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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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The Innovation Union – European Commission – Europe 2020 – What is happening?

Last week marked the first anniversary of the Innovation Union flagship initiative, one of the cornerstones of the Europe 2020 strategy for growth and jobs, prompting the European Commission to summarise progress to date. A more comprehensive progress report is … 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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European Commission FP7 Funding for Media Projects

Development of Production Projects (including animation, creative documentaries and drama): One of the objectives of the programme is to promote, by providing financial support, the development of production projects intended for European and international markets presented by independent European production … Continue reading

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Apple iCloud – How does it work?

In its simplest form, iCloud is merely a special folder. It lives on the iOS device in /private/var/mobile/Library/Mobile Documents/. That folder hosts all application material that applications share to the cloud. Applications have partial permission to read from and write … Continue reading

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European Union becomes the Innovation Union (Europe 2020 Strategy)

As part of the Europe 2020 Strategy, the European Union is seeking to transform itself into an Innovation Union. Europe has a large ageing population and this along with pressures from globalisation show the need for innovation that will precipitate … Continue reading

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Enterprise Zones in the UK – How can your business benefit from it?

Enterprise Zones are the latest government incentive to get businesses growing. Within the Enterprise Zone you can get superfast broadband, lower rates & taxes, and low levels of regulation & planning controls. That can only be a good thing – … Continue reading

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European Commission Framework Programme 7 (FP7) – Research for the benefits of SMEs (R4S) Deadline

Research for the benefit of SMEs is a thematic area of research within the Capacities programme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Financial assistance is available for strengthening the innovation capacity of European SMEs and their contribution to the development … Continue reading

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Framework Programme 8 (FP8) has a new name – Horizon 2020

The new and upcoming European Commission Framework Programme 8 (FP8) has been given a new name: Horizon 2020. Following the “You name it” competition, commissioner Geogeghan-Quinn has announced today the new name for the future EU funding programme for research and … Continue reading

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European Commission Funding Boost of EUR 7 Billion for Innovation Union

Research is set to remain high on the EU’s political agenda as Research, Innovation and Science Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn announces the release of nearly EUR 7 billion for stimulating European innovation through research funding. As the biggest ever European Commission … Continue reading

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