European Research Area (ERA) Success Stories and project examples

NCP_WIDERA.NET, the WIDERA National Contact Points network, has so far put six projects, funded under the ERA part of the Horizon Europe WIDERA or Horizon 2020 Science with and for Society (Swafs) work programmes, in the spotlight in their ERA Success Stories series. The latest project example is COALESCE Advancing Leadership and Engagement in Science Communication in Europe, where co-coordinators Jason Pridmore (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands) and Joana Magalhães (Science for Change, Spain) reflect on how eight previously connected projects joined forces to build a European Competence Centre for Science Communication. Read the full COALESCE success story.

The stories of the other five projects also dive into how the collaborations came about and consortia were formed, as well as the project objectives, target groups, expected impact, main achievements and challenges. The discussed ERA projects are: 

• IRECS Improving research ethics expertise and competencies to ensure reliability and trust in science
• IMPETUS Accelerating Citizen Science across Europe
• CALIPER Linking Research and Innovation for Gender Equality
• GRECO Fostering a Next Generation  of European Photovoltaic Society through Open Science
• HSbooster.eu Standardisation Booster for H2020 & HE research results

Read the full IRECS and IMPETUS success story and CALIPER, GRECO and HSbooster.eu success story.

At the European Commission’s 2024 ERA Conference in Brussels, the ERA Conference Exhibition of Success Stories showcased 19 projects. These projects are supporting the implementation of the first ERA Policy Agenda (2022-2024). Video introductions and links to the project websites are available here on the INSPIRING ERA website.