for Ocean Energy Research at NUIM). The ESRs will be recruited by COER and will be seconded for 50% of th ...
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Systems Medicine of Mitochondrial Parkinson’s Disease (SysMedPD)

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

The overall objective of this project is to identify novel drug candidates capable of slowing down the progression of neurodegeneration in the subset of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with overt mitochondrial dysfunction. Multi-modal phenotypic characterisation of cohorts of monogenic PD patients with overt mitochondrial dysfunction will be used as an anchor for the discovery of two extreme coh ...
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'EU External Relations in a Time of Crisis'

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

..., and an innovative summer school ‘The EU as a Global Promoter of Human Rights’. The introduction of this new JM Module, in its two components, constitutes an acknowledgment that the international role of the EU has come under intense scrutiny recently, from the challenges of refugee integration and population movements to commercial agreements with other major players on the international scene. ...
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Sustainable techno-economic solutions for the agricultural value chain (AgroCycle)

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

...rcular Economy. AgroCycle addresses wastes from several agricultural sectors: wine, olive oil, horticulture, fruit, grassland, swine, dairy and poultry. The AgroCycle consortium is a large (25) multi-national group (including China) comprising the necessary and relevant multi-actors (i.e. researchers; companies in the technical, manufacturing, advisory, retail sectors (Large and SMEs); lead users; ...
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Rebuilding an Inclusive, Value-based Europe of Solidarity and Trust through Social Investments (RE-InVEST)

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

In 2013, as a response to rising inequalities, poverty and distrust in the EU, the Commission launched a major endeavour to rebalance economic and social policies with the Social Investment Package (SIP). RE-InVEST aims to strengthen the philosophical, institutional and empirical underpinnings of the SIP, based on social investment in human rights and capabilities. Our consortium is embedded in th ...
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Gaming for Peace (GAP)

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

...allenging strategically and operationally. Even if the structures to coordinate together are in place, diversity in organizations (militaries, police forces, civil organizations), gender and culture (national, ethnicity, religion) make understanding of diverse personnel, and effective communication and cooperation in contexts of diversity difficult yet vital in order to achieve CPPB missions' goa ...
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Integrating Cultural Diversity in Higher Education

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

...s to regional agencies. There is a concentration of expertise, a capacity to respond effectively to new needs, familiarity with employers, and experience in staff development; there are internal and national networks (all members of EUCEN) for mainstreaming innovation and influencing policy.The project will:- Produce a meta-analysis of best practice from relevant research and tools across Europe ...
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Enhancing Competitiveness of Microenterprises in Rural Areas

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

BACKGROUNDMicroenterprises are the backbone of EU economy, representing 90% of EU firms and providing 53% of EU jobs. Microenterprises face considerable challenges in their growth and competitiveness:1)Increased global competition and transition to knowledge economy are transforming the working life of microenterprises that need different occupational skills with more medium/high-level qualificati ...
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Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration

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

This project will consolidate and enhance teaching, research and public engagement in European integration at Maynooth University and in Ireland. It will do so by expanding significantly the range of EU-centred courses taught at Maynooth and by introducing innovative new pedagogic elements to the curriculum, including an intensive fieldtrip to the EU institutions in Brussels and EU Negotiation Sim ...
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Teaching European integration at Maynooth University: policy and practice in the EU

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

This project will consolidate and enhance teaching in European integration at Maynooth University and in Ireland. It will do so by expanding significantly the range of EU-centred courses taught at Maynooth and by introducing innovative new pedagogic elements to the curriculum, including an intensive fieldtrip to the EU institutions in Brussels and EU Negotiation Simulation games in Dublin and Brus ...
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Unlocking Freedom through Adult Education: The role of adult education in supporting the de-institutionalisation of people with disabilities in the community

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

It is priority of the European Union that adult learners of all abilities have the right to access quality life-long learning opportunities. However, despite this fact, people with disabilities do not have an equal chance to avail of adult and community education because more often than not, mainstream provision is not tailored to meet their needs. This is most poignant for people with intellectu ...
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A Digital Journey in Europe

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

...as Ireland, Denmark and Finland. These countries have well developed digital infrastructures and approaches to the integration of ICTs into educational practice, and score consistently highly in international comparative attainment tests, such as the PISA rankings. This Erasmus project would facilitate teachers and principals observing and using a variety of modern technologies, in discussing thei ...
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The Enquiring Classroom

