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PREvention of Complications to Improve OUtcome in elderly patients with acute Stroke (PRECIOUS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2020,

Every year, 1.3 million Europeans have a stroke and one million ultimately die of stroke. One third of stroke patients remain dependent on the help of others. The annual costs for stroke care in Europe are estimated at € 64.1 billion. Stroke incidence increases almost exponentially with age, and the personal, societal, and economic burden of stroke is therefore largely driven by its frequent occur ...
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Combatting Bacterial Resistance in Europe (COMBACTE-NET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The emergence of Antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) is a global problem, having recently been elevated to the top three threats identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and subject of numerous national and international government activities, including the Trans-Atlantic Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance established by the US and EU presidencies. The estimated costs of ARB are aro ...
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Combating Fiscal Fraud and Empowering Regulators (COFFERS)

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

Since 2008 'fiscal leaks' have become an immediate policy challenge for EU governments, partly as a result of tax abuse. The COFFERS project unfolds as EU tax authorities transition to a new era in tackling tax abuse based upon policy innovation at the OECD, EU and national levels. COFFERS recognizes this creates a state of flux where much tax authority expertise regarding past regulations, system ...
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Coordinated Research Infrastructures Building Enduring Life-science services (CORBEL)

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

The social and economic challenges of ageing populations and chronic disease can only be met by translation of biomedical discoveries to new, innovative and cost effective treatments. The ESFRI Biological and Medical Research Infrastructures (BMS RI) underpin every step in this process; effectively joining scientific capabilities and shared services will transform the understanding of biological m ...
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Internationalisation and Modernisation Programme for Academics, Leaders and Administrators

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

The IMPALA project aims to set up a network of European and South African universities and educational organisations to respond to the needs in the South African higher education community. It aspires to develop clear and viable internationalisation strategies within the South African IMPALA universities to bring them up to par and give them a much needed head start for future international cooper ...
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Measuring and Comparing Achievements of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education in Europe

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

...mains (Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Health Care and Engineering). The Advisory Board comprises EUA, EURASHE, ESU, ENQA, ECA and ENAEE, as well as the Santander, Coimbra, Compostela, Utrecht and Unica University Networks, thus ensuring maximum relevance, participation and impact.The five Groups will perfect or create Reference Frameworks for their disciplines and domains; they wil ...
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European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network - Integrating Activity (ECRIN-IA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

ECRIN is a distributed ESFRI-roadmap pan-European infrastructure designed to support multinational clinical research, making Europe a single area for clinical studies, taking advantage of its population size to access patients. Servicing multinational trials started during its preparatory phase, and it now applies for an ERIC status by 2011. The ERIC budget will be restricted to core activities re ...
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Innovative Social Investment: Strengthening communities in Europe (InnoSI) (InnoSI)

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

There is growing consensus in Europe that an active set of approaches to welfare known as Social Investment will improve human capital, enable more people to participate in society, and reduce intergenerational deprivation, yet implementation has been uneven across member states and much remains to be learned, especially with regard to regional and local realities of Social Investment. This propos ...
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European multicentre, randomised, phase III clinical trial of hypothermia plus best medical treatment versus best medical treatment alone for acute ischaemic stroke (EuroHYP-1)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

The consortium led by UKER and EuroHYP, the European Stroke Research Network for Hypothermia, proposes a large, multicentre clinical trial which will assess mild hypothermia as a novel treatment for ischemic stroke.Stroke is the second cause of death world-wide and the second cause of lost disability-adjusted life years in high-income countries. Stroke incidence rises exponentially with age, so it ...
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THE EUROPEAN GAME JAM LEARNING HUB (JamToday)

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

Game Jams have been organised for several years around the world and are a powerful instrument to stimulate innovation in the creation, development and deployment of educational games. Game Jam events are typically organised for 48 hours and simultaneously conducted in various locations. They offer the possibility to develop an idea into a potentially innovative solution around specific themes wh ...
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Smart Specialisation For Regional Innovation (SMARTSPEC)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

The aim of SmartSpec is to provide substance, guidance and practical support to the EU Smart Specialisation Platform, based on the combination of leading academic and practical expertise present in the consortium. The goal is directed at operationalising the concept of smart specialisation in a manner which will be useful to actors in different regional contexts. It will do this by strengthening t ...
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Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe (WWWFOREUROPE)

