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ERASMUS MUNDUS MASTER JOINT DEGREE NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Start date: Oct 31, 2016, End date: Oct 30, 2021,

Nuclear Physics and technology has multiple applications of strategic economical relevance at the EU and worldwide. These include energy resources, medical diagnosis and therapeutic practices, new material characterization, or environmental studies, among others. The Horizon 2020, and the Euratom R&T Programme that complements it in the field of nuclear research and training, put a strong emphasis ...
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Dialogue Interculturel, REseaux et Mobilité en MEDiterranée

Start date: Oct 15, 2016, End date: Oct 14, 2019,

By fostering university cooperation, DIRE-MED seeks to establish a long-lasting relationship of mutual trust, understanding and intercultural awareness among Mediterranean countries promoting the mobility and exchange of people and in longer term, a major economic and cultural integration of the region. DIRE-MED aims at:- Creating a framework of cooperation to facilitate the exchange of students, ...
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Modelling and Computation of Shocks and Interfaces (ModCompShock)

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

"The proposed ITN entitled "Modelling and computation of Shocks and Interfaces" will focus on the training of young researchers in the general area of nonlinear hyperbolic and convection dominated PDEs with emphasis on innovative modelling and computational methods.The research program of the proposed ITN is centered on an important field (in terms of both history and scope), that is placed at th ...
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Realising the potential of the international mobility of staff in higher education

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

Internationalisation is a key element in raising Higher Education Institutions profile and in contributing to their modernisation. It enhances creativity and innovation in all activities and services they provide. At European level, policies for Higher Education and their resulting initiatives have significantly intensified over the last years. Among the tools available for EHEIs, the Erasmus+ Pro ...
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HYDRALAB+ Adapting to climate change (HYDRALAB-PLUS)

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

HYDRALAB is an advanced network of environmental hydraulic institutes in Europe, which has been effective in providing access to a suite of major and unique environmental hydraulic facilities from across the whole European scientific community.A continuation project will prepare environmental hydraulic modelling for the upcoming urgent technical challenges associated with adaptations for climate c ...
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Sarcopenia and Physical fRailty IN older people: multi-componenT Treatment strategies (SPRINTT)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

The current healthcare systems are built around the traditional paradigm of patients suffering from a single acute illness. They are therefore largely unprepared to face the increasing demands for health services arising from the expansion of an older population with specific medical needs related to multiple chronic disorders. As a consequence, the medical conditions of a large and growing seg ...
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For a Better Tomorrow: Social Enterprises on the Move (FAB-MOVE)

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

The project “For a Better Tomorrow: Social Enterprises on the Move (FAB-MOVE)” brings together researchers and practitioners in order to explore the question of how social enterprises can grow and flourish. These objectives will be achieved through a carefully crafted network of academic and non-academic partner organisations co-operating worldwide.Managers and practitioners of social enterprises ...
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EU MEDiterranean Border Crises and European External Action

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

EUMedEA proposes a new perspective on EU external action. Since the scientific debate on the EU international actorness is currently at a stalemate, this JMC departs from the nature of the EU action - either normative, idealist or realist, to address the more substantive essence of European external action to address EU Med border crises. The European Security Strategy and the Lisbon Treaty urge t ...
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The EU common area of criminal justice: fundamental principles, actors and contents of the EU action in criminal matters

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

The aim of the Module is to provide the participants with an extensive knowledge of EU law and dynamics concerning the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice in criminal matters, together with all sensitive questions it raises in respect to general principles of internal criminal law. In order to achieve this objective, the project provides for three years of highly qualified teaching, and precisel ...
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Enhancing the EU's Transboundary Crisis Management Capacities: Strategies for Multi-Level Leadership (TransCrisis)

