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Durham University Researchers' Night 2009 (RN2009UDURTNS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2009,

"The participants in this proposal are Durham University (UDUR) and Naked Science Ltd. (TNS). UDUR is a world-class university that is committed to the communication of knowledge and learning, encouraging and supporting engagement in dissemination of knowledge to a broader community. TNS currently produce a weekly science radio programme that is broadcast in the East of England, and made available ...
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MICSED - Molecular Interactions in Complex Systems (MICSED)

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

"This proposal brings together Procter and Gamble (the world’s largest producer of packaged consumer goods), with Durham University (a world top-50 science faculty in a research-intensive university) to train ESRs capable of bringing market-changing research innovations to a wide range of product areas. Modern consumer products have to be highly sophisticated to achieve the performance levels con ...
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"Europa als Erlebnis" durch EAESOVET - European Attributes, Employability Skills and Opportunities in Vocational Training and Education

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

...About 62 vocational education students between 16 and 25 years and 8 teachers benefit from the project through mobility and learning opportunities. Students in programmes that require a university entry qualification aim at a two- or three-semester top-up degree whereas those who left school with o-levels usually look for alternative opportunities and educational concepts that not only qualify for ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

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

Durham University’s commitment to improving the employability of all its students is explicit in its Strategy 2010-2020, a key aim of which is “To provide our students with outstanding and distinctive opportunities for personal development, ensuring future success and employability.” To achieve this goal the University ensures that its students are comprehensively engaged in extending, recording a ...
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"Arbeitswelten in Europa erleben"

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

...opportunities, but also support the development of academic key competences and qualify for a bachelor top-up degree. This concept aims at young people who would like to qualify for university through a vocational education programme and obtain a formal qualification as well. Unite school leavers do not have the necessary employability skills to qualify for a vocational training in the German d ...
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Intercultural Work Experience in Europe

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

...ee. About 90 vocational education students between 16 and 25 years and 10 teachers benefit from the project through mobility and learning opportunities. Students in programmes that require a university entry qualification aim at a two- or three-semester top-up degree whereas those who left school with o-levels usually look for alternative opportunities and educational concepts that not only quali ...
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"Arbeiten und Lernen in Europa"

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

... opportunities, but also support the development of academic key competences and qualify for a bachelor top-up degree. This concept aims at young people who would like to qualify for university through a vocational education programme and obtain a formal qualification as well. Unite school leavers do not have the necessary employability skills to qualify for a vocational training in the German du ...
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Limerick Youth Service - Share Our Stories

Start date: Sep 2, 2013,

...hich includes small group facilitation and group work methods. All these workshops are guided by a programme adapted from the In Defence of Youth Work programme, prepared by Dr. Sarah Banks of Durham University. The method devised by Dr Banks, “is derived from the first stage of a Socratic dialogue approach” (IDYW; 2013). Ancillary activities during the training programme will include workshops on ...
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Hybrid simulations of flow properties using atomistic – fluctuating hydrodynamics modelling for nanoconfined water (HIPPOGRIFFE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

...tiscale modelling and manipulation of nanoconfined flows. He will receive access to a unique specialist training at the host institution, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London (Dr. S. Karabasov), and at academic secondments: Aston University (Dr. D. Nerukh), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Prof. R. Delgado Buscalioni), and Durham University (Dr. K. Voïtchovsk ...
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Selection to outsmart the germs: The evolution of disease recognition and social cognition (DiseaseRecognition)

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

... Surprisingly, all of this hinges on a cognitive ability whose evolutionary origins are largely unknown: the ability to recognize disease in others. Under the mentorship of Dr Joanna Setchell (Durham University), a world-leading expert in primate disease signalling, Dr Sharon Kessler (fellow) will test her novel hypothesis that disease recognition evolved in associate with social cognition the pri ...
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Durham International Fellowships for Research and Enterprise (DIFeREns2)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The Durham International Fellowships for Research and Enterprise (DIFeREns2) will greatly expand and enhance a successful COFUNDed fellowship scheme at Durham University. DIFeREns2 will provide fellowships across all areas of the natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities for both early-career and established researchers seeking to address challenging problems in the 10 interdisciplinar ...
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Boosting the scientific excellence and innovation capacity in organic electronics of the Silesian University of Technology (ORZEL)

