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Center of Excellence for Global Systems Science (COEGSS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

...e complicated, the relevant algorithms do require the power of high-performance computing. High Performance Data Analysis (HPDA) is the key to success for GSS! A key contribution of the Center of Excellence for Global Systems Science – COEGSS – will be the development of an HPC-based framework to generate customized synthetic populations for GSS applications. By blending GSS and HPC, we will be ab ...
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Staff development: Integrating ICT effectively in teaching

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

...ery Space) through which we shared our knowledge, teaching material, web tools, ideas, good practices etc. We also participated in the European Code Week and received the European Certificate of Excellence in Coding Literacy by uploading on the official site many of the activities we did with our students on Coding. Furthermore we participated in four e-twinning projects through which we exchange ...
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novel bioreactor Platform for reprOducible, Scalable ExpansIonand cardiac DifferentiatiON of hiPSC in suspension culture (POSEIDON)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

...ship skills, significantly widening her career perspectives. The project outcomes will be of tremendous benefit to the European biomedical and pharmaceutical sectors, contributing to the European excellence, competitiveness and quality of life.
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Jellyfish Barge - A floating greenhouse (JFB)

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

...are a solution to contribute to mitigate this global challenge.Pnat s.r.l., a dynamic SME, spin-off of the University of Florence, established to emphasize a culture of innovation and technological excellence, is developing Jellyfish Barge, a floating agricultural greenhouse, able to purify salt, brackish or polluted water using solar energy. Jellyfish Barge is built with low-cost technologies and ...
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Addressing global sustainability challenges by changing perceptions in catalyst design (AfterTheGoldrush)

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

...utes to carbon dioxide mitigation, energy security and water conservation. It is clear that new high efficiency game-changing catalysts are required to meet the challenge. This proposal will focus on excellence in catalyst design by learning from recent step change advances in gold catalysis by challenging perceptions. Intense interest in gold catalysts over the past two decades has accelerated ou ...
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Green Hostels - Grænt Farfuglaheimili

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

... in the development of young people as future employees in a global market. Objectives of the project The objectives within the leading team of HI-Iceland is to make the Reykjavík Hostels models of excellence in the field of quality management and leaders in environmental/sustainability management. For many years we have worked on constantly developing and implementing the Hostels' own Sustainabi ...
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Enhancing ASE, Progression, Personal Development and Recent Graduate Employment

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

...e following activities are proposed: 1. Two week training programme for 12 professional youth teams in Holland/Spain. Apprentice players are aged 16-18 and undertaking the Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (ASE) programme. This would give 240 apprentices an opportunity to learn and develop. 2. Twelve week placement programme for 30 recent graduates of ASE NOT offered professional terms at ...
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Virtual Academy Platform for Vocational Schools (VAPVoS)

...ical materials can be shared among different institutions all over Europe. The main concepts that have been transferred, are the Distance Lab idea, Virtual Micro-Controller (VMCU) and the Network of Excellence, all of which are results of former LEONARDO DA VINCI projects. The results from these projects were successfully transferred to vocational schools in Germany, Estonia and Finland and combin ...
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C.O.N.T.E.ST. – meeting the Challenge Of iNclusion Through music and trainEd STaff

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

...sion. All schools in partnership have highlighted the need to explore new methods and strengthen the training of teachers to address the various cognitive levels and learning abilities, enhancing the excellence and supporting, reaching the highest possible degree of educational success, more complicated pupils. CONTEST will last 29 months has the following general objectives: - Develop the basic ...
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Ithaca- Two Schools' Journey of Discovery together.