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

...ive facilitation of complex issues. The timeliness of this undertaking should be seen in light of rapid changes in global conflict, movements of refugees, and violence in Europe and its borders. Transnational knowledge exchange and transfer is essential in developing effective techniques and pedagogical strategies to navigate topics of contention in classrooms whilst securing children's voice and ...
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Re-inventory-ing Heritage: Exploring the potential of public participation GIS to capture heritage values and dissonance (REINVENT)

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

This research critically addresses the challenges pertaining to the management of cultural heritage in contested cross-border contexts in Europe. The cultural landscape of Derry~Londonderry, located in the North West of Ireland, provides the lens through which expressions of heritage values and dissonance, participatory practices in cultural heritage management, and the application of Geographical ...
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Atmospheric dynamics Research InfraStructure in Europe (ARISE2)

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

...uce the dynamics of the middle atmosphere in numerical weather prediction and climate models. ARISE2 capitalizes upon the work of the EU-funded first ARISE project combining for the first time international networks with complementary technologies such as infrasound, lidar and airglow. This joint network provided advanced data products that started to be used as benchmarks for weather forecast mod ...
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The Programmable City (SOFTCITY)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2018,

"Software is essential to the functioning of cities; a vital element in the operation and governance of travel, the built environment, consumption, work, home life, services and utilities. To date, analysis has focused on the technologies that software enables, rather than the actual code that renders the city programmable and knowable in new ways. We have thus failed to appreciate and understand ...
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Gap Analysis for Integrated Atmospheric ECV CLImate Monitoring (GAIA-CLIM)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

There is a recognised need for establishing sound methods for the characterisation of satellite-based Earth Observation (EO) data by surface-based and sub-orbital measurement platforms - spanning Atmosphere, Ocean and Land observations and the entire radiance spectrum. Robust EO instrument characterisation is about significantly more than simply where and when a given set of EO and ground-based / ...
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Improving the Effectiveness of the Capabilities (IEC) in EU conflict prevention (IECEU)

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

...obalized impact of local conflicts, technological developments and budgetary constraints challenges the Radicalization, the growing potential for individuals to create large security threats and transnational criminality further complicates the security landscape of EU missions. With global interconnectedness, the repercussions of outside conflict are also seen within the EU, and may lead to socie ...
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Ethics of Coding: A Report on the Algorithmic Condition (EoC)

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

"This project responds to the ICT-35-2016 Enabling responsible ICT-related research and innovation, topic B, and will "reflect and challenge the way ICT-related research and innovation is currently approached." The computerization of society in the late 1970s has now reached a point where the global economy works through an algorithmic networked environment. This situation is addressed in this res ...
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Biological control manufacturers in Europe develop novel biological control products to support the implementation of Integrated Pest Management in agriculture and forestry (BIOCOMES)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

"The objective of BIOCOMES is to develop 11 new biological control agents (BCAs) for key markets in European agriculture and forestry. BCAs were identified through market analysis by six manufactures of biological control products. BCAs will primarily be for use in open field crops of vegetables (3), of which 2 are also for use in protected crops, arable crops (3), fruit crops (3), and three diffe ...
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A Toolkit for Developing, Implementing and Monitoring Adult Education Strategies

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

...r updating and monitoring them, identifying gaps and being at the same time in line with the ET2020 strategy. The development of a comprehensive strategy on Adult Education will enable local and national authorities to contribute towards the achievement of the above EU target and increase adults’ participation in education and training in a lifelong learning perspective. The strategy will be in l ...
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Enhancing the employability of non-traditional students in HE

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

...higher education system across Europe the student population has become more diverse by age, gender, class, ethnicity and disability. The issue of employability is a central policy concern of the EU, national governments and a key goal of the Bologna Process (The European Higher Education in 2012: Bologna Process Implementation Report) and there is also emerging evidence that graduate employabilit ...
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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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Digital Scholarly Editions Initial Training Network (DiXiT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

...sources in order to train the next generation of young scholars and researchers in all subjects and methods of this quickly developing field according to the needed standards. Therefore, only an international training network can provide this infrastructure and the scholarly resources for doctoral training and supervision. For this reason ten leading European institutions from universities and aca ...
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#dariahTeach

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

The DARIAH-RC Strategic Partnership presents a unique new approach to curriculum development: an international consortium consisting of 7 institutions from 7 European countries will join forces to establish an open source, freely-available modular reference curriculum and key benchmarking criteria in the rapidly expanding field of Digital Humanities along with an extensible collection of high-qual ...
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New Deals in the New Economy (NEWDEALS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

