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Advanced strategies for substitution of critical raw materials in photovoltaics (STARCELL)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2017, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2019,
STARCELL proposes the substitution of CRM’s in thin film PV by the development and demonstration of a cost effective solution based on kesterite CZTS (Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4) materials. Kesterites are only formed by elements abundant in the earth crust with low toxicity offering a secure supply chain and minimizing recycling costs and risks, and are compatible with massive sustainable deployment of electr ...
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The History of Human Freedom and Dignity in Western Civilization (HHFDWC)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2016, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2019,
The ETN has two aims: to a) train ESRs; b) investigate the The History of Human Freedom and Dignity in Western Civilization. a) The ETN will establish an innovative training programme which allows the ESRs to obtain specialist knowledge of a specific research topic and to obtain transferable skills enabling the students to apply their knowledge in non-academic institutions, e.g. dealing with socia ...
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ECOPOTENTIAL: IMPROVING FUTURE ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS THROUGH EARTH OBSERVATIONS (ECOPOTENTIAL)
Date du début: 1 juin 2015, Date de fin: 31 mai 2019,
Terrestrial and marine ecosystems provide essential services to human societies. Anthropogenic pressures, however, cause serious threat to ecosystems, leading to habitat degradation, increased risk of collapse and loss of ecosystem services. Knowledge-based conservation, management and restoration policies are needed to improve ecosystem benefits in face of increasing pressures. ECOPOTENTIAL makes ...
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Enhancing the effectiveness of programs and strategies to prevent youth smoking: a comparative realist evaluation of 7 European cities (SILNE-R)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2015, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2018,
Cigarette smoking is a main risk factor for premature disease, disability and death in Europe, especially in disadvantaged groups. Prevention of youth smoking is crucial to any strategy aimed at reducing this disease burden in the future. Several potentially effective strategies and programs are available to address youth smoking. However, in practice their impact often appears to be limited, espe ...
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GLOBal Infrastructures for Supporting Biodiversity research (GLOBIS-B)
Date du début: 1 juin 2015, Date de fin: 31 mai 2018,
Biodiversity and ecosystem research is addressing the grand societal challenge to predict the biosphere under global environmental change. To advance scientific progress in understanding the complexity of natural systems it is required that supporting research infrastructures cooperate globally to serve the essential data at different temporal and spatial scales. This includes providing the capabi ...
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Network for Development of Soft Nanofibrous Construct for Cellular Therapy of Degenerative Skeletal Disorders (FIBROGELNET)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2013, Date de fin: 30 juin 2017,
"High incidence of degenerative skeletal tissue disorders in a progressively aging human population make tissue engineering of cartilage and bone a focus of extensive research. Bone and joint disorders are the most common disease in Europe: more than 100 million European citizens suffer from arthritis and 19 million people have osteoporosis (one of three women and one of eight men are affected). T ...
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EpiHealthNet
Date du début: 1 mai 2013, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2017,
Scientific evidence clearly indicates that ageing and health in adult life is programmed by genetic and epigenetic mechanisms early in life.Developmental plasticity in response to the environment, including nutrient availability, of mammalian embryos indicates the capacity fornewly emerging embryonic and extraembryonic cell lineages to initiate compensatory responses which may attune nutrient deli ...
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Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery in Epigenetics (A-PARADDISE)
Date du début: 1 févr. 2014, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2017,
This proposal builds on the proven methodology developed in the SEtTReND FP7 project to develop inhibitors of schistosome HME as lead compounds for new drugs. We will employ a target-based strategy for the development of novel drug leads against schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease and malaria by targeting histone modifying enzymes (HME), in particular those involved in acetylation/deace ...
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European Modular Education and Training Programme in Safety Sciences for Medicines (SAFESCIMET)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2016,
Background:In current drug safety education and training in Europe, an integrative and translational approach is lacking. This shortfall has been identified by EUFEPS. The IMI (‘Strategic Research Agenda’), the FDA and the EMEA have also characterised this fact as a crucial gap in the education and training of scientists evaluating the safety of drug candidates and new medicines. Scope and objecti ...
