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ERA-NET for materials research and innovation (M-ERA.NET 2)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2021,

M-ERA.NET 2 aims at coordinating the research efforts of the participating EU Member States, Associated States and Regions as well as of selected global partners in materials research and innovation, including materials for low carbon energy technologies and related production technologies.A large network of 43 national and regional funding organisations from 23 EU Members States and Associated St ...
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The European network for observing our changing planet (ERA-PLANET)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2021,

In the last decade a significant number of projects and programmes in different domains of environmental monitoring and Earth observation have generated a substantial amount of data and knowledge on different aspects related to environmental quality and sustainability. Big data generated by in-situ or satellite platforms are being collected and archived with a plethora of systems and instruments m ...
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Global trends in social inequalities in Europe and Latin America and exploring innovative ways to reduce them through life, occupational and educational trajectories research to face uncertainty (INCASI)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The overall aim of this project is to create an International Network for Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities (INCASI) with 19 universities, 10 from Europe and 9 from Latin America. The purpose is to conduct comparative research in the area of social inequalities. Through this network we hope to foster a space for collective reflection and the development of synergies between network partn ...
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Integrated aquaculture based on sustainable water recirculating system for the Victoria Lake Basin (VicInAqua) (VicInAqua)

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

VicInAqua will follow an integrated approach in order to develop a sustainable combined sanitation and recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) for wastewater treatment and reuse in agriculture in the Victoria Lake Basin area. In this decentralized integrated treatment system wastewater from households and fish processing industry as well as RAS production water will radically reduce stress on the ...
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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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Interoperability of Heterogeneous IoT Platforms (INTER-IoT)

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

INTER-IoT project is aiming at the design, implementation and experimentation of an open cross-layer framework and associated methodology to provide voluntary interoperability among heterogeneous Internet of Things (IoT) platforms. The proposal will allow developing effectively and efficiently smart IoT applications, atop different heterogeneous IoT platforms, spanning single and/or multiple appli ...
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Politiche Abitative per l'Edilizia Sostenibile

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

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The project Housing Policies for Sustainable Construction aims to incorporate four important characteristics in sustainable building: 1 ) Economic sustainability: ability to generate income and employment for the people's livelihood ; 2 ) Social sustainability: ability to ensure human well-being (security, health, education) equally distributed by class and gender; 3 ) Environm ...
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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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Design of Mechanical Transmissions: Efficiency, Noise and Durability Optimization (DEMETRA)

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

Due to increasing awareness on environmental concerns, stringent targets for energy efficiency and emissions are being urgently set by the European Union, in the frame of worldwide agreements. Innovation represents the fundamental challenge for the involved European industries to meet the targets. They are forced to improve their design under conflicting requirements between customers (increasing ...
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LAND-AND-SEA ACTIONS FOR CONSERVATION OF Caretta caretta IN ITS MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN NESTING GROUND (IONIAN CALABRIA) (LIFE Caretta Calabria)

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

Background Some 95% of the nesting sites of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea are concentrated on Greek, Turkish, Cypriot and Libyan coasts. The nesting of the species in southern Italy is considered to have been quite sporadic and irregular in the past few decades, even though quantitative data is limited. Recently, it was ...
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Empowering and Networking the International Relationships Offices of the Libyan University System

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2017,

Libya is undergoing a phase of dramatic changes with an inherent instability, which will hopefully find a positive solution in the near future,but the Libyan University system is struggling to enhance its presence on the International Scenario in order to exploit in full its high potential in terms of knowledge and capabilities. In order to do this, the role of the International Relationships Off ...
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SPIN OFF LEAN ACCELERATION

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2017,

The Latin American region lacks a program that has a strong international character and to focus on the entrepreneurial university, for that reason, the REDEMPRENDIA has planned to launch the REDEMPRENDIA STARS program, an international business acceleration program to support the transfer of knowledge from universities to society. SOLA project is directly linked to REDEMPRENDIA STARS program as i ...
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Natura 2000 Action Programme (PAN LIFE)

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

Background The geographical position of Calabria at the extreme south of Italy as well as its long coastline overlooking the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas means that it has some of the richest biodiversity in Italy and Europe. It boasts 69 habitats of (European) community interest, 18 of which are priority habitats, and has 185 marine and terrestrial Natura ...
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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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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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Gender, Citizenship and Migration: A Journey in Transitions

