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Integrative Mechanisms for Addressing Spatial Justice and Territorial Inequalities in Europe (IMAJINE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

IMAJINE aims to formulate new integrative policy mechanisms to enable European, national and regional government agencies to more effectively address territorial inequalities within the European Union. It responds to evidence that spatial inequalities within the EU are increasing, contrary to the principle of territorial cohesion embedded as a third dimension of the European Social Model in the Tr ...
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Training in Cancer Mechanisms and Therapeutics (TRACT)

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

The European community requires early stage researchers (ESRs) trained in next-generation technologies for improved detection and treatment of oral and oesophageal cancers. The number of oral cancers diagnosed in the EU has increased by over 75% in the last 30 years, with long-term survival rates of only 50%. This is typically due to the late diagnosis of the disease and resistance to current ther ...
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Origins of a new Economic Union (7th to 12th centuries): resources, landscapes and political strategies in a Mediterranean region (nEU-Med)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

Medieval archaeology over the past thirty years has challenged the canonic history of the rise of Western Europe. First, the collapse of the Roman world in Italy by the 7th century was more profound than had been previously envisaged by historians, leaving rural society, in particular, maintaining comparatively primitive conditions. Secondly, in complete contrast, north-west Europe by stages betwe ...
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Synergy-based Open-source Foundations and Technologies for Prosthetics and RehabilitatiOn (SoftPro)

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

Although much has been done for developing technologies to bear upon problems of individuals with sensorimotor impairments, the impact of robotic aids on people with real needs in the real world is still very limited. Our main goal is to increase the cumulative benefits of assistive robotic technologies to society by enhancing their effectiveness AND the number of beneficiaries. The challenge is ...
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Standardization and Development of Assays for Assessment of Influenza Vaccines Correlates of Protection (FLUCOP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

Background: Influenza viruses cause annual epidemic and occasional pandemics, both of which induce significant morbidity and mortality. Influenza infections affect all age groups but children and adults over the age of 65 are at most risk of developing severe disease.Vaccination is the most effective approach to reduce the impact of annual influenza outbreaks and potential pandemics, however, the ...
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Targeted small-molecule Stabilisation of Protein-Protein Interactions (TASPPI)

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

The goal of the TASPPI European Training Network (ETN) is the establishment of a highly interdisciplinary research and educational training platform for early stage scientists in the Chemical Life Sciences to overcome the inherent boundaries between academia and industry and to increase their employability in both areas. To this end we have teamed up in a consortium comprising 5 partners from indu ...
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The Europeanization of Constitutional Law. The Impact of EU Law on national sources of law, form of government, rights and freedoms.

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

The study and the teaching of Constitutional law cannot ignore today the role played by supranational actors on national scenarios. The EU countries are particularly involved in this process. European integration has in fact reached advanced levels, that strongly affect national constitutions. On this basis, the project is aimed at improving students’ knowledge of the influence of the EU law on na ...
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de-FLuoridation technologies for imprOving quality of WatEr and agRo-animal products along the East African Rift Valley in the context of aDaptation to climate change. (FLOWERED)

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

FLOWERED objective is to contribute to the development of a sustainable water management system in areas affected by fluoride (F) contamination in water, soils and food in the African Rift Valley countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania), thus to improve living standards (environmental, health and food security) of its population. FLOWERED aims to study, test and implement innovative defluoridation te ...
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"City-zen, a balanced approach to the city of the future" (CITY-ZEN)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

"City-zen deals with the development of the city of the future. The project has three major goals, 1- to realize more effective collaboration models and a methodology for development of smart cities, 2- to connect with industry, and have them develop technology to the benefit of smart cities and 3- to showcase to society ambitious pilot projects. Main idea for this project is that after successful ...
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From maps to principles: Syntactic cartography and locality in adult grammars and language acquisition (SynCart)

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

The project aims to break new ground in syntax and acquisition by combining three main strands of research:1. The cartography of syntactic structures, which attempts to draw detailed maps of syntactic configurations.2. The theory of syntactic locality, with special reference to intervention and delimitation principles.3. The minimalist investigation of the fundamental ingredients of syntactic comp ...
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NANOARCHITECTRONICS

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

This FET-open Coordination and Support Action is called “Nanoarchitectronics” (NTX) to denote a new interdisciplinary research area at the crossroad of Electromagnetics and Nanoelectronics. NTX It is a new technology aimed at conceiving, designing and developing reconfigurable, adaptive and cognitive structures, sensorial surfaces and functional “skins” with unique physical properties, and enginee ...
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Innovative Methods for Residual Landfill Gas Emissions Mitigation in Mediterranean Regions (LIFE RE Mida)

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

Background The generation of LandFill Gases (LFG), produced by the anaerobic decomposition of the organic waste fraction in landfills, is one of the main environmental challenges facing climate change mitigation. The waste management sector is the fourth largest sector in the EU-15 in terms of its contribution to total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; desp ...
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Play for Inclusion

