Horizon Europe is the EU’s key research and innovation framework program for the period 2021-2027. It aims to fund research and innovation projects with a focus on boosting the EU’s competitiveness and еconomic growth, tackling climate change, and achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
NUTRIMIND: Understanding Mental Health and Nutrition in Europe Mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and stress affect millions of people across Europe and are increasingly recognised as being closely linked to diet, nutrition, social inequalities and broader lifestyle factors. These conditions often start early in life and can continue into older age, with a […]
LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND: BOTTOM-UP ENERGY TRANSFORMATION OF LAST-MILE COMMUNITIES As of 2023, according to IRENA, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for 80% of the population living in energy poverty, the same 600 million people who lack access to electricity are also the most vulnerable to climate change, where one-third of the world’s droughts occur. The
intEgrated protection and Restoration apprOaches for natUral Lake Ecosystems EUROLakes, a Horizon Europe Mission Innovation Action project, will address numerous pressures negatively impacting the good ecological status of European lakes by proposing an innovative, holistic, and science-based approach to the protection and restoration of European natural lakes and their ecosystems. The project will achieve this
Waste quantification solutions to limit environmental stress: New tools for circular food systems The European Union’s shift towards a circular economy and increased resource efficiency is propelled by innovation. This transformation is evident in sectors like the food industry, which is transitioning from a linear approach to a circular model of sustainability. To cope with
Agroforestry at the forefront of farming sustainability in multifunctional landscapes in Europe Agroforestry is an auspicious land use type, allowing farmers to continue producing food while significantly improving the environmental sustainability of their operations. Integration of trees into agricultural business contributes to a host of ecosystem services, lowering the environmental and social impact of food
Innovative blockchain traceability technology and Stakeholders’ Engagement strAtegy for boosting Sustainable sEafood visibility, social acceptance and consumption in Europe Current seafood traceability tools and services have the potential to take advantage of novel blockchain technologies to obtain a wide range of data making sustainable seafood practices more visible to consumers. Sea2See will fill in existing
Coldspark Driven Energy and Cost-Efficient Methane Cracking for Hydrogen Production ColdSpark will validate a novel non-thermal plasma technology to produce hydrogen at an industrial scale from methane, with a process energy efficiency of 79%, achieving a conversion rate of 85% with zero CO2 emissions. The project will develop and test a novel plasma reactor at
Smart Response sELf-desInfected biobAsed NanoCoatEd surfaces for healthier environments RELIANCE aims to design and develop smart response self-disinfectant antimicrobial nanocoatings based on a new range of smart antimicrobial nanoparticles. Such nanoparticles will consist of mesoporous silica nanoparticles with metallic copper in their structure, modified with biobased bioactive compounds: Antimicrobial peptides (AMP’s) based on protein containing
New Approach to Underwater Technologies for Innovative, Low-cost Ocean obServation NAUTILOS, a Horizon 2020 Innovation Action project funded under EU’s the Future of Seas and Oceans Flagship Initiative, aims to fill in marine observation and modelling gaps for biogeochemical, biological and deep ocean physics essential ocean variables and micro-/nano-plastics, by developing a new generation of
Optimising bio-based fertilisers in agriculture / Providing a knowledge basis for new policies Imported mineral phosphate and fossil energy-intensive nitrogen fertilisers cause major detrimental impacts on the environment, whilst nutrient-rich side-streams/organic waste remain under-utilised. By optimising usage of bio-based fertilisers (BBF) from side-streams, ensuring their safety, building evidence-based trust in their usage and developing legislative
The EU-HEALTH INNOVATION MARKETPLACE, the valorization platform for (FP7 Health and H2020 SC1) research results The “UTILE” proposal presented the EU-Health Innovation Marketplace, an online tool to better valorise the FP7 Health and Horizon2020 SC1 project results. This marketplace actively brought together Innovation Providers (i.e. technology push) and the Innovation Developers (i.e. market pull).
Absorbing the Potential of Wood Waste in EU Regions and Industrial Bio-based Ecosystems The project BioReg aimed at absorbing the potential of wood waste in EU regions through the creation of a stakeholder platform via which industrial demonstrator ecosystems alongside the wood-waste value chain interact with recipient beneficiary regions with unused wood waste biomass.