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

'Gender, Citizenship and Migration - A Journey in Transition' is a cross-sectoral strategic partnership focusing on the issue of citizenship, migration and memory, providing a critical insight into the distinctive experiences of women migrants in a European context. This partnership is based on a key objective of the Erasmus+ programme which aims to promoting equality and inclusion by facilitating ...
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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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High-Resolution Solar Physics Network (SOLARNET)

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

This project aims at integrating the major European infrastructures in the field of high-resolution solar physics. The following actions will be taken: (i) realise Trans-national Access to external European users; (ii) enhance and spread data acquisition and processing expertise to the Europe-wide community; (iii) increase the impact of high-resolution data by offering science-ready data and facil ...
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DIFFERENT (DIgital beam Forming For low-cost multi-static spacE-boRnE syNthetic aperTure radars) (DIFFERENT)

Start date: Dec 13, 2013, End date: Jan 1, 2017,

DIFFERENT aims at building the foundation of a new generation of space-borne Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR) with a significant reduction in cost, size, mass and power consumption, and enhanced performances with respect to systems currently available. The final product will be a compact, dual-band, dual-polarization radar with DBF capabilities. DIFFERENT will achieve these results setting up a co ...
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Training network for developing innovative (bio)artificial devices for treatment of kidney and liver disease (BIOART)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

Renal and liver diseases are global public health problems, with the incidences of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and end-stage liver disease (ESLD) rising annually. Due to the lack of donor kidneys, most of ESRD patients depend on dialysis treatment using either an artificial kidney or the peritoneal membrane. Both modes are inefficient in removing uremic waste molecules and inadequately remove e ...
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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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Higher education student and staff mobility project

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

The background of the Erasmus+ Traineeship Consortium “BET for Jobs”, coordinated by the University of Calabria, is mainly based on the long and positive experience gained through the implementation of projects in previous EU programmes such as LdV, Socrates, Erasmus and LL for the mobility of students and recent graduates in European companies. These pilot experiences, through which university st ...
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Civil Engagement in Social Work: Developing Global Models (CIVIL_SW)

Start date: May 27, 2013, End date: May 26, 2016,

This project aims to examine the role of social work and its engagement with civil society in supporting vulnerable members of the community. It will examine the relationship within the context of social welfare reform in response to neoliberal reform and new public management initiatives. Social work provides an important role in civil society of protecting, supporting and advocating for societie ...
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Integrated research on DEvelopmental determinants of Aging and Longevity (IDEAL)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

"IDEAL will obtain insight into the role of early life conditions affecting late-life health, disease and aging, and the role of epigenetic regulation therein. IDEAL will identify the determinants and targets of this epigenetic regulation utilizing a resource of unique human cohorts and animal studies that allow testing of hypotheses on the link between development and aging.Key objectives of IDEA ...
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Computer simulations of thermally excited molecules and materials by first principles (TEMM1P)

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

With the rapid development of computational sciences and of high-performance computing, first principles computer simulations have become a standard for the simulation of processes in physics, chemistry, biology and materials science. Moreover, the quality of first principles methods, most of all of density-functional theory, reached recently that of experiments, which allows the prediction of new ...
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Innovative Concept Modelling Techniques for Multi-Attribute Optimization of Active Vehicles (INTERACTIVE)

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

The development of sustainable products is a basic requirement for European industries to grow in highly competitive environments. Innovation is the key challenge and must be supported with the highest priority. Such considerations fully apply to automotive industries, which are forced to develop products of increasing quality in shorter and shorter timeframes to come up with competitive pressure ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

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

The background of the Erasmus+ Traineeship Consortium “BET for Jobs”, coordinated by the University of Calabria, is mainly based on the long and positive experience gained through the implementation of projects in previous EU programmes such as LdV, Socrates, Erasmus and LL for the mobility of students and recent graduates in European companies. These pilot experiences, through which university s ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

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

The background of the Erasmus+ project by the University of Calabria is mainly based on the long and positive experience gained through the implementation of projects in previous EU programmes such as LdV, Socrates, Erasmus and LL for the mobility of students, recent graduates, teachers and staff in European Universities and Companies. In fact, the university has actively participated in both th ...
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Turbulent phenomena in space plasmas: boosting observations, data analysis and numerical simulations (TURBOPLASMAS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The complex dynamics of turbulent plasmas is a challenging subject for the scientific community. The solar system is the most accessible environment for its study. Space plasmas are in a strongly turbulent regime, rich in instabilities and interesting nonlinear phenomena (excitation of waves, structures formation, wave-particle interaction, reconnection), and in a wide range of conditions (e.g. m ...
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SHARKLIFE – Urgent actions for the conservation of cartilaginous fish in Italy (SHARKLIFE)