Start date: Sep 8, 2014, End date: Sep 7, 2016,

The project focuses on sustainable school development. It unites two Teaching Schools with established areas of excellence and experience in working with partners both in their own countries and abroad. The schools also have established practice in delivering Continual Professional Development both inside their own establishments and to other partners and amongst the partnership there is a great ...
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Analytical and Characterisation Excellence in nanomaterial risk assessment: A tiered approach (ACEnano)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

An increasing number of nanomaterials (NMs) are entering the market in every day products spanning from health care and leisure to electronics, cosmetics and foodstuff. Nanotechnology is a truly enabling technology, with unlimited potential for innovation. However, the novelty in properties and forms of NMs makes the development of a well-founded and robust legislative framework to ensure safe dev ...
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Strategy for Allied Radioecology (STAR)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

...d funding for radioecological research is at a minimum in many European countries. To face this challenge and avoid further fragmentation, nine leading organisations propose to establish a Network of Excellence in radioecology, called STAR. The goal is to efficiently integrate important organisations, infrastructures, and research efforts into a sustainable network that contributes to a European R ...
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Network of Excellence in Wireless COMmunications # (NEWCOM#)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

NEWCOM# is a Network of Excellence (NoE) proposal submitted in response to challenge FP7-ICT-2011-8 1.1, "Future Networks". A group of 14 partners in 14 different countries (12 of which come from the former FP7 NoE NEWCOM++) decided to capitalize on the high degree of integration in research they already at-tained to build an NoE with the following objectives: i) to produce medium to long term res ...
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Screenagers International, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), digital and social media use in Youth Work

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

...h work sectors • written guidance for youth workers, laying out principles of best practice and demonstrating impact, which could be supported through national Centres of Excellence and/or through national champions for ICT in youth work
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EU KETs - supported  INNovative INDUSTRY for HIGH GROWTH and SUSTAINABLE GLOBALIZATION (EU KNIGHTS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

...ted by the profound society changes of the past decades. Simultaneously it must increase its global competitiveness while creating more sustainability, wealth and jobs in Europe. Whilst the European excellence in fundamental research is widely acknowledged, the clear mechanisms for transfer of knowledge into innovative, high value industrial products are yet to be clearly understood and identifie ...
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COmplete Vehicle Energy-saving Technologies for Heavy-Trucks (CONVENIENT)

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

...whole.The CONVENIENT Consortium, which comprises three major EU truck manufacturers, ten Tier 1/2 suppliers, and a network of nine research centres and Universities, representing European excellence in the field of long distance transport R&D, is uniquely well-qualified with respect to the project scope and the highly ambitious target of achieving 30% gains in vehicle efficiency.
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Glycosylation: Programmes for Observation, Inhibition and Structure-based Exploitation of key carbohydrate-active enzymes (GlycoPOISE)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

...d in a multiplicity of function; in addition to acting as energy sources, carbohydrates play major roles in structure, signalling and epigenetics. The work programme will build upon the applicant’s excellence in the mechanistic and structural enzymology of carbohydrate-active enzymes to tackle the key challenges of modern cellular glycobiology. Our vision is to provide fundamental structural and m ...
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Multi-national network of excellence for research on genetic predisposition to cardio-metabolic disorders due to UCP1 gene polymorphisms (U-GENE)

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

...as very active participation in research programs funded by the European Commission. Moreover, the partners’ experience and specialisation in CMD research, their extensive experience in networks of excellence and international collaborations, and their broad infrastructures will provide the level of quality required to transform the U-GENE joint exchange programme into a successful multi-national ...
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Use of Triple Bottom Line sustainability framework in rural wine entrepreneurship

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

...MEs in remote rural areas are running into a deadlock and will be mathematically suffocate, unless they face the challenge of adopting sustainability strategies and linking them to their operational excellence programs to optimise the consumption of all resources used in their adding value processes. While organisations primiraly focus on profit, sustainable organizations are committed to measur ...
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STS Education models to transmit to society the challenge of global change in the ocean

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The EDUCO2CEAN project is promoted by Portuguese Association for Environmental Education – ASPEA (Portugal), the International Campus of Excellence - Campus do Mar (Spain), the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology of Scotland, the Portuguese National Agency for Scientific and Technologic Culture – Ciência Viva, the secondary education centres IES Virxe do Mar and Ribeira do Louro (Spain) and ...
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Conduction Mechanisms in Advanced MOS Technologies (CONAT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