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

The overall aim of the ORZEL project is to boost the scientific excellence and technology-transfer capacity in organic electronics of the Silesian University of Technology (SUT) by creating a network with the high-quality Twinning partners: University of Durham (UDUR), Institute of Nanoscience and Cryogenics, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (INAC) and Eindhoven Unive ...
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Mineral scale platinum-group-element osmium isotope constraints on planet formation ‘late’ accretion (PGE-PLANETS)

Start date: Jul 20, 2015, End date: Jul 19, 2017,

...cular to planet-scale PGE characteristics with implications for theories concerning planetary & Solar System evolution.For the purposes of the proposed research the Fellow has secured access to the University of Alberta Meteorite Collection; >1100 planetary samples curated by one of Canada’s foremost meteoriticists (Prof. C.D.K. Herd). The researcher benefits from 4.5 years of postdoctoral experie ...
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Novel Type of Terahertz Devices (NOTEDEV)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

...Hz devices satisfy the application requirements. The project consortium, which includes teams from the leading European universities: Durham, Vilnius, Paris-7, Exeter, St. Petersburg, Prague, Amiens, University of Iceland, Swiss Company ""Alpes laser"" and several industrial associated partners, proposes a broad range of new approaches aiming to bridge the ""terahertz gap"":(i) Polariton-based THz ...
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High Precision Simulation of particle collisions at the LHC (MCatNNLO)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

...I will work very closely with a team of carefully chosen scientists with relevant overlapping and complementary expertise in precision calculations and event simulation: Professor Dr Thomas Gehrmann (University of Zürich), Professor Dr Aude Gehrmann-De Ridder (ETH Zürich) and Dr Frank Krauss (Durham University).
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Archaeology of the European Medieval Earthquakes (AD 1000 - 1550) (ARMEDEA)

Start date: Apr 7, 2014, End date: Apr 6, 2016,

...ffects of earthquakes in different cultural contexts.This innovative research will be developed at the Department of Archaeology and the IHRR (Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience) at the University of Durham, establishing a wide-ranging of national and international collaborations and a strong network of research contacts for the applicant.
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Maritime Enclosures. Fishing communities facing the effects of the South China Sea dispute (MARENCLOSURES)

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

...ers an innovative, multidisciplinary perspective on the problem of marine enclosures, state territoriality and ‘territoriality from below’. By producing high-quality output and using Durham University’s international networks, this fellowship will play a vital role in diversifying and consolidating the Fellow’s new research line on the politically sensitive region of the SCS, thereby leading her t ...
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Vegetation shifts in desert environments: a multi-scale ecogeomorphic approach for the analysis of grassland-shrubland transitions (VEGDESERT)

Start date: Jul 16, 2013, End date: Jul 15, 2015,

... develop an ecogeomorphic framework for the analysis and prediction of rapid vegetation shifts in semi-arid grasslands threatened by shrub encroachment processes. The project will be hosted by Durham University (UK) and will focus on grassland-shrubland transitions in the Chihuahuan desert, taking advantage of the information and facilities available at the Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research ...
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Durham International Fellowships for Research and Enterprise (DIFeREns)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Durham University proposes a high-profile international Fellowship scheme. An entirely new Junior Research Fellowship scheme will be launched, aimed at early career researchers with 2-5 years of postdoctoral experience. These Fellowships will be associated with one of Durham’s eight interdisciplinary Research Institutes to provide a supportive and intellectually challenging research environment. ...
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The pluton-volcano connection: Integrating processes, volumes and time scales in magma plumbing systems (iMAPS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2014,

