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Art / culture / economy to democratize society. Research in placemaking for alternative narratives (trans-making)

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

The project trans-making aims to establish a multilateral network of research and innovation staff active in the fields of placemaking/place-based art activities as a space to create alternative narratives for social, economic and democratic renewal.It will investigate and experiment with placemaking to contribute actively to the democratization/well-being of society, educating and empowering indi ...
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Open transPREcision COMPuting (OPRECOMP)

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

Guaranteed numerical precision of each elementary step in a complex computation has been the mainstay of traditional computing systems for many years. This era, fueled by Moore's law and the constant exponential improvement in computing efficiency, is at its twilight: from tiny nodes of the Internet-of-Things, to large HPC computing centers, sub-picoJoule/operation energy efficiency is essential f ...
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Solid Catalysts for activation of aromatic C-H bonds (H-CCAT)

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

ObjectivesThe H-CCAT project designs, upscales and shapes hybrid catalysts for the C-H functionalization of aromatic compounds. These solid catalysts will possess better recoverability, higher turnover numbers and better selectivity than current homogeneous catalysts for these reactions. The solid catalysts are applied at demonstration scale in the step-economical production of arylated or alkenyl ...
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NDTonAIR: Training Network in Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring ofAircraft structures (NDTonAIR)

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

The “NDTonAIR” consortium involves Universities, Research Organisations and major European companies working on new Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) techniques for aerospace, of which both are key technologies. The goal is to train a new generation of scientists and engineers with a wide background of theoretical and experimental skills, capable of developing th ...
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Advanced solutions for assuring the overall authenticity and quality of olive oil (OLEUM)

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

The OLEUM project will generate innovative, more effective and harmonized analytical solutions to detect and fight the most common and emerging frauds and to verify the overall quality of olive oils (OOs). By a core group of 20 partners from 15 countries OLEUM will undertake RESEARCH ACTIVITIES based on the development of IMPROVED and NEW ANALYTICAL METHODS by targeted and omics approaches with th ...
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HARMONIzation and integrative analysis of regional, national and international Cohorts on primary Sjögren’s Syndrome (pSS) towards improved stratification, treatment and health policy making (HarmonicSS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

HarmonicSS vision is to create an International Network and Alliance of partners and cohorts, entrusted with the mission of addressing the unmet needs in primary Sjogren Syndrome; working together to create and maintain a platform with open standards and tools, designed to enable secure storage, governance, analytics, access control and controlled sharing of information at multiple levels along wi ...
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Sexual Plant Reproduction – Seed formation (SexSeed)

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

By 2050, it is estimated that the human population will reach 9 billion. To feed this growing population, it will be necessary to at least double agricultural yields, without increasing the amount of arable land. Understanding the factors that regulate sexual reproduction will enable this critical aspect of agricultural production to be engineered for increased productivity, without increasing ara ...
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Geospatial based Environment for Optimisation Systems Addressing Fire Emergencies (GEO-SAFE)

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

In EU and Australia, every year thousands of square miles of forests and other lands burn due to wildfires. These fires cause important economic and ecological losses, and often, human casualties. Both EU and Australian governments are aware of how crucial it is to improve wildfires’ management and containment. Scientists from different specialties, both in EU and Australia, have already developed ...
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Achieving near Zero and Positive Energy Settlements in Europe using Advanced Energy Technology (ZERO-PLUS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

"In ZERO-PLUS, a comprehensive, cost-effective system for Net Zero Energy (NZE) settlements will be developed and implemented. The system will be composed of innovative solutions for the building envelope, for building energy generation and management, and for energy management at the settlement level. A reduction of operational energy usage to an average of 0-20 kWh/m2 per year (compared with the ...
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Euromaster on Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling

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

Objective The International Master in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling aims to provide students with a sound background in this area and to promote student mobility within a large network of research laboratories.Course duration Two years (120 ECTS)Brief DescriptionTheoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling is nowadays a powerful and almost mandatory tool in modern science. ...
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LIFE - OLIVE4CLIMATE - LIFE. CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION THROUGH A SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR THE OLIVE OIL SECTOR (OLIVE4CLIMATE)

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

Background The olive tree is one of the most widespread agricultural tree species in the world. Some 70% of the world’s olive harvest comes from the European Union, where almost 5 million ha of land is devoted to cultivating olives.. Agriculture is particularly vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather events and faces the combined challenge of mitig ...
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HEritage Resilience Against CLimate Events on Site (HERACLES)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

HERACLES main objective is to design, validate and promote responsive systems/solutions for effective resilience of CH against climate change effects, considering as a mandatory premise an holistic, multidisciplinary approach through the involvement of different expertise (end-users, industry/SMEs, scientists, conservators/restorators and social experts, decision, and policy makers). This will be ...
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A geochemical clock to measure timescales of volcanic eruptions (CHRONOS)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