...? What kinds of new social bargains are emerging across the European Union? How are they being institutionalised? How are new workplace bargains shaped by the broader politics of sectors, regions and national economies?These questions are crucial to the future of the European ‘social model’. The objective of this research programme is to provide answers to these questions, drawing on cross-nation ...
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Quantitative T cell Immunology (QuanTI)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

The primary objective of this ITN is to train a new generation of European quantitative immunologists, who will be able to address challenges arising in Systems Immunology. This will be achieved with the proposed Network, Quantitative T cell Immunology (QuanTI), that will train 11 ESRs and 4 ERs, bringing together renowned experimental and theoretical scientists from private and academic instituti ...
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Indo-European Network in Mathematics for Health and Disease (INDOEUROPEAN-MATHDS)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

...etical) scientists, with the aim to exchange postgraduate students and research fellows, so that they benefit from the broader knowledge, skills and tools provided by the Network.(4) Enhance the international outreach dimension of the EU partners by delivering lectures and seminars at the LANL q-bio series of Summer Schools and Conference, and the training events to be organised and hosted by the ...
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Patterns of Resilience during Socioeconomic Crises among Households in Europe (RESCuE)

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

Since 2008, Europe has been shaken by an ongoing crisis. If relevant parts of populations are exposed to socioeconomic risks, it is a distinctive characteristic of European political ethics that they must not be left alone, but should be subject to support and solidarity by budget support policy, economic development policies and social policy at different levels. But, in analogy with medical and ...
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Promoting Scientific Creativity by Utilising Web-based Research Objects (Dr Inventor)

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

Scientific creativity and innovation represent the beating heart of European growth at a time of rapid technological change. Dr Inventor is built on the vision that technologies have great potential to supplement human ingenuity in science by overcoming the limitations that people suffer in pursuing scientific discovery. It presents an original system that will provide inspiration for scientific c ...
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Improving progress for lower achievers through Formative Assessment in Science and Mathematics Education (FaSMEd)

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

...ays that allow teachers to respond to the emerging needs of low achieving learners in mathematics and science so that they are better motivated in their learning of these important subjects.This international project will adapt and develop existing research-informed pedagogical interventions (developed by the partners), suited to implementation at scale, for working with low attaining pupils and t ...
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Tomorrow's Elastic, Adaptive Mobility (TEAM)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

TEAM aims at developing systems for participants in transportation networks, which help them to behave better – by explicitly taking into account the needs and constraints of other participants and the network itself. Focus will be placed upon decision-making in a time interval, above what is commonly associated with reactive safety (typically less than 5 seconds) and below long-term planning appl ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

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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Health and Wellness on the Beat (BEAT-HEALTH)

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

There is a tight link between the rhythm of external information (e.g., auditory) and movement. It can be seen when we spontaneously or deliberately move on the beat of music (e.g., in dance), or when we enjoy performing physical and sport activities (e.g., running or cycling) together with music. This propensity to match movement to rhythm is natural, develops very precociously, and is likely har ...
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The Second World in the Third: Polish Aid to Sudan and Nigeria from Comecon to EU Accession (COMECONAID)

Start date: Feb 3, 2014, End date: Aug 2, 2016,

...wledge of Polish-Sudanese relations while adding a new field site (Nigeria) to my area specialisation. The project will lay the groundwork for future long-term research on global governance, international development and the power struggle over international influence in Africa. It will be conducted at the Department of Anthropology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
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Enhancement of mesenchymal stem cell therapy for graft versus host disease (MSC_GvHD_Enhance)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Jun 2, 2016,

...hanced efficacy? The final element that this project will address is whether or not correlates of MSC therapeutic efficacy can be identified and translated into the clinic. This research is both internationally competitive and innovative in that no correlates have been identified for MSC therapeutic efficacy and the provision of such information would transform the field of MSC therapy for the tre ...
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Support to the Grand Coalition for ICT jobs (DIGITALJOBS)

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

Exploitation of ICT has a crucial role to play in Europe's future prosperity and well-being. The single largest obstacle to harnessing the power of ICT is a shortage of skills, particularly ICT practitioners, where the shortfall is estimated at 900,000. President Barroso remarked on this problem following the final session of the EC on 15 March - "Opportunities exist and we must train our young p ...
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