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 European Commissions IP Booster is a free service to European Universities and Public Research Organisations to help to address their challenges.
EIT RawMaterials mission is to support innovation that develops raw materials into a major strength of Europe.
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) European Innovative Training Network “PBNv2 - Next generation Pass-By Noise approaches for new powertrain vehicles” started in May 2017. The project is a collaboration between 17 research institutions and companies in the European automotive R&D and provides a learning environment for 14 PhD fellows. Their research has the shared objective of investigating the possibilities to decrease pass-by noise of vehicles. But this is only one of the many Horizon 2020 MSCA Innovative Training Networks that the KU Leuven Noise and Vibration Research Group, headed by Professor Wim Desmet and his colleague IOF research manager Bert Pluymers, have set up over the years. To find out more about their work you can find the interview here.
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Research Foundation Flanders
Flanders Innovation and Entrepeneurship