...overy of geochemical information from single crystals, in particular, will be used to provide a record of the processes and timescales operating during magma evolution. The host institution at Durham University has built a state-of-the-art geochemical laboratory for single mineral studies where such detailed crystal scale information recorded during crystal growth can be deciphered. This internati ...
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Solar Cells Based on Nanowire Arrays (SOBONA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

...arry out intensive exchange of research staff and PhD students. Five high rank international research groups will participate in the program, three of which are represented by the EU universities:• University of Durham, Department of Physics, Durham – UK (UDUR)• University Jaume I, Departament de Física, Castelló de la Plana - Spain (UJ-I)• University of Würzburg, Experimental Physics VI, Germany ...
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"Integrability, Symmetry and Quantum Space-time" (ISAQS)

Start date: Aug 19, 2010, End date: Aug 18, 2014,

...rlying theory and its properties. Our proposed joint research programme includes two institutes from EU member states and two institutes from third countries: - The Centre for Particle Theory, Durham University, UK (UDUR) - The Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Potsdam, Germany (AEI); - The Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan (YITP) ...
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A Complete CEnsus of Star-formation and nuclear activity in the Shapley super-cluster (ACCESS)

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

...copy. These data-sets will be complemented, in the framework of ACCESS, by new medium-resolution integral-field spectroscopy provided by the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS) at the Australian National University 2.3m telescope, and wide field (~2 sq deg) surveys carried out with the Spitzer and GALEX space telescopes, thanks to the already allocated observing time at these facilities ensured by th ...
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Innovative Network for Monte Carlo Event Generators for LHC Physics (MCnetITN3)

Start date: Apr 1, 2017, End date: Mar 31, 2021,

We propose a European Training Network that will provide a total of 540 ESR-months of training in Monte Carlo event generator physics and techniques, and related applications in experimental particle physics.Monte Carlo event generators are central to high energy particle physics. They are used by almost all experimental collaborations to plan their experiments and analyze their data, and by theo ...
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by rock-derived organic carbon oxidation (ROC-CO2)

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

The global carbon cycle controls Earth’s climate by the emission and drawdown of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. One of the major sources of CO2 is thought to be the oxidation of organic carbon contained in rocks during chemical weathering. Since the industrial revolution, this flux has been accelerated by burning fossil fuels. However, the natural rates of CO2 emission by rock-derived o ...
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Innovative Nanowire DEvicE Design (INDEED)

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

Nanowires (NWs) exhibit unique properties that make them potential building blocks for a variety of next generation NanoElectronics devices. Recent advances have shown that NWs with predefined properties can be grown, offering a new paradigm enabling functional device prototypes including: biosensors, solar cells, transistors, quantum light sources and lasers. The critical mass of scientific knowl ...
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Environmentally best practices and optmisation in hydraulic fracturing for shale gas/oil development (BESTOFRAC)

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

This research brings together the complementary expertise of our consortium members to gain a better understanding of the physics in hydraulic fracturing (HF) with the final goal to optimize HF practices and to assess the environmental risks related to HF. This requires the development and implementation of reliable models for HF, scaled laboratory tests and available on-site data to validate the ...
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Optical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy (OPTICON)

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

Europe has become a global leader in optical-near infrared astronomy through excellence in space and ground-based experimental and theoretical research. While the major infrastructures are delivered through major national and multi-national agencies (ESO, ESA) their continuing scientific competitiveness requires a strong community of scientists and technologists distributed across Europe’s nations ...
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Uncertainty Treatment and OPtimisation In Aerospace Engineering (UTOPIAE)

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

In an expanding world with limited resources and increasing uncertainty, optimisation and uncertainty quantification become a necessity. Optimisation can turn a problem into a solution, thus the main focus of this ETN is to explore and develop new approaches to treat uncertainty in complex engineering systems and use novel optimisation techniques to efficiently deal with large scale problems with ...
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Realising Innovation in Transitions for Decarbonisation (REINVENT)