...tronics is a challenge for applied research as it requires specific technologies platforms. That is actually why this proposal is highly interesting. This research project would contribute to achieve excellence in the filed and consequently would attract the interest of the industrial sector of the EU. This proposal aims to define advantages and constrains of advance MG/HK/III-V stacks since they ...
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User Centred Computer Animation Techniques for Next Generation Digital Creation and Modelling (AniNex)

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

The “AniNex” Consortium consisting of five partners (two EU Beneficiaries and three Partners in China), who are world leading influential centres of excellence in both the academic world and industry.The “AniNex” is designed to anticipate and lead the development of next generation techniques related to computer animation and its applications, via integrating knowledge and talents of people from t ...
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Learning Through Mobility

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

...terview and placed in suitable placements which will be organised in consultation with us by our partner colleges abroad. These partner institutions follow similar programmes and are centres of excellence providing best practice and expertise in their fields. The training content is directly related to participants’ course of study and will be certified using the QQI Level 5/ 6 Work Experience M ...
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Adopción de enfoques de calidad, accesibilidad e innovación en la educación superior de Latinoamérica

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

...ties Network undertake the challenge of modernizing and internationalizing higher education, and contributing to development and social cohesion in Latin America, with an academic offer in pursuit of excellence, equitable and innovative.This academic offer will be available in the ACAI-LA Virtual Campus with accessible:- Life long learning program, MOOC.- Master for training of trainers, MOOC, cer ...
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Resilient large unit cell inorganic materials (RLUCIM)

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

A grand challenge in science is the controlled assembly of atoms and molecules into novel forms as the basis for new physical phenomena and next-generation technologies. This programme will focus on excellence in synthesis of advanced inorganic functional materials through the development of fundamental capabilities for control of structure and composition in crystalline materials with large unit ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

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

... a priority to English speaking institutions, and those sharing similar Curriculum and same values of solidarity, ethics, and competitiveness. We selected outgoing students on two criteria: academic excellence and language skills. Although our objective is to promote the open-mindedness of our students, we do not want to jeopardize the completion of their training program. Therefore we select st ...
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Understanding the Dark Universe with 3D Weak Gravitational Lensing (DarkMatterDarkEnergy)

Start date: Sep 20, 2008, End date: Jan 27, 2014,

...tlantic, I will be able to foster closer links between these complementary efforts, as well as helping to advance the project in Europe. I plan to be based at the university of Edinburgh, a centre of excellence for gravitational lensing observations, and the only institute that is a member of all three major projects. With this timely confluence of new data and analysis techniques, I would expect ...
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New Horizons Festival (NEWHORIZONS)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

... face-to-face with researchers and taking part in demonstrations, experiments and dialogues. Exceptionally, the form of a lecture is used, for example to present a top speaker who combines scientific excellence with very good presentation skills.New Horizons Festival was formerly organized as 'Discovery Festival'. Every year the festival has a theme which is leading in the program. The theme of th ...
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Excellent Tallinn University of Technology Research Chair in Green Chemistry and Technology (TUTIC-Green)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

...nagement principles for ERA Chair and introducing the principles in TallinnUniversity of Technology at large through trainings for research staff;• Increase the visibility of TUTIC scientific excellence and setting-up of long-lasting strategic partnerships.The TUTIC-Green project will result in enhanced research capacity and research excellence; increased participation of TUTIC in Horizon 2020 and ...
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Peer-to-Peer learning

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

Innovative teaching and excellence in education are essential factors for future knowledge-based societies. Teachers and learners need to meet the demands of the changing world both in terms of technology and educational reform. This requires effective cooperation between nations. International mobility should be seen as an important added value for teacher career development and student progressi ...
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Buenas prácticas en CLIL, TIC y comunicación lingüística = Aprendizaje competente y de calidad en los centros educativos europeos.

