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REgenerative therapy of intervertebral disc: a double blind phase 2b trial of intradiscal injection of mesenchymal stromal cells in degenerative disc disease of the lomber SPINE unresponsive to conventional therapy (RESPINE)

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

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has included low back pain in its list of twelve priority diseases. Notably, Degenerative disc disease (DDD) presents a large, unmet medical need which results in a disabling loss of mechanical function. Today, no efficient therapy is available. Chronic cases often receive surgery, which may lead to biomechanical problems and accelerated degeneration of adjacent ...
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Training European Experts in Multilevel Bioimaging, Analysis and Modelling of Vertebrate Development and Disease (ImageInLife)

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

This proposal sprang from European scientists in both academia and industry who identified a common challenge: setting up a training frame to educate the next generation of imagers in complex biological systems (healthy & pathological), so they are able to master all major aspects of this competitive field and bring important innovations to universities and companies.The long-term goal of any init ...
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Innovative approaches to turn agricultural waste into ecological and economic assets (NoAW)

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

NoAW : No Agro-Waste.Innovative approaches to turn agricultural waste into ecological and economic assets.Driven by a “near zero-waste” society requirement, the goal of NoAW project is to generate innovative efficient approaches to convert growing agricultural waste issues into eco-efficient bio-based products opportunities with direct benefits for both environment, economy and EU consumer. To ach ...
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Understanding subduction zone topography through modelling of coupled shallow and deep processes (SUBITOP)

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

The SUBITOP ETN is a framework for training and career development of young researchers in Geodynamics, Geophysics, Geology and Geomorphology. It has a scientific focus on the dynamics of continental margins where tectonic plates are recycled through subduction. Subduction processes have shaped and govern many aspects of the topography of Europe, and other continents, and they determine the patte ...
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OBSERVATORY OF THE DYNAMICS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOCIETIES AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE AMAZON (ODYSSEA)

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

Achieving a sustainable development trajectory in Amazonia is one of the key challenges facing Brazil, and is also an important international concern. ODYSSEA assembles an internationally renowned European and Brazilian multidisciplinary and intersectoral team. We aim to produce fundamental science and tools in order to build an innovative multi-and interdisciplinary observatory to monitor and ass ...
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Cancer treatment and monitoring through identification of circulating tumour cells and tumour related nucleic acids in blood (CANCER-ID)

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

Blood-based biomarkers such as Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs), circulating free tumor DNA (cfDNA) and microRNAs (miRNAs) have the potential to improve the development of personalized medicines for cancer patients. This is of particular importance when biopsies of the primary tumor or metastases are not accessible (e.g. at early disease stages or in minimal residual disease) or possible and the ass ...
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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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eHealth Eurocampus

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

...utions, which represent 7 IT schools (Barcelona School of Informatics, Polytechnic School of the Balearic Islands, Polytech Engineer School of Montpellier, ISIS Engineering School of Castres, Glyndwr University of Wales, Hochschule Ulm, and the Department of Computer Science of the University of Cyprus) and 3 medical schools (Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy of the Balearic Islands, Medical Sc ...
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Multidisciplinary Approaches to Translational Research In Conduct Syndromes (MATRICS)

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

Conduct Disorder (CD) is the key paediatric disorder characterized by severe aggression. It is heterogeneous, and our understanding of the neurobiology to subtype aggression is limited. MATRICS is a multidisciplinary consortium of academic partners and SMEs that focuses on the subtyping of aggression both within CD and of the broader cross-disorder trait of aggression. MATRICS will test the hypoth ...
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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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THE MILESTONE PROJECT: Managing the Link and Strengthening Transition from Child to Adult Mental Health Care (MILESTONE)

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

Transition to adulthood is the period of onset of most of the serious mental disorders that disable or kill in adult life. Current service configuration of distinct Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) and Adult Mental Health (AMHS) Services is considered the weakest link where the care pathway should be most robust. Transition-related discontinuity of care is a major socioeconomic and socie ...
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DiasporaLink

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

...xchange of staff is built around research in common WP’s and around regular and touring workshops both internal and external. The objective is to create a global, extended university network with the mission to monitor the entrepreneurship in migration corridors, define obstacles and support the corridor stakeholders with information and tuition. Essential is close contacts with diaspora entrepren ...
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Smart Manufacturing for EU Growth and Prosperity (MAKERS)

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

MAKERS will bring together leaders from business, academia and policy to study issues related to the drivers and dynamics of sustaining the competitiveness of EU manufacturing sectors. The project’s innovative research, training and mobility activities will address key concerns related to the historic opportunity for the EU to lead a manufacturing renaissance that not only upgrades existing manufa ...
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Clinical trial of autologous adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (ASC) in the treatment of mild to moderate osteoarthritis (ADIPOA2)

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

Osteoarthritis (OA) is an incurable disease that has evaded pharmacological interference, biologic therapy or surgical intervention to prevent disease progression. Currently, OA is designated the 11th highest contributor (of 291 diseases) of global disability. In the absence of effective treatment options, cellular therapies using mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) have emerged as potential can ...
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Postgraduate Research on Dilute Metamorphic Nanostructures and Metamaterials in Semiconductor Photonics (PROMIS)