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

It is high time for the EU to develop pathways and strategies for decarbonisation also in emissions intensive sectors such as steel, plastics, paper, and meat and dairy. These are sectors where low carbon transitions are still relatively unexplored. Some progressive companies and other actors are just beginning to consider such pathways. The overall aim of REINVENT is to help Europe achieve its lo ...
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Knowledge For Use [K4U]: Making the Most of Social Science to Build Better Policies (K4U)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

‘Research is an investment in our future’ says Horizon 2020. That’s only true if you know what to do with it. When it comes to social policy, we don’t really know how to put our research results to use. K4U aims to remedy this. K4U will construct a radically new picture of how to use social science to build better social policies. This picture will be founded on an ambitious philosophical study ...
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Nature Based Urban Innovation (NATURVATION)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) have the potential to respond to climate change, enhance biodiversity and improve environmental quality while contributing to economic regeneration and social well-being. Yet there is a substantial gap between the promise of NBS and their uptake. To unlock the potential of NBS for sustainable urban development, NATURVATION will take a transdisciplinary, internationally ...
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Adaptive Management of Barriers in European Rivers (AMBER)

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

Rivers rank among some of the most threatened ecosystems in the world, and are the focus of costly restoration programmes that cost billions to taxpayers. Much of Europe depends on water from rivers for drinking, food production, and the generation of hydropower, which is essential for meeting the EU renewable energy target. Yet only half the EU surface waters have met the WFD’s 2015 target of goo ...
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Community-Based Policing and Post-Conflict Police Reform (ICT4COP)

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

The challenges of international police reform assistance are formidable. Conventional top-down institutional reform has proven neither effective nor sustainable. Community-based policing (COP) holds promise, however evaluations have pointed to a lack of in-depth understanding of police-community relations in police reform assistance. This project will conduct integrated social and technical resear ...
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The Elusives Enterprise: Asymmetries of the Invisible Universe (ELUSIVES)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

NEUTRINOS and DARK MATTER (DM) are the most abundant and also the most elusive building-blocks of nature because of their tenuous couplings to the ordinary matter we are made of. Each particle has a mirror image with identical mass and opposite charge: its antiparticle. What is the essential nature of particles and antiparticles? This is a most fundamental open question in science. The laws of phy ...
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Virus-X: Viral Metagenomics for Innovation Value (Virus-X)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

Biological sequence diversity in nowhere as apparent as in the vast sequence space of viral genomes. The Virus-X project will specifically explore the outer realms of this diversity by targeting the virosphere of selected microbial ecosystems and investigate the encoded functional variety of viral gene products. The project is driven by the expected large innovation value and unique properties of ...
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Understanding subduction zone topography through modelling of coupled shallow and deep processes (SUBITOP)

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

The SUBITOP ETN is a framework for training and career development of young researchers in Geodynamics, Geophysics, Geology and Geomorphology. It has a scientific focus on the dynamics of continental margins where tectonic plates are recycled through subduction. Subduction processes have shaped and govern many aspects of the topography of Europe, and other continents, and they determine the patte ...
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InvisiblesPlus

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

NEUTRINOS (Ns) and DARK MATTER (DM) are the most abundant particles in the universe. Their couplings to ordinary matter are so tenuous that they remained undiscovered -invisible- until very recently. N masses and DM constitute the first evidence ever of physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The path to build the New Standard Model must confront the fundamental nature of the partic ...
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Testing and Evaluating Sophisticated information and communication Technologies for enaBling a smartEr griD (TESTBED)

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

Smart grid represents a significant new technology of improving the efficiency, reliability, and economics of the production, transmission, and distribution of electricity. It is crucial to exchange and use information for performing smart grid applications. However, in reality the exchange of information over multiple networks is unreliable, leading to unpredictable network Quality-of-Service and ...
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