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Building a new innovation fast track to bring ideas to market quicker
09 January 2015 - The European Commission launched the new, €200 million Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) pilot initiative to promote innovation by reducing the time it takes to bring innovative ideas to market.
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New Joint Call for Proposals – ERA-NET COFUND Smart Cities and Communities- publication 11 December 2014
The ERA-NET Smart Cities and Communities (ENSCC) was established to initiate a transnational joint call for RDI proposals addressing new solutions in the urban field, and demonstrating the feasibility of their implementation.
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Switzerland and EU join forces in science and research
The European Union and Switzerland signed a comprehensive international agreement associating Switzerland to parts of Horizon 2020, Research and Training Programme of Euratom and the ITER project.
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SME Instrument – 580 proposals received for phase 2
A Preliminary Analysis of SMEs phase 2 participation
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EDITORIAL 28.11.2014 “The integration of social sciences in H2020 proposals: what do “horizontal aspects” and “interdisciplinarity” mean”
Being not only a new integrating programme with dedicated funding instruments, Horizon 2020 offers some important novelties when it comes to the philosophy behind the funding. Applicants are now rather familiar with the innovative aspects and impact potential of the proposals. There are yet some terms and expressions largely used by the EC and in the workprogrammes that deal with horizontal aspects, cross-sectorial and social sciences. What do these terms mean for proposals? What is the process underpinning social sciences and humanities (SSH) in the whole programme?
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Preparation for 2015 ICT calls has begun! ICT clients are ready for action!
NCP Brussels organised an info session of its series "A to Z Funding Sources" regarding ICT on November 14th at impulse.brussels premises.
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EDITORIAL 31.10.2014 “H2020: how to do even better next time”
Editorial of the NCP Newsletter of 31 October 2014, by Tania Van Loon Dear reader, 9 months after the inception of the new Research and Innovation programme “Horizon 2020”, the European Commission, participants and intermediary organisations have learnt the first lessons. In brief? The large response to the first calls has shown the attractiveness of a challenge-based approach… but has also reduced the success rate of applicants (8 times oversubscription vs. 5.5 under the previous programme). Evaluation reports suggest that applicants should carefully define specific objectives, quantitative indicators, end users involvement and project positioning in a market-based approach. What does this mean for Brussels organisations? Prepare well to make your proposal attractive. NCP Brussels’ free of charge services can help you maximise your project design, select relevant impact indicators, include public and restricted deliverables, involve final beneficiaries... And specifically for SMEs? The SME Instrument budget will be increased in the work programme of 2016-2017 as compared to that of 2014-2015. Thus, there will be very attractive opportunities for you. Check with us which upcoming topics are relevant to your research and future business deployment. We wish you successful European R&I projects! Tania Van Loon, NCP Brussels Manager
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New Horizon 2020 calls open – ICT for Ageing Well
A series of calls in Horizon 2020 under Societal Challenge "Health, demographic change and wellbeing" (SC1) with relevance to ICT for Ageing Well are now open.
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What to expect from Carlos Moedas, new EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation
On 30 September, M. Moedas was presenting his future orientation for research and innovation policy in front of the European Parliament. So who is the new EU Commissioner in charge of the R&I portfolio? And what will be his priorities during his mandate (2014-2019)?
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Eurostars2 – Cut-off 1 funding results: a success story in numbers
The next cut-off date for submitting applications to Eurostars 2 is 11 September 2014. Do you want to be one of Eurostars success story?
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IPR Helpdesk – Guide to Intellectual Property Rights in Horizon 2020
The IPR Helpdesk has published a Guide to Intellectual Property Rights in Horizon 2020, available for download, aiming to delineate the expectations and requirements of the European Commission related to Intellectual Property in H2020 projects.
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First Horizon 2020 Work Programme update – launch of FTI and innovation prizes
The initiatives underscore the drive to support innovation in Europe as part of the first, two-year Horizon 2020 work programme.
