Horizon 2020 is the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation till 2020. National Contact Points have been established as information hatches between the European Commission and the stakeholders. For Flemish stakeholders NCP Flanders is the contact point, consisting of and supported by the advisors of FWO (Research Foundation Flanders) and Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Horizon 2020 is the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. Running from 2014 until 2020 with a budget of about €77 billion, Horizon 2020 is the biggest multinational research programme in the world. It funds research in all areas of science and innovation. Workprogrammes 2018 - 2020. Update 10/9/2018 available on Horizon 2020 info
The core of the Horizon 2020 programme consists mainly of 3 pillars: Excellent Science, Industrial Leadership and Societal Challenges. Next to other programmes as Spreading excellence and Widening participation and Science with and for Society, the Joint Research Center is also highlighted. See our introductory presentations to find out what's in it for you!
Besides Horizon 2020 there are many other relevant funding programmes managed by several agencies and directorates of the European Commission.
National Contact Point Flanders (NCP Flanders) acts as the information hatch between the European Commission and the stakeholders regarding the Horizon 2020 Programme. Additionally several other organisation offer a support service.
The infodays organised by the Commission, mostly accompanied by a brokerage event, for the Workprogramme 2020 of the Societal Challenges are fixed.
There is an open call for proposals of the European Data Incubator - get up to 100k€ equity free (for SME's and startups).
The call for proposals “the Autonomous Ship” was launched in 2017 in the framework of Societal Challenge “Smart green and integrated transport”. The European commission believes that autonomous ships can result in a more efficient use of the inland waterways infrastructure and shift more freight traffic from the road to the water. The goal of this specific action is to demonstrate a fully autonomous vessel within a realistic environment and reach TRL seven.
The winner of the call is the project Autoship, which will run from 2019 to 2022. It is coordinated by a Norwegian company but in which de Vlaamse Waterweg plays a major role.
Find out more about their work in this interview with An-Sofie Pauwelyn (Vlaamse Waterweg) by clicking here.
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