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HOLIstic optimisation of SHIP design and operation for life cycle (HOLISHIP)

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

Most maritime products are typically associated with large investments and are seldom built in large series. Where other modes of transport benefit from the economy of series production, this is not the case for maritime products which are typically designed to refined customer requirements increasingly determined by the need for high efficiency, flexibility and low environmental impact at a compe ...
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RISE Women with disabilities In Social Engagement (RISEWISE)

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

Women with disabilities have more difficulties to find an employment and to integrate in social day life activities than men with disabilities.This project focuses on the collective of women with disabilities from different perspectives, trying to identify needs and best practices in several EU countries, representing different cultural and socio-economic environments, for the integration and impr ...
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Preventing and mitigating farmed bivalve diseases (VIVALDI)

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

The overarching goal of VIVALDI is to increase the sustainability and competitiveness of the European shellfish industry by improving the understanding of bivalve diseases and by developing innovative solutions and tools for the prevention, control and mitigation of the major pathogens affecting the main European farmed shellfish species: Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), mussels (Mytilus edulis ...
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Culture Aware Robots and Environmental Sensor Systems for Elderly Support (CARESSES)

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

The groundbreaking objective of CARESSES is to build culturally competent care robots, able to autonomously re-configure their way of acting and speaking, when offering a service, to match the culture, customs and etiquette of the person they are assisting. By designing robots that are more sensitive to the user’s needs, CARESSES’ innovative solution will offer elderly clients a safe, reliable and ...
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Probing safety of nano-objects by defining immune responses of environmental organisms (PANDORA)

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

PANDORA (Probing safety of nano-objects by defining immune responses of environmental organisms) shall assess the global impact of engineered nanoparticles (NP) on the immune responses of representative organisms covering all evolutionary stages and hierarchical levels from plants to invertebrates and vertebrates. Immunity is a major determinant of the survival and fitness of all living organisms, ...
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Boosting Environmental Protection and Energy Efficient Buildings in Mediterranean Region

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

...aptive to labour market requirements. These Courses will be implemented over the project lifecycle; the first academic year will be completed in the framework of the third project year. 2. Links university-enterprises: to develop a networking system among the PCs’ Universities and stakeholders, in order to remedy to the currently fragmented scientific background in Energy Efficiency and to the la ...
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Sharing LearnIng from Practice to improve Patient Safety

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

Health care is a significant area of employment across Europe, and good quality health care is essential to the wellbeing of its population. Around one in ten patients suffers harm during their care, yet most adverse events are preventable. The Shared LearnIng from Practice to improve Patient Safety (SLIPPS) project aims to improve the key skills of student healthcare professionals in relation to ...
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EnhANcing emergencY management and response to extreme WeatHER and climate Events (ANYWHERE)

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

The ultimate purpose of ANYWHERE is to empower exposed responder institutions and citizens to enhance their anticipation and pro-active capacity of response to face extreme and high-impact weather and climate events. This will be achieved through the operational implementation of cutting-edge innovative technology as the best way to enhance citizen's protection and saving lives.ANYWHERE proposes t ...
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Online Study Platform on Mediation

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

Mediation is an effective interdisciplinary method of dispute resolution, where legal studies, entrepreneurship, administration and psychology converge. The EU has in the recent years embraced those alternative ways of dispute settlement for their main characteristics of being time and cost efficient. The applicable legislation - both on a European and national level, has been fully set out to mee ...
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External Automatic Glaucoma Laser (EAGLE) for the first-line glaucoma treatment:Commercial prototype development and validation (GLAUrious)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

The GLAUrious project is promoting the novel External Automatic Glaucoma Laser (EAGLE) device with the goal of providing accessible first-line treatment for glaucoma.Glaucoma, a chronic disease causing progressive optic nerve degeneration, is the leading cause of irreversible blindness globally. Although incurable, disease progression is delayed by reducing intraocular pressure, thus preventing bl ...
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Integrated Activities for the High Energy Astrophysics Domain (AHEAD)