"The eruption of volcanoes appears one of the most unpredictable phenomena on Earth. Yet the situation is rapidly changing. Quantification of the eruptive record constrains what is possible in a given volcanic system. Timing is the hardest part to quantify.The main process triggering an eruption is the refilling of a sub-volcanic magma chamber by a new magma coming from depth. This process results ...
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European Broaded Agriculture by Multifunctional Activities

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

EBAMA (European Broadening Agriculture by Multifunctional Activities) is a multinational and multidisciplinary European project creating new curricula, through real-time examination of goodpractices. The new curricula will create the possibility to educate students in agriculture with wider competences to be able to broaden agricultural activities. At the same time it will create more opportuniti ...
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Genetics-driven targeted therapy of Hairy Cell Leukemia (Hairy Cell Leukemia)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

Hairy Cell Leukemia (HCL), a chronic B-cell neoplasm, is initially sensitive to chemotherapy with purine analogs, but ~40% of patients eventually relapses and becomes less responsive to these drugs. Furthermore, purine analogs may cause myelotoxicity, immune-suppression and severe opportunistic infections. Therefore, molecularly-targeted less toxic drugs are highly desirable in HCL. However, its ...
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Integrated Activities for the High Energy Astrophysics Domain (AHEAD)

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

We propose a set of integrated Activities in the High Energy Astrophysics Domain (AHEAD) in response to the INFRAIA-2014-2015 call Research Infrastructures for High EnergyAstrophysics.The overall objective of AHEAD is to integrate national efforts in high-energy Astrophysics and to promote the domain at the European level, to keep its community at the cutting edge of science and technology in this ...
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Impact of invasive alien true bug species in native tropich webs (INVASIoN)

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

Insects can be accidentally introduced into non-native ecosystems by humans, or expand their geographical range toward the poles as a consequence of global warming. As they invade new environments, exotic species interact with local species, modifying the structure of local food webs. New associations arising from with biological invasions can impact the strength of existing links with effects cas ...
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Harnessing Plant Reproduction for Crop Improvement (PROCROP)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Increased crop productivity through genetic improvement of plants has significantly impacted world agriculture and the world’s population. Crop plants have followed the general pattern of introduction, selection, and hybridization. Once introgressed, selection and breeding strategies have led to new cultivars with improved yield and adaptation. Unfortunately, many of these important traits are typ ...
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Bioresources For Oliviculture (BeFOre)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

The project aims at establishing a multi-lateral network of research and innovation staff active in olive germplasm access, conservation, evaluation and exploitation, strengthening research capacities through the exchange of knowledge and expertise on a shared research programme focused on developing integrated common protocols to phenotype and characterize plants at molecular, morphological and p ...
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Innovative drugs targeting IDO molecular dynamics in autoimmunity and neoplasia (DIDO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

"Catabolism of amino acids is an ancient survival strategy that also controls immune responses in mammals. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), a tryptophan catabolizing enzyme, is recognized as an authentic regulator of immunity in several physiopathologic conditions, including autoimmune diseases, in which it is often defective, and neoplasia, in which it promotes immune unresponsiveness. The PI’s ...
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Monitor population immunity against vaccine preventable diseases (Vaccinesurvey)

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

In the recent years an unprecedented effort has been made to increase the rates of childhood immunization in resource poor countries. This has translated into an increased number of children receiving vaccines and a parallel decrease in the rate of illnesses from vaccine preventable diseases. However, in some regions it has proven difficult to achieve optimal levels of immunization mainly because ...
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Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (TCCM)

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

Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (TCCM) is emerging as a powerful tool to help in the rational design of new products and materials for pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, computer, and new-materials industries. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to go beyond the traditional electronic structure studies, and merge complementary techniques that are normally not available at a sing ...
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Rights and Science

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

BACKGROUNDThe Centre will be established in the Department of Experimental Medicine one the most important biomedical departments of Italy, which participates to many EU, national and international programmes and which produces a great number of researches and publications, with a special sensibility to the societal implications of the scientific research. In particular the Department is hosting o ...
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INNOVATIVE EUROPEAN STUDIES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS

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

The project, namely INNOVATIVE EUROPEAN STUDIES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS aims to provide an interdisciplinary working group in order to cooperate with the European institutions and innovate the renewable energy systems with the good practices throughout Europe during 3 years. For this purpose, especially various innovative electrical devices used in wind, solar and fusion energy explorations wi ...
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UDEL21

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

context and background: The OECD spread during CERI (Conference on Innovation, Governance and Reform in Education-Paris, 2014) evidence on how schools have to cope with diversity in the future. They noticed that diversity in education is one of the future challenges for schools the next decade. The current challenges are: - Practice, research and policy are disconnected; - Schools have to integrat ...
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Schola- a mentoring for educators to value a Volunteering