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

Background The endangered status sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea was highlighted by the IUCN study, ‘Red List 2007 Assessment of the conservation status of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyans) in the Mediterranean’. The study shows that although the Mediterranean is a semi-enclosed sea, it hosts a diverse range of chondrichthyan – an esti ...
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Design and Manufacturing of Catalytic Membrane Reactors by developing new nano-architectured catalytic and selective membrane materials (DEMCAMER)

Start date: Jul 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

The DEMCAMER project proposes an answer to the paradigm met by the European Chemical Industry: increase the production rate while keeping the same products quality and reducing both production costs and environmental impacts. Through the implementation of a novel process intensification approach consisting on the combination of reaction and separation in a “Catalytic Membrane Reactor” single unit. ...
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The public health implications of neoliberal policy and management on professions and vulnerable populations (NL_SOCIAL)

Start date: Mar 24, 2012, End date: Mar 23, 2015,

This project will explore the impact of global fiscal changes on social work practice and interventions to develop best practice models. The project focus is on the impact of neoliberalism on social work in the partner countries. Neoliberalism for this study refers to international economic frameworks that support social, cultural and political policies and practices that promote the management of ...
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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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Towards an Intermodal Transport Network through innovative research-driven clusters in Regions of organised and competitive knowledge (INTRAREGIO)

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

The InTraRegio project is a coordination action that aims to enhance the integration process and the capacity of the five European regions Canary Islands (ES), Bremen (DE), Marmara (TR), Calabria (IT) and Ruse (BG) towards their development of regional RTD and economic policies and research strategies related to transport concerns, in particular to intermodal freight and passenger transport. Throu ...
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Chemical Bioanalysis (CHEBANA)

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

Chemical Bioanalysis aims for retrieving selective information out of complex biological systems. Sensors, probes and devices are the future tools of medicinal diagnostics, environmental monitoring, food analysis and molecular biology. The ITN CHEBANA provides interdisciplinary research training for early stage and experienced researchers and focuses on the most important techniques in the field. ...
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Reverse Electrodialysis Alternative Power Production (REAPower)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

The project is focusing on the salinity gradient power – reverse electrodialysis (SGP-RE) process. It has been shown in scientific papers that the performance of the process can be increased by an order of magnitude when brine and sea or brackish water are used for the creation of the salinity gradient rather than the current approach of seawater with fresh water. The overall potential is very hig ...
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ENERGY FOR A GREEN SOCIETY: FROM SUSTAINABLE HARVESTING TO SMART DISTRIBUTION. EQUIPMENTS, MATERIALS, DESIGN SOLUTIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS (ERG)

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

The ERG project focus on the solar energy supply chain, starting form photovoltaic cells (PV) and proceeding with energy extraction (harvesting) techniques, high efficiency power conversion and finally managing the energy distribution inside a smart grid, with the target of different classes of applications, from house to small area, as well as application specific “local grid” (healthcare, automo ...
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FLEXIBLE MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGY FOR MICRO- AND MILLIMETRE-WAVE ANTENNA ARRAYS WITH INTELLIGENT PIXELS (FLEXWIN)

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

FLEXWIN proposes a significant advance towards smart RF microsystems by combining 1.) an RFMEMS switch process monolithically integrated with a Si/SiGe BiCMOS process, 2.) highly reconfigurable mm-wave building blocks, able to be used over a broad frequency range and for different applications, 3.) a new RF-system design paradigm built around the concepts of reusability, multifunctionality and re ...
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Dissipative structures and kinetic processes in the near Earth plasmas (Geoplasmas)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

This exchange programme has the objective to carry out research in the field of space plasmas, with particular emphasis on near Earth plasmas such as the magnetosphere, the ionosphere, and the solar wind – magnetosphere interaction. The exchange programme involves a consortium of five research institutions – the University of Calabria (Italy) (Unical), the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenshafte ...
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Cascade rates of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the solar wind (SOLWINDCAS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

"Turbulence is one the most important unsolved problems of classical physics. Plasma occurs in states of turbulence under a wide range of conditions including space and astrophysical plasmas as well as those produced in laboratory confinement devices. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is the simplest fluid approach to study plasma dynamics. MHD turbulence takes place in many practical applications (solar ...
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