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

We propose a set of integrated Activities in the High Energy Astrophysics Domain (AHEAD) in response to the INFRAIA-2014-2015 call Research Infrastructures for High EnergyAstrophysics.The overall objective of AHEAD is to integrate national efforts in high-energy Astrophysics and to promote the domain at the European level, to keep its community at the cutting edge of science and technology in this ...
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Policies Supporting Young People in their Life Course. A Comparative Perspective of Lifelong Learning and Inclusion in Education and Work in Europe (YOUNG_ADULLLT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Most European Lifelong Learning (LLL) policies have been designed to create economic growth and, at the same time, guarantee social inclusion (EC 2010). First, we will study how different LLL policies are compatible with each other in terms of their orientations and objectives and how each policy considers the needs of ‘young adults’. Second, we will research the intended and unintended effects of ...
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SupramolecularlY eNgineered arCHitectures for optoelectRonics and photONICS: a multi-site initial training action (SYNCHRONICS)

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

Photonics will play a major, enabling role in the future of ICT and healthcare. However, to fulfill its potential and deliver on its promises, photonics will heavily rely on novel and more performing materials, that can be manufactured cheaply for the specific requirements of photonic applications. To lead this “photonics revolution” and rip the societal benefits of being at the leading-edge of no ...
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Whole-Body Interaction Learning for Dance Education (WhoLoDancE)

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

Whole-Body Interaction Learning for Dance Education WhoLoDance is aiming at both researching and innovating contemporary learning theories of embodied cognition and dance education, building on advances on neuroscience, pedagogical and learning theories, educational psychology together with new technologies in artificial intelligence and knowledge management. Dance is a diverse and heterogeneous ...
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Exploiting the best sensory modality for learning arithmetic and geometrical concepts based on multisensory interactive Information and Communication Technologies and serious games (weDRAW)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The weDRAW project comes from the renewed neuroscientific understanding of the role of communication between sensory modalities during development: specific sensory systems have specific roles to learn specific concepts. Starting from these results, in weDRAW we will develop an multisensory technology and three serious games that will exploit the best modality for learning arithmetic and geometric ...
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Development of closed, scalable and AUTOmated robotic systems for therapeutic STEM cell manufacturing: aseptic systems from “Donor-to-Patient” (AUTOSTEM)

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

AUTOSTEM will develop closed, scaleable and automated systems for therapeutic cell manufacture. The project vision is a donor-to-patient system where all aspects of processing, from tissue harvest to patient delivery are fully closed and aseptic. The process will involve new methods of biological cell selection from marrow, fat or other tissues, bioreactors to achieve scale and media formulations ...
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Synthesis of methanol from captured carbon dioxide using surplus electricity (MefCO2)

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

Methanol represents one of the most common and widespread platform chemicals and precursors for further synthesis, and is traditionally produced from synthesis gas, obtained by the reforming of natural gas. This methanol synthesis process operates in a stable, high-throughput manner and demands low carbon dioxide/carbon monoxide ratios in feed. The current project, nonetheless, is to encompass fle ...
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Management - Innovation - Development

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

...ls for potential investors or any other interested parties. Those projects that are highly demanding or could bring much advantage in social context could be supported/financed and developed by university, government or private business companies.The program is expected to: develop students’ leadership skills; create the system of consultancy for newly developed and up-running enterprises; support ...
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Master Degree in Innovative Technologies in Energy Efficient Buildings for Russian & Armenian Universities and Stakeholders

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

...tive to labour market requirements; these Courses will be implemented over the project lifecycle; the 1st academic year will be completed in the framework of the 3rd project year. 2. Links university-enterprises: to develop a networking system among the PCs’ Universities and stakeholders, in order to remedy to the currently fragmented scientific background in Energy Efficiency and to the lack of ...
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Strategic support on strengthening the quality assurance structures at the private higher education institutions in Albania