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

A. CONTEXTWhite economy sector is becoming central in the cultural and economic dynamics of the world. Working in a socially inclusive world means to give the opportunity to all to be equally citizens. It is estimated that White Economy in Italy has an economic value 290 billions (CENSIS) with 3.8 million employees. It refers to services, products, technologies and professionals for the care and p ...
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Developing skills in the field of integrated energy planning in Med Landscapes

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

The ENEPLAN project was conceived to address the lack of interdisciplinary approaches in higher education on energy planning and RES development in Mediterranean areas, by increasing the capacities of future professionals through innovative ICT-based educational approaches, able to integrate different disciplines (spatial planning, environment, engineering, landscape) and foster collaboration with ...
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Representation in the EU: Acting Multilevel Democracy

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

The proposed EUReAct module aims to enhance and expand the teaching offer on the EU at the University of Siena focusing on the core issue of representation and democracy in a multilevel scenario.In times of crisis and austerity, conflicting ways of representing Europe and its legitimacy as supranational governance have increasingly attracted the attention of public opinion, as the polarised result ...
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I Have Rights: Towards the Recognition of Non-discrimination Principles at School

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

CONTEXTEurope in 2016 is a place where there is a need to reaffirm fundamental rights which are called into question by states’ policy on migration and by the dichotomy between European traditions and new cultural models. There are today large portion of European societies willing to “discriminate” in order to “protect” themselves from the perceived risks brought by increasing migration flows. Ta ...
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ACANTO: A CyberphysicAl social NeTwOrk using robot friends (ACANTO)

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

"Despite its recognised benefits, most older adults do not engage in a regular physical activity. The ACANTO project proposes a friendly robot walker (the FriWalk) that will abate a some of the most important barriers to this healthy behaviour.The FriWalk revisits the notion of robotic walking assistants and evolves it towards an activity vehicle. The execution of a programme of physical training ...
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Photochemistry at the Ocean's Surface: Effects and Interactions of Dissolved Organic Matter with Microplastics (POSEIDOMM)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Microplastics represent an increasing threat to aquatic ecosystems, with potential impacts on the cycling of fundamental elements and ecological consequences at all trophic levels. Low-density polyolefins, like polyethylene and polypropylene, are the most common plastics produced and are ubiquitous in marine environments. Floating on the sea-surface, they can have direct and indirect impacts on th ...
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SYSTEMS GLYCOBIOLOGY OF GASTRIC CANCER (GASTRICGLYCOEXPLORER)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

This ITN is built around the biological question of O-glycosylation in gastric cancer for training in systems glycobiology. For meeting the needs of the research goal and for training for future systems glycobiology operations, cross disciplinary international institutes have been identified with top level state-of-the-art glycobioanalytical, glycotechnological and glycobioinformatics platforms. T ...
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Clinical Development of Nitisinone for Alkaptonuria (DEVELOPAKURE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

DevelopAKUre is a proposal to fund the clinical development of an orphan designated drug, nitisinone, for the treatment of a rare Mendelian disease, Alkaptonuria (AKU). AKU is a genetic deficiency of homogentisic acid dioxygenase, causing high levels of homogentisic acid (HGA). Oxidation of HGA to pigment polymer, termed ochronosis, alters connective tissues. This leads to multisystemic damage dom ...
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Bridging the gap between public opinion and European leadership: Engaging a dialogue on the future path of Europe. (EUENGAGE)

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

The goal of the EUENGAGE Project is twofold: first, to inquire into the current tensions between supranational EU governance and popular mobilisation at the national level, critically questioning EU-driven policies and EU legitimacy; and second, to propose remedial actions based on sound empirical research on the relationship between public opinion, national and supranational political elites. The ...
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Brilliant Researchers Impact on Growth Health and Trust in research. (BRIGHT)

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

The BRIGHT project aims at enhancing the visibility and perception of researchers among the general population in the Tuscany Region, simultaneously with all the European Researchers’ Night (ERN) initiatives.BRIGHT acronym means “Brilliant Researchers Impact on Growth Health and Trust in research”, wishing to underline the positive aspect of the research activity in order to convey a positive mes ...
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Agile, eXtensible, fast I/O Module for the cyber-physical era (AXIOM)

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

We are entering the Cyber-Physical age, in which both objects and people will become nodes of the same digital network for exchanging information. Therefore, in our imaginary, the general expectation is that “things” or systems will become somewhat smart as people, allowing rapid and close interactions not only system-system, but also human-system, system-human. More scientifically, we expect that ...
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European Identity, Cultural Diversity and Political Change (EUINDEPTH)

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

The strategic objective of the whole FP7 is to support research in all areas, including the Science in Society. The major goal of the Seventh Framework Programme for research and Technological Development is to keep the EU as a world leader. The European identity, cultural diversity and political changes could be the key issue in the encouragement of societal dialog on research policy, stimulating ...
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Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (4PRIMA)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

