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Brain-Specific, Modular and Active RNA Therapeutics (B-SMART)

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

The overall objective of B-SMART is: 1. to design modular nanoparticles, 2. to manufacture them via a quality-by-design protocol, 3. to achieve delivery of therapeutic RNAs to the brain and treat neurodegenerative diseases. I. To design modular nanoparticles consisting of o an active RNA payloado established (lipid-based), emerging (trigger-responsive polymer-based) or exploratory (extracellular v ...
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PROMOTING ACTIVE AGEING: FUNCTIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AT ULTRA-EARLY STAGES. (PANA)

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

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia and loss of autonomy in the elderly, implying a progressive cognitive decline and limitation of social activities. Progressive aging of EU population will increase the magnitude of this problem in the next decades. Currently, there is not an effective method for the early diagnosis of AD. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop new ef ...
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Dynamic Penetrating Peptide Adaptamers (DYNAP)

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

The aim of this proposal is to identify, at the molecular level, the minimal topological and structural motifs that govern the membrane translocation of short peptides. A covalent reversible bond strategy will be developed for the synthesis of self-adaptive penetrating peptides (adaptamers) for targeted delivery.It is known that the recently developed therapeutic technologies (i.e. gene therapy, c ...
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Conservation and restoration of mediterranean Taxus baccata woods (9580*) in the Cantabrian Mountains (LIFE BACCATA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Background In the Mediterranean region, yew (Taxus baccata) usually grows with other tree species in mixed forests. Wooded formations made up solely of Mediterranean yew are listed in Annex I of the Habitats Directive as priority for conservation, and are very rare. They are often reduced to small enclaves in remote mountain areas. Climatic and anthropog ...
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Europäischer Master für Lexikographie / European Master in Lexicography

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

...durationTwo years (120 ECTS credits).Brief descriptionThe following universities participate in the programme EMJMD-EMLex: Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany), Université de Lorraine (France), Universidade Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem Budapest (Hungary), Universidade do Minho (Portugal), Uniwersytet Śląski (Poland), University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), ...
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Breast CAncer STratification: understanding the determinants of risk and prognosis of molecular subtypes (B-CAST)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Breast tumours are heterogeneous, and result from the complex interplay of multiple lifestyle/environmental and genetic risk factors. Through the EU-funded COGS project, we have identified a large number of germline variants that influence the risk of breast cancer. In combination, these variants can identify women at wide ranges of genetic risk, even in the absence of family history of breast can ...
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PROYECTO LIFE LUGO MAS BIODINÁMICO. PLANIFICACIÓN DE UN BARRIO MULTI-ECOLÓGICO COMO MODELO DE RESILIENCIA URBANA (LIFE LUGO + BIODINÁMICO)

Start date: Jan 18, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

Background Urban environmental issues operate at different scales, and this is the case for climate change adaptation strategies that necessarily complement mitigation measures. Adaptation and mitigation operate at different spatial scales: while mitigation measures have a global effect; adaptation strategies must be designed at the regional or local scal ...
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Water - Sustainable Point-Of-Use Treatment Technologies (WATERSPOUTT)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2020,

The WHO estimates that in 2015 in Africa ~156 million people relied on untreated sources for their drinking water. WATERSPOUTT will design, develop, pilot and field-test a range of, sustainable point-of-use solar disinfection (SODIS) technologies that will provide affordable access to safe water to remote and vulnerable communities in Africa and elsewhere. These novel large-volume water treatment ...
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Challenging the Standard Model using an extended Physics program in LHCb (BSMFLEET)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

...nd; we should attack the SM with a new fleet of observables sensitive to different BSM scenarios, and make sure that we are making full use of what the LHC offers to us. I propose to create a team at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela that will expand the use of LHCb beyond its original design, while also reinforcing the core LHCb analyses in which I played a leading role so far. LHCb has up t ...
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Advanced Tools and Research Strategies for Parasite Control in European farmed fish (ParaFishControl)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