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

Photonics, nanotechnology, advanced materials, and advanced manufacturing technologies have been identified as key enabling technologies (KETs) for the EU. Today the photonics global market alone is around €300 billion and Europe has established a strong position with a total share of 20%, directly employing about 290,000 people. However, the shortage of sufficient skilled labour and entrepreneurs ...
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I-MOVE+ Integrated Monitoring of Vaccines Effects in Europe: a platform to measure and compare effectiveness and impact of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines and vaccination strategies in the elderly (I-MOVE-plus)

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

The I-MOVE+ Consortium includes European Union (EU) Public Health Institutes, SME and Universities. It aims at measuring and comparing the effectiveness (VE) and impact (VI) of influenza and Pneumococcal vaccines and vaccination strategies a in the elderly population in Europe. The goal is to develop a sustainable platform of primary care practices, hospitals and laboratory networks that share val ...
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Internationalization by Innovative Technologies

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

Internationalization in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) utilizes policies and practices targeted to achieve academic benefits in teaching, learning, research, and industrial-societal cooperation. TEMPUS IRIS project successfully accomplished the goals of introducing and establishing the foundations for internationalization in Israeli state-funded colleges, thus improving their academic qualit ...
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Universities as key partners for the new challenges regarding food safety & quality in ASEAN

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

...ack at the level of human resources is strongly related to the lacks in the higher education system, the improvement of which is object of our proposal by: a. increasing the capacity of Asian partner'university's staff in the area of food safety and quality, by sharing experiences and organising training courses.b. training them in "training engineering" (TE) methodology, encompassing 2 wide surve ...
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Modernisation of Institutional Management of Innovation and Research in South Neighbouring Countries

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

MIMIr is primarly designed to aid, assist and soccour partner universities in South Neighbouring Countries to understand the status quo of their innovation and research, performance, efficacy, and practices and devise pathways to overcome impediments, hindrances, fiascos and pitfalls that prevent them from achieving recognised stature in the international landscape. The core tread to accomplish th ...
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Co-construction d'une Offre de Formation à Finalité d'Employabilité Elevée

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

...swer to these two issues by offering both a methodology for co-building with industry and attractive pilot bachelor degree programs.Thanks to COFFEE, nation-wide cooperation between industry and university will be extended and strengthened.COFFEE’s key achievements are :- a structural matrix that provides a framework for creating and implementing pilot bachelor degree programs,- a procedure for c ...
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Restructuring and development of doctoral studies in Azerbaijan in line with requirements of European higher education area

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

The Nizami project concerns the modernization of doctoral education, research and internationalization of HEIs in Azerbaijan. This project intends to answer to the urgent need for Azerbaijan universities to revise the rules and content of organizing doctoral studies within Bologna process documents in terms of their consistency, especially on ensuring science and research provisions in relevance w ...
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Validating predictive models of radiotherapy toxicity to improve quality-of-life and reduce side-effects in cancer survivors (REQUITE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Long-term side-effects of radiotherapy impact on the quality-of-life (QoL) of cancer survivors. These side-effects could be reduced if predicted in advance. Previous work identified clinical and biological predictors but a major, coordinated approach is needed to validate them so they can be used clinically. The EU has ~17.8 million people living with a prior diagnosis of cancer of whom ~7 million ...
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Health Care Work Exchange 2016

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

...nistered by the EU Liaison Office (EU-Hochschulbüro Hannover/ Hildesheim) at the Leibniz Universität Hannover. Meanwhile more than a hundred partner organizations throughout Europe, such as university teaching hospitals, private medical practices, rehabilitation centers, public and private hospitals and clinics offer such Erasmus+ internships. In addition, numerous educational institutions offer t ...
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Graphene-based disruptive technologies (GrapheneCore1)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

This project is the second in the series of EC-financed parts of the Graphene Flagship. The Graphene Flagship is a 10 year research and innovation endeavour with a total project cost of 1,000,000,000 euros, funded jointly by the European Commission and member states and associated countries. The first part of the Flagship was a 30-month Collaborative Project, Coordination and Support Action (CP-CS ...
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Promoting Attainment of Responsible Research and Innovation in Science Education (PARRISE)

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

The overall aim of the EC call is building up a scientifically literate society, which enables its citizens to participate in the research and innovation process as part of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). This calls for democratic citizenship education, in which two educational approaches, often presented independently in schools, are integrated, viz. Inquiry-Based Science Education (IB ...
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Advanced Methods for Analyzing and Improving the Reliability and Security of Novel Environmental-friendly Wireless Devices for Internet of Things (AdvIOT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

This project aims at strengthening research partnerships through staff exchanges and networking activities between 4 European research organizations, from Finland, United Kingdom, and France, and 4 organisations from China and Japan. It is based on a 4 years coordinated joint programme of exchange of researchers for periods of 1-12 months, thus providing mobility possibilities to individual resear ...
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Supramolecular assembly of polymeric structures: a novel route to enhance soft materials properties (SUPOLEN)