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"Exploring transitions pathways to sustainable, low carbon societies" (PATHWAYS)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2013, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2016,
"The ambitious EU policy goals to move to sustainable, resource efficient, low-carbon and climate-resilient and biodiversity rich societies requires substantial transitions in the energy system and land-use and food systems. Different scientific approaches offer different perspectives on transitions, each with strengths and weaknesses. The PATHWAYS project takes a step in coupling three scientific ...
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Kulturmanager am Institut für deutsche Sprache und Kultur e.V.
Date du début: 1 août 2015, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,
The Institute for German language and culture is a service institution at Martin-Luther-University in the area of German language training and qualification with 19 years of experience in providing not only language but also cultural and historical knowledge as well as intercultural competence to several hundered people each year from all over the world.
Together with our host family program for ...
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A Computational Environment to Stimulate and Enhance Creative Designs for Mathematical Creativity (M C Squared)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,
The M C Squared project will design and develop an intelligent digital environment to support stakeholders from creative industries involved in the production of media content for educational purposes to engage in collective forms of creative thinking and working to co-design appropriate digital media. The focus will be on social creativity in the design of digital media intended to enhance creati ...
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Environmental Acclimation of Photosynthesis (ACCLIPHOT)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2012, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,
AccliPhot is an interdisciplinary, intersectorial research andtraining network devoted to study photosynthetic acclimation processesin plants and algae. We will train 13 early-stage researchers (ESRs)and 1 experienced researcher (ER) in cutting-edge experimentaltechnologies, modern modelling approaches, industrial applications anda wide spectrum of complementary and industry-relevant skills. In th ...
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Drug Disease Model Resources (DDMORE)
Date du début: 1 mars 2011, Date de fin: 31 août 2016,
Model based-drug development (MBDD) is accepted as a vital approach in understanding patient risk/benefit and attrition. At the core of MBDD lies Modelling and Simulation (M&S), a technology providing the basis for informed, quantitative decision-making.M&S facilitates the continuous integration of available information related to a drug or disease into constantly-evolving mathematical models capa ...
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OPtimization of Treatment and Management of Schizophrenia in Europe (OPTiMiSE) (OPTiMiSE)
Date du début: 1 févr. 2010, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2016,
OPTiMiSE (OPtimization of Treatment and Management of Schizophrenia in Europe) will focus on two goals: optimising current treatments in Schizophrenia and explore novel therapeutic options for schizophrenia. The project intends to both address basic, but so far unanswered, questions in the treatment of schizophrenia and develop new and experimental interventions. It is expected that the project wi ...
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Interfacing Oxides (IFOX)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2010, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2015,
The goal of IFOX is to explore, create and control novel electronic and magnetic functionalities, with focus on interfaces, in complex transition metal oxide heterostructures to develop the material platform for novel ‘More than Moore’ (MtM) and ‘beyond CMOS’ electronics, VLSI integratable with performance and functionality far beyond the state-of-the-art. To this end it will:-Establish a theoreti ...
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Pharmacogenomic biomarkers as clinical decision making tools for clozapine treatment of schizophrenia (CRESTAR)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2011, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2015,
Treatment resistant schizophrenia (TRS) is the most disabling of all psychiatric illnesses, affecting about 1/3 of patients (~1 million Europeans), a considerable economic and social burden. First-line treatments include atypical (e.g. olanzapine) and typical (e.g. haloperidol) antipsychotics. The original atypical, clozapine, is a final option, and although it is the only antipsychotic shown to b ...
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Linking perturbed maternal environment during periconceptional development, due to diabetes, obesity or assisted reproductive technologies, and altered health during ageing (EpiHealth)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2011, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2015,
Scientific evidence clearly indicates that ageing and health in adult life is programmed by genetic and epigenetic mechanisms early in life. Developmental plasticity in response to the environment, including nutrient availability, of mammalian embryos indicates the capacity for newly emerging embryonic and extraembryonic cell lineages to initiate compensatory responses which may attune nutrient de ...