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

Considering the problems identified in the project rationale, and including data from primary research from the Albanian partners, the project concept was conceived with sufficient scope to target real needs gaps identified, without being un-attainable. It is quite obvious that private HEIs in Albania are seeking to improve their quality assurance system and processes. And also the rest of the sta ...
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Dexterous ROV: effective dexterous ROV operations in presence of communication latencies. (DexROV)

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

Underwater operations (e.g. oil industry) are demanding and costly activities for which ROV based setups are often deployed in addition to deep divers – contributing to operations risks and costs cutting.However the operation of a ROV requires significant off-shore dedicated manpower – such a setup typically requires a crew consisting of: (1) an intendant, (2) an operator, and (3) a navigator. Thi ...
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Targeting and exploiting B cell functions for treatment in cardiovascular disease (Athero-B-Cell)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and morbidity is predicted to increase in Europe and worldwide in the next decades due to aging and the rise of diabetes and obesity. The link between metabolic and inflammatory disease is getting stronger, raising hopes for novel therapeutic targets to be exploited clinically. Clinical evidence generated by the Academic partners of the Athero-B-Cell Consorti ...
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SC-square - Satisfiability Checking and Symbolic Computation: uniting two communities to solve real problems (SC-square)

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

The use of advanced methods to solve practical and industrially relevant problems by computers has a long history. Whereas Symbolic Computation is concerned with the algorithmic determination of exact solutions to complex mathematical problems, more recent developments in the area of Satisfiability Checking tackle similar problems but with different algorithmic and technological solutions. Though ...
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Innovative Intelligent Rail (IN2RAIL)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

IN2RAIL is to set the foundations for a resilient, consistent, cost-efficient, high capacity European network by delivering important building blocks that unlock the innovation potential that exists in SHIFT2RAIL: innovative technologies will be explored and resulting concepts embedded in a systems framework where infrastructure, information management, maintenance techniques, energy, and engineer ...
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Training network on reactive geological systems from the mantle to the abyssal sub-seafloor (ABYSS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

"ABYSS is a training and career development platform for young scientists in Geodynamics, Mineralogy, Hydrodynamics, Thermodynamics and (Bio-)Geochemistry focusing on mid-ocean ridge processes and their environmental and economic impacts. It brings together 10 European research groups internationally recognized for their excellence in complementary disciplines and 4 Associated Partners from the Pr ...
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Widely scalable Mobile Underwater Sonar Technology (WiMUST)

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

The WiMUST (Widely scalable Mobile Underwater Sonar Technology) project aims at expanding and improving the functionalities of current cooperative marine robotic systems, effectively enabling distributed acoustic array technologies for geophysical surveying with a view to exploration and geotechnical applications. Recent developments have shown that there is vast potential for groups of marine rob ...
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Protecting the health of Europeans by improving methods for the detection of pathogens in drinking water and water used in food preparation (Aquavalens)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The AQUAVALENS consortium has brought together SMEs, Industries, Universities and Research Institutes with the mission of protecting the health of European Citizens from contaminated drinking water and water used in food processing. We will achieve this by developing sustainable technologies to enable water system managers whether in large or small water systems or within food growers or manufactu ...
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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,

... 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 will produce Assessme ...
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Correctness by Construction (CORCON)

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

"As software becomes ever more ubiquitous in our lives, the need to ensure it runs without error becomes ever more important. Restarting a phone is a simple, if inconvenient task; restarting an aeroplane in mid-flight is not an option!Correct by construction programming offers a revolutionary approach to program verification where programs can contain not just computations as is normal, but also ...
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Flare Likelihood and Region Eruption Forecasting (FLARECAST)

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

Space weather can have detrimental, and in some cases catastrophic, effects upon a multitude of technologies on which we depend as part our daily lives. Adverse space weather is now known to result from solar flares and coronal mass ejections released from the turbulent and highly complex magnetic fields of active regions. Understanding how active region magnetic fields evolve and produce these ev ...
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Brazil-Europe Transfer of Knowledge on Polyolefin Catalyst Systems (BETRAPOCYS)