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

The European Union (EU) is facing the daunting prospect of transboundary crises: threats that escalate across national borders and policy domains. EU member states must collaborate to address these crises. EU governance can play a pivotal role in facilitating a joint response. But does the EU have the institutional leadership capacities to deal with transboundary crises? The response to the financ ...
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Multicultural Schools - Enhancing Cultural and Linguistic Treasure of Europe through Teachers

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

EU is founded on “unity in diversity”: diversity of cultures, religions, custom, beliefs and languages. According to Eurostat, on January 2013 there were 33.5 million people born outside of the EU-27 living in an EU-27 Member State, while there were 17.3 million persons who had been born in a different EU-27 Member State from their country of residence. Most of these people that moved from one co ...
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NANOCARRIERS FOR THE DELIVERY OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS TO FIGHT RESISTANCE MECHANISMS (CycloN Hit)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

The worldwide spread of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms can be viewed as an ecological consequence of the systematic use of antimicrobial agents. Resistant bacteria prevail in healthcare environments where antibiotic selective pressure is intensive. Novel therapeutic approaches are urgently required to deliver the well-documented existing drugs in an optimized fashion to: i) protect them towar ...
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Cultural Pathways to Economic Self-Sufficiency and Entrepreneurship: Family Values and Youth Unemployment in Europe (CUPESSE)

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

The multi-disciplinary CUPESSE project carries out a comparative analysis of both the demand and supply side of youth unemployment in eleven Member States of the EU and Associated Countries (i.e. Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom). These ten countries represent the main empirical scope of the project, but whenever ...
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"Structure, strength and invasibility of aphid food webs" (APHIWEB)

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

"The project aims at characterizing and comparing food webs associated with aphids developing on 6 distinct ecosystems in native vs. invaded areas (continents). By considering food webs associated with pest insects and comparing food web structure & functioning on an international scale, we will broaden our understanding of processes underpinning food web functioning and herbivore population regul ...
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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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International Business for European Union

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

IB4EU proposes a microeconomic view of EU integration so far overlooked in EU economic studies based on the idea that “Growth and job creation depend on healthy, well connected markets, where competition and consumer access stimulate business and innovation” (Europe 2020 Deepening the Single Market tool). In particular, IB4EU focuses on internationalization of enterprises and SMEs, which implies ...
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New Skills for renewed challenges: sharing and boosting knowledge on EU actions against Transnational Organised Crime

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

This project is part of the UNICT strategy to contribute to the spreading of EU integration study and legality culture across population. To such aim, exploiting a multidisciplinary and interdepartmental methodology, already succesfully tested within a JM Module funded 2009/2014, a team of scholars and experts proposes a module on the EU Policy against organized crime in order to 1) offer tra ...
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European Multicentre Tics in Children Studies (EMTICS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2017,

This project will undertake pre-clinical and cohort studies that address susceptibility factors for paediatric and adolescent tic disorders, with a particular focus on comorbid obsessive-compulsive symptomatology, from clinical, epidemiological, genetic, microbiological and immunological angles. EMTICS aims to elucidate the complex aetiology of the onset and clinical course of chronic tic disorder ...
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Energising Scientific Endeavour through Science Gateways and e-Infrastructures in Africa (Sci-GaIA)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

In African Communities of Practice (CoPs), international collaboration and the pursuit of scientific endeavour has faced a major barrier with the lack of access to e-Infrastructures and high performance network infrastructure enjoyed by European counterparts. With AfricaConnect, the proposed AfricaConnect2 and regional developments, this situation is changing rapidly. In the project Teaming-up fo ...
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Three Conferences on EU Criminal Justice: Fundamental Rights, Investigation Measures and the Future European Public Prosecutor’s Office

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

This 18-month “cross-fertilisation” project consists of the organisation of a cycle of 3 international conferences on judicial cooperation in criminal matters between EU Member States, to be addressed to law students, legal professionals and academics:- I conference (University of Catania) on procedural rights in criminal proceedings in the light of mutual recognition measures- II conference (Univ ...
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Dynamics of the Quark-Gluon Plasma: A Journey into new phases of the Strong Interaction (QGPDyn)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