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Enhanced plant productivity through control of lifespan (CROPLIFE)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2010, Date de fin: 30 juin 2015,
The world-wide demand for primary plant products to be used for food, feed and fuel is increasing dramatically. The foreseen climate changes are expected to have a negative impact on plant productivity in addition. Future agriculture urgently needs new crop plant varieties with enhanced and sustainable productivity. To meet this challenge, “CropLife” focuses on leaf lifespan as a major determinant ...
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Functional significance of forest biodiversity in Europe (FunDivEUROPE)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2010, Date de fin: 31 mars 2015,
FunDivEUROPE (FUNctional significance of forest bioDIVersity in EUROPE) proposes to quantify the effects of forest biodiversity on ecosystem function and services in major European forest types in the main bioclimatic regions of Europe. FunDivEUROPE will be based on four scientific platforms and seven cross-cutting Work Packages.The project will combine a global network of tree diversity experimen ...
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Tackling socioeconomic inequalities in smoking: learning from natural experiments by time trend analyses and cross-national comparisons (SILNE)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2014,
For any strategy aimed to reduce socioeconomic inequities in health in Europe it is vital to tackle the large and widening inequalities in smoking. However, there is only limited evidence on effectiveness of tobacco control policies in terms of reducing inequalities. Especially lacking are evaluations of the effects of policies that have actually been implemented in different European countries. I ...
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Biochar for Carbon sequestration and large-scale removal of greenhouse gases (GHG) from the atmosphere (EUROCHAR)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 30 juin 2014,
In the context of climate change mitigation, technologies for removing the CO2 from the atmosphere are key challenges. The transfer of carbon from the atmosphere into useful carbon deposits is currently one promising option.Transferring biomass to carbon-rich materials with potential mega-scale application is an option to sequester carbon from plant material, taking it out of the short-term carbon ...
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Next Generation Hybrid Interfaces for Spintronic Applications (HINTS)
Date du début: 1 juin 2011, Date de fin: 31 mai 2014,
The development of conceptually new materials following a “double beyond” trend, that is going “beyond CMOS” with “beyond silicon” materials, is one of the most challenging issues for the next generation of products for Information and Communication applications. Future devices for information processing able to increase the public wealth and occupation require a further material downscaling, toge ...
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European Science and Technology in Action Building Links with Industry, Schools and Home (ESTABLISH)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 31 mars 2014,
The aim of ESTABLISH is to facilitate and implement an inquiry based approach in the teaching and learning of science and technology across Europe, mainly focussed, through the collaborative actions of the consortium, on appropriate teacher education and support using trialled and tested resource material particularly suited to inquiry based teaching. Inquiry based teaching methodologies are encou ...
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European Study to Establish Biomarkers of Human Ageing (MARK-AGE)
Date du début: 1 avr. 2008, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2013,
The rate of ageing in humans is not uniform, due to genetic heterogeneity and the influence of environmental factors. Age-related changes in body function or composition that could serve as a measure of “biological” age and predict the onset of age-related diseases and/or residual lifetime are termed “biomarkers of ageing”. Many candidate biomarkers have been proposed but in all cases their variab ...
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Mechanisms of interactions in nano-scale of novel ionic lubricants with functional surfaces (MINILUBES)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2008, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2012,
Recently, ionic liquids (IL) are employed as substitute for traditional solvents in catalysis, synthesis and electrochemistry. But little research work or actual applications have been published until now concerning the utilization of IL as lubricants. Generally, IL show no or very low vapour pressures, satisfying viscosity-temperature behaviour, no inflammability and high thermal stabilities up t ...
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Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases: towards new therapeutics (Mitotarget)
Date du début: 1 févr. 2009, Date de fin: 31 mars 2012,
Mitochondrial dysfunction is a major hallmark of various neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s diseases or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). However linking mitochondrial dysfunction to the pathogenesis of some of these diseases still needs to be elucidated. Furthermore, in pathologies where this link is already established, the question re ...