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

"The objective of this 4-year project is to provide the analytical basis for a socio-ecological transition in Europe: the change to a new growth path with smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as is envisaged in the EU 2020 strategy. In order to support the transition, we analyse the need, the feasibility and best practice for change, specifying the institutional changes needed at all policy lev ...
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Biomarker for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Europe (BiomarCaRE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

Biomarkers are considered as tools to enhance cardiovascular risk estimation. However, the value of biomarkers on risk estimation beyond European risk scores, their comparative impact among different European regions and their role in the drive towards personalised medicine remains uncertain.Based on harmonised and standardised European population cohorts we have built significant research collabo ...
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Policy-oriented marine Environmental Research in the Southern EUropean Seas (PERSEUS)

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

The overall scientific objectives of PERSEUS are to identify the interacting patterns of natural and human-derived pressures on the Mediterranean and Black Seas, assess their impact on marine ecosystems and, using the objectives and principles of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive as a vehicle, to design an effective and innovative research governance framework based on sound scientific knowl ...
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Access to Opioid Medication in Europe (ATOME)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

"Medicines derived from opium are very valuable in medicine practice & therefore regarded as essential medicines. However, they are generally not readily available for patients who are in need of them for medical reasons. It is estimated that over 80% of the world's population is inadequately treated, because opioid (pain relieving) medicines have been categorized as ""controlled substances"", du ...
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Collaborative HIV and Anti-HIV Drug Resistance Network (CHAIN)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

CHAIN is a large scale integrating project aimed to effectively and durably combat new and existing anti-HIV drug resistance in clinical settings, with a special emphasis on Eastern Europe and in heavily affected resource-poor regions in Africa. This will be achieved through our pan-European network of surveillance and basic research activities, the involvement of all main actors in the field of H ...
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eACCESS+: the eAccessibility Network (eAccess+)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Description Much expertise, many guidelines and tools exist on e-accessibility but they are of a highly fragmented nature. As announced in the Communication of December 2008 on eAccessibility, the Thematic Network eAccess+ will create a platform for collecting and providing guidance on how to use in practice this body of knowledge. eAccess+ ...
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Gene- Environment Interactions in Heart Development (CHeartED)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Cardiovascular malformation (CVM) is the commonest cause of childhood death in developed countries. In the EU there are 51,000 new cases each year and two million affected individuals. Yet, despite intensive research, the cause of 80% of CVM remains elusive. The mission of CHeartED is to identify genetic and environmental pathways that can be modified with the goal of reducing preventable CVM inci ...
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EMAIL III - Erasmus Mundus Action 2 (EU - Israel)

Start date: Jul 15, 2013,

EMAIL III is an Erasmus Mundus Action II project for the cooperation of higher education institutions from the EU and Israel. The consortium consists of 18 full partners and 4 associated partners, from Israel 8 HEIs and 1 NGO in the role of associated partner, from the EU, 10 HEIs and 3 associated partners (2 university networks and 1 NGO).The main activity of EMAIL III is the mobility exchange be ...
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EUROSA+: Europe & South Africa Partnership for Human Development

Start date: Jul 15, 2013,

EUROSA+ (Europe & South Africa Partnership for Human Development) is a structured and institutionally embedded mobility project involving 9 European, 10 South African and 6 associated partners, aiming to promote mobility activities for South African and European individuals at master, PhD and staff level. The diverse, but complementary EUROSA+ partnership is dedicated to implement a well-functioni ...
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IBRASIL - Inclusive and Innovative Brazil

Start date: Jul 15, 2013,

The IBRASIL consortium which stands for “Inclusive and Innovative Brazil” has emerged from a long and mature collaboration between Brazilian and European universities. It is composed of 11 Brazilian and 9 European Higher Education Institutions from different countries where various languages are spoken: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Romanian, Italian, German, Slovak and Greek. This linguistic diver ...
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Equity in Higher Education from a Student Perspective

Start date: Oct 1, 2007,

Increasing equal opportunities has always been a priority area of the student movement. The project 'equity through e-learning' aims to train student representatives to help and implement policies in order to increase equity and efficiency in their own higher education institutions and countries.
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The Archipelago of Humanistic Arts and Sciences: Structuring Interdisciplinary Dialogue

Start date: Oct 1, 2007,

The Archipelago (formed by the Erasmus Thematic Networks that explicitly place the human being at the centre of their activities) constitutes an important forum for the humanities and social sciences. It spreads knowledge about the Networks and their activities, holds events that bring their combined expertise to bear on vital issues for European citizens. It publishes reports, an on-line journal ...
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