The study of the fundamental theory of the strong interaction, Quantum Chromo Dynamics (QCD), under extreme conditions of temperature and density has captured an increasing interest due to its very rich dynamical content and its relation to the Early Universe physics. Heavy-Ion Collisions (HIC) at ultra-relativistic energy (above ~10 AGeV) provide the possibility to scrutiny the QCD phase diagram ...
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Ameliorating the Sustainable Control of Invasive Insects (ASCII)

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

"The general aim of this project is to promote the integration of new practices (derived from fundamental research in biology, genetics & biological control) for promoting the sustainable control of two invasive pests the tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta and the spotted wing fly Drosophila suzukii by:(i) strengthening the links between researchers from several disciplines, needed to conduct top-qual ...
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Flare Chromospheres: Observations, Models and Archives (F-CHROMA)

Start date: Sep 24, 2013, End date: Jan 1, 2017,

We propose a focused space-based and ground-based multi-mode, multi-wavelength study of solar flares - the most intense energy release events in the solar system. We will center our attention on the flare chromosphere, from which most of the radiation originates. This work calls on space-based and ground-based observations, plus theoretical and modeling expertise. The project will have two major o ...
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Strategic Partnership for the Development of Training Workshops and Modeling Clinic for Industrial Mathematics

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

"There is a very close link between higher education and development. Universities are key institutions that help to create new knowledge, to develop new skills, and in that respect contribute very directly to economic growth, and productivity. Apart from developing the skills and knowledge necessary for economic growth, they also play a key role in the building of democratic societies.”- Adriana ...
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TraiNing on Agriculture and posthaRvest fruit and vegetables through sustainable best prActices

Start date: Dec 31, 2014, End date: Dec 30, 2016,

The main goal of the NARA project is to improve the professionalization of young farmers in Europe through the analysis of training needs in six key areas for this sector (Food security; Technologies postharvest; Commercialization and logistic; Soil, water and byproducts; Packaging; and Entrepreneurship, and the development of the training units of this subjects through an e-platform, as well as t ...
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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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Integrating bio-treated wastewater with enhanced water use efficiency to support the Green Economy in EU and India (WATER4CROPS)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

Water4Crops provides a combination of technical improvements in the field of bio-treatment and agricultural water use within a transdisciplinary identification of novel agri-business opportunities. Water4Crops aims at: a) developing innovative biotechnological wastewater treatments for improved water recycling, b) initiating the co-creation of alternative combinations of bio-treatment, recycling o ...
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Airway Disease PRedicting Outcomes through Patient Specific Computational Modelling (AirPROM)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

The airways diseases asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affect over 400 million people world-wide and cause considerable morbidity and mortality. Airways disease costs the European Union in excess of €56 billion per annum. Current therapies are inadequate and we do not have sufficient tools to predict disease progression or response to current or future therapies. Our consortium, Air ...
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Dune habitats protection in the greenhouse landscape of the Gela Gulf for the safeguarding of Leopoldia gussonei (Leopoldia)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

Background Muscari gussonei (Parl.) Nyman (or Leopoldia gussonei Parl.) is a plant species endemic to Sicily, particularly the Camarino-Pachinense area. The population, which is confined to dune habitats, is restricted at the regional level (mainly Mocconi di Gela, Cava Randello and the Natura 2000 network site “Vallata del fiume Ippari”). It is sever ...
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European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime (EFFACE)

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

Environmental crime is a threat to environmental, social and economic sustainability and is in conflict with key commitments and strategies of the European Union, including the Europe 2020 Strategy. EFFACE will propose effective and feasible policy options for the EU to combat environmental crime. The recently adopted Environmental Crime Directive, the Ship-Source Pollution Directive, and the new ...
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New Organic Waste Sustainable Treatment Engine: Implementation and Promotion of a System for the household organic waste treatment and domestic composting (N.O.WA.S.T.E.)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2016,

