Partnership website: https://era4health.eu/
The Partnership 'Fostering a European Research Area for Health' (ERA4Health) brings the opportunity to increase European transnational collaborative research funding by creating a funding body for joint programming in priority areas addressing European public health needs.
The Partnership brings together 33 partners and 27 funding organisations from 22 countries. Among the consortium partners are Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO).
Located in Flanders & interested in the Partnership? Consult the dedicated FWO webpage.
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Partnership: Contact - ERA4HEALTH
Partnerships group the EC and private and/or public partners, to coordinate and streamline the research & innovation initiatives and funding in some selected key domains.
Autoship is, as the name suggests, an acronym for autonomous ship. Just like with self-driving cars, the possibilities of an unmanned boat seem endless. It can create more efficient freight transport, around the clock deliveries and these are just a few of the examples. The project has two societal challenges.
At first, De Vlaamse Waterweg was a bit hesitant as their experience with FP7 or Horizon 2020 projects was limited and they had not been very successful up until then. The fact that they were already doing basic research on the topic of autonomous boats, and the administrative help of NCP FLanders helped De Vlaamse waterweg to cross the line and get involved.