Horizon 2020 is a €80 billion EU Research and Innovation programme with funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020). Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness.
Seen as a means to drive economic growth and create jobs, Horizon 2020 has the political backing of Europe’s leaders and the Members of the European Parliament. They agreed that research is an investment in our future and so put it at the heart of the EU’s blueprint for sustainable and inclusive growth and jobs.
By coupling research and innovation, Horizon 2020 has an emphasis on science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges. The goal is to ensure Europe produces world-class science, removes barriers to innovation and makes it easier for the public and private sectors to work together in delivering innovation.
Societal Challenges
Horizon 2020 reflects the policy priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy and addresses major concerns shared by citizens in Europe and elsewhere. One of the challenges identified is called Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies (big on cultural memory). The work programme is available below:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2014_2015/main/h2020-wp1415-societies_en.pdf
Participant Portal
UKRO has released a short explanation on the new participant portal for Horizon 2020 here:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html
The new European Commission Research Participant Portal will from now on be the official place to look for Horizon 2020 documentation and the official guidance documents
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