Background There’s a growing need to encourage a ‘recycling’ culture among Italian households, especially in southern Italy, to better tackle environmental and sanitary problems linked with unsatisfactory waste management systems and policies. This project therefore targeted the development of more efficient treatment of domestic organic waste. ...
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Toolbox Implementation for Removal of Anti-personnel Mines, Submunitions and UXO (TIRAMISU)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Clearing large civilian areas from anti-personnel landmines and cluster munitions is a difficult problem because of the large diversity of hazardous areas and explosive contamination. A single solution does not exist and many mine action actors have asked for a toolbox from which they could choose the tools best fit to a given situation. Some have built their own toolboxes, usually specific to som ...
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Fiber Crops as a Sustainable Source of Bio-based Materials for Industrial Products in Europe and China (FIBRA)

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

The FIBRA network has as main target to link the research and development activities for fibre crop innovations carried out by universities and institutions in both EU and China. This proposal is set up to promote the communication between experts about the key issues of fibre crop production, processing and application, while attention towards quality and efficiency improvement, and product diver ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

The University of Catania considered the process of internationalization as crucial for its global strategy. Therefore, actions achievable in the short and medium term, have been adopted togheter with others activities that will require more time for their implementation, in order to increase visibility, reputation and attractiveness. In this regard, joint actions to facilitate and increase in ...
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Optimization of Perennial Grasses for Biomass Production (OPTIMA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

OPTIMA will integrate an ambitious biology system approach for perennial grasses such as switchgrass, miscanthus and giant reed in the Mediterranean environment. Moreover the perennial species cardoon, which has been proven to be particularly adapted to the Mediterranean climate, will be used as a control species.The main objective of the OPTIMA project is to identify high-yielding perennial grass ...
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Unbiased Biomarkers for the Prediction of Respiratory Disease Outcomes (U-BIOPRED)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

RationaleThe inability of pre-clinical studies to predict clinical efficacy is a major bottleneck in drug development. In severe asthma this bottleneck results from: a lack of useful and validated biomarkers, underperforming pre-clinical models, inadequate and incomplete sub-phenotyping, and insufficient disease understanding.HypothesisThe use of biomarker profiles comprised of various types of hi ...
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Costituzione di un sistema integrato di protezione civile transfrontaliero italo-maltese (SIMIT)

Start date: Mar 24, 2013, End date: Sep 13, 2015,

The project aims at developing an integrated civil protection network between the Sicilian and Maltese bodies involved in the risks forecast, prevention and mitigation processes and moreover in the planning and management of emergencies, to be further extended to the cross border countries. The project aims at structuring an integrated system of interventions, targeting the identification and prev ...
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SMArt systems Co-design (SMAC)

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

Smart systems consist of heterogeneous subsystems and components providing different functionalities; they are normally implemented as "Multi-Package on a Board". To fully exploit the potential of current nanoelectronics technologies, as well as to enable the integration of existing/new IPs and "More than Moore" devices, smart system miniaturization and "Multi-Chip in a Package" implementation are ...
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ENERGY TO SMART GRID (E2SG)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 1, 2015,

The target of the overall E2SG project is to devise and design mechanisms and policies to assemble, monitor and control smart grids, i.e. a set of interconnected nodes whose primary goal is to generate, exchange and consume electrical energy in the most efficient and reliable way by exploiting distributed information that is sensed, transmitted and processed over the same set of nodes and links. F ...
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Environment for Human Exploration and RObotic Experimentation in Space (eHEROES)

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

The consortium e-HEROES aims at exploiting the existing data gathered on severalEuropean and international space missions, and to produce new value-added dataproducts to provide the best estimate and prediction of the threats thatmissions of exploration will encounter in reaching beyond the Earth orbit, tothe Moon, to Mars and beyond. The scope of the project is to characterise theenvironment in s ...
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