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Biaxial Nematic Devices (BIND)
Date du début: 7 févr. 2008, Date de fin: 6 févr. 2012,
The recent experimental discovery of novel biaxial liquid crystal (LC) phases is a major breakthrough in functional materials and presents a challenge to develop the technology for a new generation of faster biaxial LC displays. These expectations are based on the existence of a secondary director that can be controlled by external fields. However, to be put in practice, this new possibility requi ...
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Reproductive effects of environmental chemicals in females (REEF)
Date du début: 1 mai 2008, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2011,
"It is increasingly evident that in-utero exposure to environmental chemicals (ECs), including endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) and heavy metals, disturbs reproductive development in wildlife, domestic species and humans. Current thinking is that exposure to ECs is part of the mechanism driving increasing incidences of reproductive dysfunction in males and females, the latter characterised by ...
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Sustainable Agrarian Management Studies for Uzbekistan
Date du début: 1 déc. 2013,
The wider objective of SAMUz is to promote the relevance and quality of agricultural higher education in Uzbekistan by i) reacting to the changed needs of the labour market after transition, ii) becoming adaptive to globally changing conditions and the necessity of sustainable development, and iii) delivering ecologically and economically sustainable agrarian management studies at farm, sector an ...
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BRAVE - Plant Virology in the new era - breeding for resistance (EU- Asia)
Date du début: 15 juil. 2013,
BRAVE is a consortium of six European Universities that possess strong curricula in plant virology, plant molecular biology, plant biochemistry and molecular evolution and five Indian Universities with strong curricula in plant virology and microbiology. Members in BRAVE will collaborate in the creation of a new generation of plant researchers for India. The proposed program aims at educating Indi ...
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Science Holiday Camps in Europe
Date du début: 1 déc. 2012,
Science camps are one answer to the lack of young people interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), trying to engage them in scientific questions and helping them developing a positive attitude towards these fields. Not only the career decisions, but also the development of scientific literacy is the aim of these camps. Being held by many and various organizations, scien ...
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Innovative Networks for Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics education
Date du début: 1 déc. 2012,
Global challenges, such as climate change, call for innovative solutions. To meet these challenges, European citizens must understand fundamental concepts of science. Enquiry-based teaching, methods to reduce the gender imbalance and better information on science careers can make science education more attractive. Implementation of these educational innovations requires collaboration with key-acto ...
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Smart Educational Autonomy through Guided Language Learning. The online platform for guided language exchange.
Date du début: 1 nov. 2012,
Dank technisch ausgereifter und kostengünstiger Kommunikationsmöglichkeiten via Internet eröffnen Sprachpartnerschaften neue Möglichkeiten des Fremdsprachenerwerbs. Als nachteilig erwies sich bisher bei dieser Lernform jedoch das Fehlen einer Systematik und didaktischen Professionalität. Das Konsortium mit 22 Partnern richtet eine Tandem-Partnerbörse ein und erstellt Themenblätter in der Form, da ...
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European Pharmacoinformatics Initiative
Date du début: 1 oct. 2007,
EUROPIN brings together six institutions to develop a joint PhD program on Pharmacoinformatics in order to promote training and education of top level scientists in this field. It will provide a platform for training through research focusing on methods and applications used in computational drug design and development. Core objectives are to promote creativity, competitiveness, employability and ...
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In pharmaceutical research, advanced technologies have resulted in data generation on a previously unknown scale. Knowledge management has thus been identified as one of the top priorities in the Innovative Medicines Initiative. EUROPIN brings together six institutions from five European Countries to develop a joint PhD program on Pharmacoinformatics in order to promote training and education of t ...
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This project aims at increasing the supply of well trained professionals to satisfy the increasingly complex management requirements in the national water engineering sector. The multi-disciplinary Masters programme that the project will develop represents one approach to increase the supply of skilled professionals to improve water management at the national level. The specific objectives are: " ...
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The project involved the elaboration of methodology of the e-learning solutions in the field of protection and management of archaeological heritage, which has not been achieved to date. It comprised a production of 15 multimedia e-learning courses covering the most significant issues in this field and their distribution between the partners. A test training was carried out by all partners to asse ...
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