The 4PRIMA Coordination and Support Action will create the bases and will develop a set of activities aimed at supporting the establishment of a long-term, well-structured and integrated partnership for research and innovation (R&I) on food systems and water resources, among countries from both sides of the Mediterranean Sea (“PRIMA Initiative”). In order to enable a sustainable development in thi ...
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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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"Training in neurodegeneration, therapeutics intervention and neurorepair" (TINTIN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"Dopamine neurons play a central role in major illnesses, such as anxiety and mood disorders, schizophrenia, autism-spectrum disorders, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and dementia. A multidisciplinary approach must be taken by European researchers to discover the molecular basis of dopamine neurodegeneration and how new technologies will lead to repair and regeneration of neuronal systems in the b ...
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Advanced Immunization Technologies (ADITEC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Vaccines so far have been developed mostly by following an empiric approach. To prevent and possibly cure unresolved and emerging infectious diseases we need to fully exploit the potential of the human immune system. Progress in science and technology makes it possible to achieve what was previously deemed impossible. The scope of this project is to produce knowledge necessary to develop novel and ...
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Opinion publique, mass médias et intégration européenne

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

This project aims to provide students with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge on the relationship between public opinion, the media and European integration. The course will be structured in two modules. In the first module, students will analyze the historical evolution of attitudes of public opinion on European policy issues and the reasons for this development. The second module will foc ...
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Digital Editing of Medieval Manuscripts

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

Digital technology is fast transforming the way we study, teach and communicate. At best, it is integrated into thematic courses, employing innovative teaching techniques and allowing the acquisition of transversal skills. Such training is quickly becoming a necessity, as students have grown to rely on digital resources, while ICT know-how is becoming quintessential for the job-market. However, ...
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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: Jul 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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Host-microbe interactions in health and disease. Interface with the immune system (HOMIN)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

"HOMIN is designed as an advanced education and research program meant to train junior investigators possessing medical and/or scientific educational backgrounds to become future leading scientists in academic institutions, private companies, or administration.The HOMIN objectives are:1. To provide multidisciplinary and intersectorial scientific education through the study of host-microbe interact ...
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New Medicines for Trypanosomatidic Infections (NMTRYPI)

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

The infectious diseases burden imposed by the parasites of Trypanosomatidae family represents a huge problem on people’s lives in countries where these diseases are endemic. Problems associated with existing drugs include inefficient delivery, insufficient efficacy, excessive toxicity and increasing resistance. New drugs are urgently needed now and in the foreseeable future. The New Medicine for T ...
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Face and body Analysis Natural Computer Interaction (FANCI)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The FANCI near-market Innovation Action will research, innovate, architect, design, develop and validate innovative multimodal face and body analytics and natural computer interfaces (NCI), develop a reference platform fitting a variety of applications, and provide validation through user-experience evaluation and benchmarking in the rapidly expanding automotive field.The project will focus on int ...
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Biomarkers For Enhanced Vaccine Safety (BIOVACSAFE)

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

BioVacSafe is a concise consortium of selected academic, public, and SME participants used to co-working in industry-led projects, organised into focused Activity Cores to generate knowledge and tools to benchmark licensed vaccine reactogenicity, and create practical and generalizable guidelines and techniques to enhance immunosafety of novel vaccines from pre-development to post-marketing surveil ...
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"Financialisation, economy, society and sustainable development." (FESSUD)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

"The research programme will integrate diverse levels, methods and disciplinary traditions with the aim of developing a comprehensive policy agenda for changing the role of the financial system to help achieve a future which is sustainable in environmental, social and economic terms. The programme involves an integrated and balanced consortium involving partners from 14 countries that has unsurpa ...
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School Culture Innovation Education Never Can End

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

The project SCIENCE is born on the basis of previous projects, always in LLP-Leonardo da Vinci IVT contest, made by the Sarrocchi, and this year it involves all professional profiles of the school (chemical thecnician; construction technician; electronic technician; computing technician; mechanical and mechatronic technician) because of the widespread interest in the mobility proposed in previous ...
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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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PLAYING IDENTITIES, PERFORMING HERITAGE. Theatre, Creolisation, Creation and the Commons.

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

The idea behind PLAYING IDENTITIES, PERFORMING HERITAGE lies in the attempt to experiment processes of artistic creation based on the creolisation of diverse European national theatrical traditions, as well as on the relationship between the performers themselves, on one side, and the performers and the public, on the other.Our privileged tool for realising such an idea is PanSpeech, a social medi ...
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A BLUEPRINT of Haematopoietic Epigenomes (BLUEPRINT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

In response to the call for a high impact initiative on the human epigenome, the BLUEPRINT Consortium has been formed with the aim of generating at least 100 reference epigenomes and studying them to advance and exploit knowledge of the underlying biological processes and mechanisms in health and disease. BLUEPRINT will focus on distinct types of haematopoietic cells from healthy individuals and o ...
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