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

"Supramolecular polymeric assemblies represent an emerging, promising class of systems with superior versatility compared to their covalent polymeric counterparts. They offer exciting new opportunities for stimuli-responsive structures exhibiting reversible tunable properties, with applications in foodstuff, coatings , cost-efficient processes or biomedical areas. To explore their potential and de ...
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Natural sensory feedback for phantom limb pain modulation and therapy (EPIONE)

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

"Amputation of a limb may result from trauma or surgical intervention. The amputation traumatically alters the body image, but often leaves sensations that refer to the missing body part. In 50-80% amputees, neuropathic pain develops, also called phantom limb pain (PLP). Both peripheral and central nervous system factors have been implicated as determinants of PLP. Also, PLP may be triggered by ph ...
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Health Care Work Exchange 2015

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

...ect that meets students’ needs for high-quality and technically challenging internships abroad. In addition, more than 100 partner organizations throughout Europe participate in this project. University teaching hospitals, private medical practices, rehabilitation centers, public and private hospitals and clinics offer internships and a variety of educational institutions assist as intermediary pa ...
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BeTheCuRE (BTCURE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

BTCure is based on the recognition that RA is a heterogeneous disease where a major subset involves adaptive immunity, and that animal models have to develop the line with the different subsets of the human diseases in order to be optimally used for drug discovery and drug evaluation. Our aim is to develop an understanding of the early process in human arthritis subsets and the animal models that ...
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Clinical European study on the outcome of surgical and hormonal therapy and psychological intervention in disorders of sex development (DSD) (DSD-LIFE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Disorders of sex development (DSD) are a conglomerate of rare diseases with an estimated incidence of 1: 4500. The causes of DSD are mainly disorders with gonadal dysgenesis, decreased androgen synthesis or function in XY males or disorders with elevated androgen production in XX females. Decision on sex of rearing is difficult in some cases as the prenatal androgen imbalances result in ambiguous ...
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Interactive dual language immersive learning space

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

...s to lessons learned from one context applied sensitively to another. To achieve this, partners from 4 European countries will work together. The coordinator of the project (at Newcastle University, UK) is an expert in the field of teacher education in equality and diversity who has close collaborative links with local schools including WestgateHill Primary School where over 90% of pupils speak E ...
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Compétences Linguistiques et Interculturelles au Service des Entreprises en Europe

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

...vel graduates by providing education and training which answers the needs of businesses looking for these skills. Planned changes in training include a more extensive use of digital technologies by University teaching staff. Research carried out by partner universities, and supported by national studies, shows low levels of use of digital technology in university courses at Masters’ level. Partner ...
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SOCial Competences, Entrepreneurship and Sense of Initiative - Development and Assessment Framework

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

...c and professional literature as a problem at a national and European level (and more widely). The consortium is built on the basis of previous collaborations. The project is coordinated by Coventry University (UK) and the other partners are Laurea Applied Science University (FI), Bologna University (IT), NHTV Applied Science University (NL), St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Turno ...
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A bioartificial pancreas to treat type 1 diabetes: optimization of cell survival and function in preclinical and clinical phases (BIOSID)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

MAILPAN (MAcroencapsulation of PANcreatic Islets) is a prototype of bioartificial pancreas usable in the human designed to treat type 1 diabetic patients. The prototype was developed along different stages since 1996 and led to the creation of the SME called Defymed in 2011. Next step is now to bring the prototype to the pre-clinical and clinical phases necessary to the ensuing commercialization o ...
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Mont-Blanc 2, European scalable and power efficient HPC platform based on\nlow-power embedded technology (Mont-Blanc 2)

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

The Mont-Blanc project aims to develop a European Exascale approach leveraging on commodity power-efficient embedded technologies. The project has developed a HPC system software stack on ARM, and will deploy the first integrated ARM-based HPC prototype by 2014, and is also working on a set of 11 scientific applications to be ported and tuned to the prototype system.The rapid progress of Mont-Blan ...
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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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Dynamic Resource Allocation in Embedded and High-Performance Computing (DreamCloud)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Computing devices with multiple processing cores are now the norm. Most smartphones, tablets, game consoles, and of course personal computers and servers, can process software tasks in true parallel fashion. This trend will keep on going, and the number of cores per device will grow to dozens and hundreds, which will enable us to run more complex applications, and more of them at the same time. Ho ...
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Enhancing Social Interaction with an AlterEgo Artificial Agent (AlterEgo)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

Description AlterEgo: Humanoid robotics and Virtual Reality to improve social interactions The objective of AlterEgo is the creation of an interactive cognitive architecture, implementable in various artificial agents, allowing a continuous interaction with patients suffering from social disorders ...
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Health Care Work Exchange 2014

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

...ect that meets students’ needs for high-quality and technically challenging internships abroad. In addition, more than 100 partner organizations throughout Europe participate in this project. University teaching hospitals, private medical practices, rehabilitation centers, public and private hospitals and clinics offer internships and a variety of educational institutions assist as intermediary pa ...
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