Start date: Dec 18, 2014, End date: Dec 17, 2016,

...tribution and participation in international programs, as well as the update and internationalization of the curriculum. - It will encourage the Quality and Competences, aspiring to get the Excellence. The continuous learning is necessary and the European dimention even more; so the dimension of the educational activities programmed in our project and the link Job Shadowing will provide ...
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PEer-to-peer TAgged MEDIA (PetaMedia)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

...land, UK, and Germany, national networks exist of collaborating excellent research groups in the areas of multimedia content analysis (MCA) and social and peer-to-peer (SP2P) networks. The Network of Excellence PetaMedia brings these four strong national networks together, at first to form a European network of national networks, and eventually to establish a sustainable European virtual centre of ...
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Excellence in SImulation of Weather and Climate in Europe (ESiWACE)

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

ESiWACE will substantially improve efficiency and productivity of numerical weather and climate simulation on high-performance computing platforms by supporting the end-to-end workflow of global Earth system modelling in HPC environment. This will be obtained by improving and supporting (1) scalability of models, tools and data management on state-of-the-art supercomputer systems (2) Usability of ...
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New Si-based halogen-free Flame Retardants for Greener plastics (FR GreenSi)

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

...tion, plastic compounding, sample preparation and characterization and fire science and technology, as well as application into commercial products. This project will largely contribute to scientific excellence and innovative leadership of Europe. Moreover, the researcher will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and rigorous environment, being exposed to cutting edge facilities and where inn ...
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New designers for production processes highly ergonomic and safe

Start date: Oct 1, 2009,

...ction processes design, in workplace ergonomics and safety optimisation. An iterative dissemination and quality loop will involve network creation for collaboration among professionals and centres of excellence. Main steps and expected results: - new profile definition and competence building for designing of ergonomic production processes and workplaces (ergo-designer); - educational model for tr ...
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Developing and implementation of a new generation of nanosafety assessment tools (NANOGENTOOLS)

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

...g and controlling the hazards associated with NMs is required to ensure the safety in parallel to exploiting the technological benefits.NANOGENTOOLS answers this challenge by creating a collaborative excellence-based knowledge exchange network that will: i) push forward knowledge via method development and pre-validation, ii) train scientists in new methodologies to assess long term nanosafety, an ...
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Sharing Approaches to Result in Excellence

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

Project SummaryBridgwater College provides excellent teaching and learning to a wide range of students from a diverse set of backgrounds. The socio-economic characteristics of many students represents a challenge in promoting a European wide awareness that can support wider employability. Staff are focused on the student experience and benefit from networking and applying different pedagogical app ...
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Samen bouwen aan Sterk Onderwijs

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

...ool district is responsible for 36 institutions, both compulsory and non-compulsory education. Annually 20000+ learners enroll in a course and over 2500 staff members are striving to assure and offer excellence in teaching and learning.School District 1 takes its responsibility to constantly improve the quality of education, both in range and in methodology. The schools are mainly located in the c ...
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Bilingualer Unterricht (Englisch)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jul 1, 2016,

...s participated in an intensive CLIL training funded with means of the Erasmus+ project. Two further participants could be funded with money from additional sponsors. The focus was not just linguistic excellence but rather the acquisition of a subject-dependent methodology, which constitutes an important tool for imparting the language. As the participants' reports show, the training program has sp ...
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Digitally Integrated Scientific Data for Patients and Populations in User-Specific Simulations (DISCIPULUS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

...e facilitated by operationalactivities (management, community building/engagement, dissemination).The five consortium partners, supported by global experts, assemble all the expertiseneeded to assure excellence of the final roadmap. DISCIPULUS lasts for 18 months, theminimum time span to fully engage the VPH community and the diverse stakeholders, andto deliver high quality results. Effort of 145 ...
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