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

Early school leaving (ESL) is an obstacle to economic growth and employment. In 2012, nearly 5.5 million young people between 18 and 24 years had not finished upper secondary education and were not in education and training. On average, the unemployment rate of these early school leavers is 40.1%, compared to 23.2% overall youth unemployment in Europe. Tackling early school leaving is a stepping s ...
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Multichannel Investigation of Solar Modulation Effects in Galactic Cosmic Rays (MAtISSE)

Start date: May 5, 2016, End date: May 4, 2018,

The topic of the MAtISSE project is the Multichannel Investigation of Solar Modulation Effects in Galactic Cosmic Rays (CRs). When entering the heliosphere, CRs encounter a turbulent flowing plasma, the solar wind, which modulates their energy spectra. The solar modulation is expected to be different for positive and negative particles (due to charge-sign dependent effects) or for leptons and nucl ...
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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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Genetic High Throughput Screenings by random mutagenesis to identify Plasmodium falciparum critical genes for asexual growth, sexual differentiation and virulence affecting host immune responses (GeneticHTS reveal Pf)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Feb 21, 2018,

Malaria is a global health problem that demands immediate practical actions to contain the high infection and mortality rates caused by Plasmodium species. Protective vaccine is still missing. Available drugs diminish their impact against Plasmodium as resistances are rising and expanding on the territories. While no vaccine of the current portfolio showed ideal protection and low-cost feasibility ...
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AdaPtive micROfluidic- and nano-enabled smart systems for waTEr qUality Sensing (PROTEUS)

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

Water management requires massive, low-cost monitoring means coping with differentiated and evolving requirements. However, the majority of multifunctional water sensors only supports predefined goals hindering interoperability, with a high cost, impeding large scale deployments. Addressing this, PROTEUS aims at offering x10 reduction in both size and unit function cost compared to state of the ar ...
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From Patient Data to Clinical Diagnosis in Neurodegenerative Diseases (PredictND)

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

Dementia is a growing health problem with enormous costs to society: the costs currently equal 1% of the global gross-domestic product and a three-fold increase to 115 million dementia cases is expected by 2050. Addressing this grave human and economic challenge requires efficient solutions that do not exist yet: tools to detect and diagnose persons at an early phase, and interventions for delayin ...
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Volcanic ash: field, laboratory and numerical investigations of processes during its lifecycle (VERTIGO)

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

Explosive volcanic eruptions are an unavoidable natural hazard: Volcanic ash, the ejected lethal mixture of crystals, lava, glass and older rocks, is the most far-reaching threat. In April 2010, the ash cloud from Eyjafjall volcano in Iceland, a comparatively small event, paralysed large parts of Europe for up to one week in a manner unique in history. The impact was dramatic: several million pass ...
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Yeasts for the Sustainability in Viticulture and Oenology (YeSVitE)

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

Modern viticulture and oenology were born in the last century responding to the need to innovate in traditional technologies. However, current economic, ecological and social changes require new strategies for wine production that take an integrated view of the entire wine production chain to ensure sustainability. Current management systems of vineyards and fermentations are indeed not economical ...
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SHAring Researchers’ Passion for Engagement and Responsibility (SHARPER)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

Researchers love to engage with nature, society, with future and ultimately with all the complex challenges that will allow them to contribute to a better world. Researchers also love to engage with other people to make the quest they’re involved in a collective endeavour. All this make researchers persons passionate for engagement who are developing a growing sense of responsibility related to th ...
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Strategy for the Natura 2000 Network of the Umbria Region (SUN LIFE)

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

Background Italy’s central region of Umbria hosts transitional areas located between the Mediterranean and Continental biogeographical regions. These areas are rich in biodiversity and include many endemic species. Such diversity is reflected in the 104 SCI and SPAs located in the region, accounting for more than 15% of its land surface. However, the co ...
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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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The EU Neighbourhood Policy: The Eastern Partnership and EU-Russia Relations

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

This project aims at enhancing knowledge of the EU Neighbourhood Policy, with special regard to its Eastern goals, as well as advancing research on the history of the EC/EU Eastern relations. The Module will consist in specialised teaching, both frontal lessons and interactive seminars, as well as research mainly carried out in EU archives, which will lead to the publication of peer-reviewed artic ...
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Evidence Based Education European Strategic Model for School Inclusion

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

This project intends to combine two relevant concepts, evidence-based education (EBE) and school inclusion, that affect both the field of educational research and the social dimension concerning those actions aimed at individuals with special educational needs (SEN). This is a field in which there are not yet operational models shared at European level, starting from which the results of research ...
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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

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

This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Coordinating European Research on Molecular Communications (CIRCLE)

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

In recent years, several research groups have been created in the emerging research area of molecular communications. This is seen as a fundamental enabler for nano-scale networked devices. The heterogeneity of the biological environments that can host nano-scale communications has produced different proposals (e.g. neuronal networks, molecular diffusion, flow-based carrier mobility) analyzed by m ...
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