European aquaculture production provides direct employment to 80,000 people and a 3-billion € annual turnover. Parasites cause severe disease outbreaks and high economic losses in finfish aquaculture. The overarching goal of ParaFishControl is to increase the sustainability and competitiveness of European Aquaculture by improving understanding of fish-parasite interactions and by developing innova ...
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European Nuclear Science and Application Research 2 (ENSAR2)

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

ENSAR2 is the integrating activity for European nuclear scientists who are performing research in three of the major subfields defined by NuPECC: Nuclear Structure and Dynamics, Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics Tools and Applications. It proposes an optimised ensemble of Networking (NAs), Joint Research (JRAs) and Transnational Access Activities (TAs), which will ensure qualitative and qua ...
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Agroforestry Innovation Networks (AFINET) (AFINET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Agroforestry (AF) is the practice of deliberately integrating woody vegetation (trees or shrubs) with crop and/or animal systems to benefit from the resulting ecological and economic interactions. Research activities developed by AFINET partners indicates that appropriate application of AF principles and practices is a key avenue to help the European Union to achieve more sustainable methods of fo ...
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Magnetic DIagnostic Assay for neurodegenerative diseases (MADIA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

MADIA aims at realizing a versatile and cheap diagnostic device based on magnetoresistive sensors, microfluidic device, ultra–small Magnetic Nanoparticles (MNPs) and advanced bio-chemical functionalization methods for the early and ultrasensitive in vitro detection of biomarkers trustfully associated with 2 incurable neurodegenerative diseases: Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Parkinson Disease (PD). ...
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TRANSITION FROM LINEAR 2 CIRCULAR: POLICY AND INNOVATION (R2PI)

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

"R2π examines the shift from the broad concept of a Circular Economy (CE) to one of a Circular Economy Business Models (CEBM), by tackling both market failure (business, consumers) and policy failure (conflicts, assumptions, unintended consequence). Its innovation lies in having a strong business-focus, examining stimuli beyond environmental goals (including ICT and eco-innovation), and in examini ...
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EuNIT – European project desigN and management In the South MediTerranean region

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

EuNIT targets the management and operation of HEIs in Jordan, Lebanon and Libya by focusing on increasing their international activity. In order for HEIs in these countries to increase their participation in international cooperation projects and benefit from opportunities available to them through programmes such as Erasmus+, H2020 and ENI, they require greater expertise in project design and man ...
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Designing Novel Phonon Valve Device through Ferroic Domain Wall Engineering (PHONON-VALVE)

Start date: Sep 26, 2016, End date: Sep 25, 2019,

Much of the major technological breakthroughs occurring in the last few decades rely on our enhanced capability to control and manipulate two particles: electrons (both charge and spin) and photons. Achieving a similar degree of control over phonons would be extraordinarily valuable as we will be able to channel thermal energy at will –thus propelling new possibilities for energy management– as we ...
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Projet Patrimoine Européen pour un Avenir Culturel Ensemble

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

ProPEACE (PROjet pour un Patrimoine Européen pour un Avenir Culturel Ensemble) is a Strategic Partnership involving 11 partners: 6 universities from France, Germany, Iceland, the Nederland, Romania and Spain ; 3 economic actors enhancing heritage in Europe (Italy, Romania, Scotland) and 2 non-European universities with expertise in digital mediation (Canada) and interculturality (Israel). The team ...
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Critical Thinking Across the European Higher Education Curricula

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

CRITHINKEDU derives from the experiences of partners’ institutions and from the need to link higher education institutions with the labor market and society, meeting the needs and challenges of the 21st century in the development of critical thinking skills in students. It aims to: 1) connect Higher Education Institutions (HEI), NGO’s and companies in order to identify curricular goals and outcome ...
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Towards a Worldwide Quantification of Forest Degradation (QUAFORD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2017, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The global C emissions trading system currently focuses on reducing deforestation and forest degradation. Under the UN-REDD+ program, donor countries can compensate for some of their C emissions by implementing projects that will reduce C emissions by a known amount in developing countries. Operationally, only C emissions due to deforestation are being estimated in REDD+ projects due to the lack o ...
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Building an interactive AgriDemo-Hub community: enhancing farmer to farmer learning (AgriDemo-F2F)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