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

"BETRAPOCYS is a knowledge transfer project aimed at conducting research and exchanging know-how on a new generation of bimodal polyethylene reactor blends with strongly enhanced processing characteristics and properties. The transfer of experience and skills will be secured through the exchange of researchers between Brazil and Europe, and a detailed program of courses, events and coaching. BETRA ...
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Mediterranean changing relationships: global change, networks and border openings (MEDCHANGE)

Start date: Oct 24, 2013, End date: Oct 23, 2017,

MEDCHANGe focuses on the analysis of the relationships between global networks (Internet), flows (virtual and spatial mobilities of individuals, information i.e. migration also in light of gender issues such those of Moroccon female migrants; climate change migrants; tourism and heritage valorisation flows) and geographical localities in terms of local development and marginalisation/segregation. ...
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Embedded Multi-Core Systems for Mixed Criticality Applications in Dynamic and Changeable Real-Time Environments (EMC2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Embedded systems are the key innovation driver to improve almost all mechatronic products with cheaper and even new functionalities. Furthermore, they strongly support today's information society as inter-system communication enabler.Consequently boundaries of application domains are alleviated and ad-hoc connections and interoperability play an increasing role. At the same time, multi-core and ma ...
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Coordinating Action Systems Medicine – Implementation of Systems Medicine across Europe (CASYM)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

The aim of CASyM is a combined large scale effort to sustainably implement Systems Medicine across Europe. For that purpose CASyM will function as a managing and coordinating platform in bringing together a critical mass of relevant European stakeholders such as Systems Biology scientists, clinicians, programme managers, industry/SMEs as well as healthcare providers and patient organizations. The ...
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Engine Breakthrough Components and Subsystems (E-BREAK)

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

Future aero engines will need to be more efficient and contribute to the reduction on environmental impact of air transportation. They must reach some standards of performance by reducing emissions and creating some savings on operation costs.EIMG consortium has launched since several years some initiatives to develop future engines in the frame of the European Committee research programmes.Within ...
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Improving the organisation of maternal health service delivery, and optimising childbirth, by increasing vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC) through enhanced women-centred care (OPTIBIRTH)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

Optimal, healthy pregnancy followed by normal birth is the ideal. Caesarean section (CS) doubles the risk of mortality and morbidity (hysterectomy, blood transfusion), and increases the risk of postnatal infection by 5, compared with vaginal birth (WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health). The European Perinatal Health Report (2008) notes “widespread concern” over rising CS rates, which ...
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Green Career Guide for Young People

Start date: Feb 2, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

According to ILO Green Jobs Programme, green jobs are one of the main instruments of transforming economies, enterprises, workplaces, labour markets in to low-carbon, sustainable economy providing proper works. Green jobs reduce environmental impact of enterprises, they contribute to reducing need for energy and raw materials, avoiding green house emissions, minimizng waste and pollution, restorin ...
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Microwave Nanotechnology for Semiconductor and Life Sciences (NANOMICROWAVE)

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

Current applications of microwave technologies in communications, remote sensing and in industry are based on the properties of the interaction of microwaves with matter at supra-wave length scales (above centimetres). The developments performed in Nanotechnology in recent years makes now conceivable to explore the interaction of microwaves with matter at much smaller scales, from micrometres to n ...
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Tomorrow's Elastic, Adaptive Mobility (TEAM)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

TEAM aims at developing systems for participants in transportation networks, which help them to behave better – by explicitly taking into account the needs and constraints of other participants and the network itself. Focus will be placed upon decision-making in a time interval, above what is commonly associated with reactive safety (typically less than 5 seconds) and below long-term planning appl ...
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OPTIMising the energy USe in cities with smart decision support system (OPTIMUS) (OPTIMUS)

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

Cities are expected to play a key role in the implementation of Europe 2020 strategy. The city authorities need to lead relevant actions towards energy-efficient neighborhoods. Engaging city authorities in this respect is of paramount importance.Although there are plenty of energy and other related data sets available in city level, their appropriate integration for local authorities' decision sup ...
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