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Top 10 Emerging Technology Trends – 2013

New challenges need new technologies to tackle them. Here, the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies identifies the top 10 most promising technology trends that can help to deliver sustainable growth in decades to come as global … Continue reading

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Horizon 2020 : An introduction to the European Union’s plans for research and innovation funding (2014 to 2020)

The EU plans its spending within seven-year multi-annual financial frameworks (MFFs) and as the 2007 to 2013 MFF is drawing to a close, it is currently devising and agreeing the MFF for the period 2014 to 2020. To be concluded … Continue reading

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Understanding Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is the new EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation as proposed by the European Commission in November 2011. It is the successor of the Seventh Framework Programme, the current EU programme for Research (FP 7) and would … Continue reading

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Horizon 2020 – in 45 questions and answers (Q&A)

Q: What about traditional SMEs with limited innovation capacity? Will they have their place in H2020? A: SMEs will be encouraged to participate across the Horizon 2020 programme. The SME instrument is open to highly innovative SMEs showing a strong … Continue reading

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European Commission (EC) Microloans for Businesses and Individuals

The EU does not directly provide microloans (loans up to €25 000) to individuals or businesses, but provides guarantees, loans and equity to intermediaries who can then lend to small businesses or make available equity finance. As a (future) entrepreneur … Continue reading

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Horizon 2020 (FP8) – The Timeline

A time line for Horizon 2020 From 30/11: Parliament and Council negotiations on the basis of the Commission proposals Ongoing: Parliament and Council negotiations on EU budget 2014-20 (including overall budget for Horizon 2020) Mid 2012: Final calls under 7th … Continue reading

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OLAE+: Organic large area electronics – Transnational Funding Call

OLAE + is a transnational call for collaborative research and development proposals under the European Commission’s (EC’s) ERA-NET Plus scheme. We are seeking proposals to develop and stimulate the technology and business relationships within the European organic large-area electronics (OLAE) … Continue reading

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European Commission Framework Programme 7 (FP7) – Credit Card Fraud Prevention & Research

EU-funded researchers are building a services development platform that, once complete, could combat credit card fraud, mobile telephone SIM card cloning and even fraudulent unpaid telephone calls in real time. The breakthrough is possible via a technological advance that would … Continue reading

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Who can apply to Framework Programme 7 (FP7) Funding?

The types of participants Participation in FP7 is open to a wide range of organisations and individuals: research groups at universities or research institutes companies intending to innovate small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) SME associations or groupings public or governmental … Continue reading

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What is Innovation according to the European Commission?

It is one of those questions that if you ask 100 people, you will probably get 100 different answers. According to Oxford Dictionary, Innovation is a new method, idea, product. But is that so? For me, innovation in its simplest … Continue reading

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