The overall aim of AgriDemo-F2F is to enhance peer-to-peer learning within the commercial farming community. The project will utilize the experience of different actors and involve practitioner partners throughout the project to deepen understanding of effective on farm demonstration activities (multi-actor approach). In a first step, we will conduct a geo-referenced inventory of open commercial f ...
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Distributed, integrated and harmonised forest information for bioeconomy outlooks (DIABOLO)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Europe’s bioeconomy is expected to foster economic growth and to tackle significant societal challenges with less harmful environmental effects through innovative, sustainable and inclusive use of European forest resources. Increasing demand for biomass and other ecosystem goods and services calls for changes in forest-related policies at different levels and across different sectors. Accordingly, ...
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Metal catalysis in biological habitats: New strategies for optical bio-sensing and targeted therapy (METBIOCAT)

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

"This proposal aims at the discovery of robust transition-metal catalyzed transformations that can take place in aqueous media and cellular lysates, and are susceptible of being exported to living cells. Specifically, we will exploit the special coordination and activation ability of different metal complexes towards pi-systems to induce chemo-selective reactions of designed, abiotic, unsaturated ...
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Design and development of advanced NAnomedicines to overcome Biological BArriers and to treat severe diseases (NABBA)

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

Many therapeutic targets are shielded behind biological barriers, limiting the possibility to reach them with conventional drugs or diagnostic probes. Biological barriers are even more problematic for most biological pharmaceutics, such as recombinant proteins, antibodies and gene therapeutics. The most promising solution to this challenge is the use of nano-vehicles for specific targeting and del ...
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INdustrial Scale Production of Innovative nanomateRials for printEd Devices (INSPIRED)

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

Printed electronics (PE) is set to revolutionise the electronics industry over the next decade and can offer Europe the opportunity to regain lost market share. Printed electronics allows for the direct printing of a range of functional (conductive, resistive, capacitive and semi-conducting) nanomaterials formulations to enable a simpler, more cost-effective, high performance and high volume proce ...
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A Pilot Plant for the Production of Polymer based Nanopharmaceuticals in Compliance with GMP (NanoPilot)

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

The aim of NanoPilot will be to set-up a flexible and adaptable pilot plant operating under GMP for the production of small batches of polymer-based nanopharmaceuticals, which exhibit significant potential in the field of drug-delivery particularly for the design of second-generation nanopharmaceuticals.Three different processes will be established for the production of three different nanopharmac ...
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NANOmaterials for the REStoration of works of ART (NANORESTART)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

Currently there is a lack of methodologies for the conservation of modern and contemporary artworks, many of which will not be accessible in very short time due to extremely fast degradation processes. The challenge of NANORESTART (NANOmaterials for the REStoration of works of ART) will be to address this issue within a new framework with respect to the state of the art of conservation science. NA ...
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Factories of the Future Resources, Technology, Infrastructure and Services for Simulation and Modelling 2 (Fortissimo 2)

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

Fortissimo 2 will drive the uptake of advanced modelling, simulation and data analytics by European engineering and manufacturing SMEs and mid-caps. Such an uptake will deliver improved design processes, better products and services, and improved competitiveness. For the European Union as a whole this means improved employment opportunities and economic growth.The importance of advanced ICT to the ...
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Establishment of Computing Centers and Curriculum Development in Mathematical Engineering Master program

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

Engineering mathematics is at the core of all branches of engineering, from aerospace engineering to electronics; from mechanical engineering to computer science.The reasons of the project are: - need for the use of high-hume technologies to strengthen industrial, economic capacities of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan;- lack of specialists, poor awareness of available appropriate technologies;- existing ...
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Smoking Cessation advice : Healthcare professional Training

Start date: Nov 7, 2016, End date: Sep 6, 2018,

The tobacco epidemic is one of the major public health challenges in Europe being associated with a high risk of mortality and morbidity. People who stop smoking greatly reduce their risk for disease and early death. Although the health benefits are greater for people who stop at earlier ages, there are benefits at any age. Primary care staff at the frontline: nurses, pharmacists, doctors, dentis ...
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LAND DEGRADATION AND REHABILITATION IN MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENTS

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

Context /background of Project The Mediterranean region is vulnerable to land degradation, which affects important sectors of the economy (agriculture, fishing, tourism) and the supply of vital goods (water, food). Although “actions to restore ecosystems and biodiversity have significant potential to create new skills, jobs and business opportunities” ((ED 2011/2307(INI)), there is a considerable ...
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Training ProgrAmme TO improve GrapEviNe virus knowledge and management

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

Vine and wine production is one of the most historic and emblematic sector of European economy. With several thousands of workers in the whole sector, sustaining this agricultural production is of high importance for both EU economy and cultural influence all over the world. Europe is indeed the largest vine producing region in the world. In 2013, France, Italy and Spain represented more than 66% ...
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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

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

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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A new technology of microthermal sensing for application in microcalorimetry (ANTS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

ANTS aims to prove the viability of a novel thermal microsensor, with highly improved thermal, temporal and spatial resolution, to be the basis of a breakthrough micro/nano-calorimeter. The resulting device shall quantify binding rates and enthalpy/entropy changes in interactions of biological interest in a much more accurate and straightforward manner than available techniques. Consequently, ANTS ...
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Standard method and online tool for assessing and improving the energy efficiency of wastewater treatment plants (ENERWATER)

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

Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTPs) is one of the most expensive public industries in terms of energy requirements accounting for more than 1% of consumption of electricity in Europe. EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) 91/271/CEE made obligatory waste water treatment for cities and towns. Now within the EU-27, the total number of WWTPs is estimated as 22.558, for which we can estimate a total ene ...
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Urbane Dynamiken: Globale Perspektiven für ein soziokulturelles Stadtmanagement

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

Urbane Dynamiken: Globale Perspektiven für ein soziokulturelles Stadtmanagement Cities have always been a primary destination (whether temporary or permanent) for transnational migrants, and are thus invariably a location where different cultures meet, interact, and – on occasion – come into social conflict. Yet “urban laboratories” have also given rise to creative activity and political reform mo ...
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Forest resources for Iberian Empires: Ecology and Globalization in the Age of Discovery (FORSEADISCOVERY)

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

In the Early Modern Age (16th-17th centuries) the construction of ocean-going ships was paramount to the development of cultural encounters in what became the Age of Discovery and European expansion. In the case of the Iberian Empires, the establishment of new trade routes brought up the need for armed merchantmen, galleons and smaller vessels, placing unprecedented demands on Iberian forests for ...
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Hot and dense QCD in the LHC era (HOTLHC)

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

QCD, the theory of strong interactions, has been defined as our most perfect physical theory, in part because its compact and apparently simple Lagrangian hides a plethora of emerging phenomena. The aim of the present project is to make the essential contributions to fully exploit the new possibilities of the Large Hadron Collider to characterise unexplored domains of QCD.Three main working plans ...
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Global Earth Observation for integrated water resource assessment (eartH2Observe)

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

The project eartH2Observe brings together the findings from European FP projects DEWFORA, GLOWASIS, WATCH, GEOWOW and others. It will integrate available global earth observations (EO), in-situ datasets and models and will construct a global water resources re-analysis dataset of significant length (several decades). The resulting data will allow for improved insights on the full extent of availab ...
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Framework to respond to regulatory needs of future nanomaterials and markets (FutureNanoNeeds)

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

Rapidly developing markets such as green construction, energy harvesting and storage, advanced materials for aerospace, electronics, medical implants and environmental remediation are potential key application targets for nanomaterials. There, nanotechnology has the potential to make qualitative improvements or indeed even to enable the technology. Impacts range from increased efficiency of energy ...
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AGFORWARD

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

Agroforestry is the practice of deliberately integrating woody vegetation (trees or shrubs) with crop and/or animal systems to benefit from the resulting ecological and economic interactions. AGFORWARD (AGroFORestry that Will Advance Rural Development) is a four-year project, developed by 23 organisations at the forefront of agroforestry research, practice and promotion in Europe, with the goal o ...
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