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Horizon 2020 was the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness.

Seen as a means to drive economic growth and create jobs, Horizon 2020 had the political backing of Europe’s leaders and the Members of the European Parliament. They agreed that research is an investment in our future and so put it at the heart of the EU’s blueprint for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and jobs.

By coupling research and innovation, Horizon 2020 helped to achieve this with its emphasis on excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges. The goal was to ensure Europe produces world-class science, removes barriers to innovation and makes it easier for the public and private sectors to work together in delivering innovation.

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The lure of the foreign stage: Chronicles of Italian mobility to France in the long eighteenth century

Authors: Elisa Cazzato

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Bruno Forment, Elena Mazzoleni, Tatiana Korneeva

Published: February 22, 2024
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The Mousterian in North-Western Tuscany: publishing fieldwork documentation leads to a new stratigraphical interpretation of the Piano di Mommio sites

Authors: Jacopo Gennai

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Juan Manuel Jiménez Arenas, Kévin Di Modica, Marko Banda, Paolo Biagi

Published: June 21, 2024
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Grouping sounds into evolving units for the purpose of historical language comparison

Authors: Johann-Mattis List, Nathan W. Hill, Frederic Blum, Cristian Juárez

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Ander Egurtzegi, Erich Round, Ewan Dunbar, Jelena Prokic, Stephen Bothwell, Susanto Susanto, Wei Zhao

Published: August 20, 2024
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Fabrication of hydrogel mini-capsules as carrier systems

Authors: Elisa Roberti, Gaia Petrucci, Francesco Bianciardi, Stefano Palagi

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Bradley NELSON, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Minsoo Kim, Samuel Stealey, Sudhir Warkar

Published: July 25, 2025
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Lab-on-chip (LoC) application for quality sperm selection: An undelivered promise?

Authors: Shiva K Shukla, Pierre Gaudriault, Antoni Corbera

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Abhijit Majumder, David Martín Hidalgo, Natan Shaked

Published: October 30, 2023
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PyFMLab: Open-source software for atomic force microscopy microrheology data analysis

Authors: Javier López-Alonso, Mar Eroles, Sébastien Janel, Massimiliano Berardi, Jean-Luc Pellequer, Vincent Dupres, Frank Lafont, Felix Rico

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Mi Li, Stylianos - Vasileios Kontomaris

Published: July 24, 2024
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Out-of-plane performance of structurally and energy retrofitted masonry walls: geopolymer versus cement-based textile-reinforced mortar combined with thermal insulation

Authors: Szymon Cholostiakow, Ioanna Skyrianou, Lampros Koutas, Christos Papakonstantinou

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Dionysios BOURNAS, Jitong Zhao, MOHANA R, Veerabhadragouda B. Patil

Published: October 30, 2023
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Exploring the potential of blockchain technology for citizen engagement in smart governance

Authors: Niccolò Testi, Rebecca Marconi, Edna Pasher

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Evrim Tan, Gasim Alandjani, J Ebenesar Anna Bagyam, Negar Noori

Published: January 3, 2025
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Parent attitudes towards data sharing in developmental science

Authors: Jannath Begum Ali, Rebecca Holman, Amy L. Goodwin, Siofra Heraty, Emily J.H. Jones

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Evelyne Mercure, Silvia Rigato

Published: June 3, 2024
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Inter-array cabling optimization in offshore wind power plants, a new reliability indicator for radial grids

Authors: Ramon Abritta, Alexey Pavlov, Damiano Varagnolo, Børre Tore Børresen

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Georgios Fotis, Miftahul Fikri, Xinwei Shen

Published: May 28, 2024
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Key opinion shapers’ perceptions of climate migration: Why and how to put climate justice at the centre of climate change education.

Authors: Maria Sakellari

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Laurie Parsons

Published: December 1, 2023
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Understanding the influence of swarming timing on the dispersal of Ostrea edulis larvae in the Northern Adriatic Sea

Authors: Camilla Bertolini, Roberto Pastres

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Ane Pastor, Tomislav Džoić

Published: November 28, 2023
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Inadequate Social Housing and Health: The Case of Oliver Bond House, The Liberties, Dublin

Authors: Lidia Katia C. Manzo, Hannah Grove

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Declan Redmond, Erin Ruel, Nicholas Pleace, Roberta Cucca

Published: March 13, 2024
Study Protocol

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Barriers and facilitators to older adults’ acceptance of camera-based active and assisted living technologies: a scoping review protocol

Authors: Natalie An Qi Tham, Anne-Marie Brady, Martina Ziefle, John Dinsmore, visuAAL - Privacy-Aware and Acceptable Video-Based Technologies and Services for Active and Assisted Living

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Ashish Patel, Bruna Maria Vittoria Guerra, Wei Qi Koh

Published: November 24, 2023
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Comprehensive security, disinformation, and COVID-19: An analysis of the impacts of mis- and disinformation and populist narratives during the pandemic

Authors: Arsalan Bilal, Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Marc Lanteigne, Rachele Brancaleoni, Jardar Gjørv, Daniele Gui, Justyna Karolina Kielar, Caleb Aluola, Sabina Magalini

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: David WRIGHT, Rubén Rivas-de-Roca, Trishana Ramluckan

Published: November 23, 2023
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Continuous Auditing and Continuous Certification of Cloud Services in MEDINA – Security Auditor’s View

Authors: Tatu Suhonen, Cristina Martínez

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Henrique Santos, Johan David Michels

Published: May 1, 2024
Open Letter

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LIBERTY: Lightweight battery system for extended range at improved safety

Authors: Manuela Klocker, Werner Leitgeb, Christoph Breitfuß, Eduardo Miguel, Egoitz Martinez-Laserna, Eric Grübner, Imane Worighi, Yolanda Bravo, Sergio Da Costa Pito, Moussa Nacer-Bey, Steffen Bockrath, Radu Schwarz, Nick De Bie, Zhangqi Wang, Henk Jan Bergveld, Joan Manuel F. Mendoza, Aitor Picatoste, Daniel Justel Lozano, David Storer, Jeremy Guazzagaloppa, David Jäger, Günter Schwarzberger

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Binghe Liu, Depeng Kong, Satyam Panchal

Published: November 23, 2023
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Rapid diagnostic testing for onchocerciasis in Maridi (South Sudan) before and after improving elimination strategies: a repeated cross-sectional survey

Authors: Amber Hadermann, Stephen Raimon Jada, Luís-Jorge Amaral, Robert Colebunders, Yak Yak Bol, Joseph N Siewe Fodjo

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Kiswendsida Thierry Guiguemde, Norbert W Brattig, YANKUM DADZIE

Published: March 22, 2024
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First economically and environmentally viable mobile commercial metallurgical plant based on advanced hydrometallurgical and electrochemical technologies able to produce cobalt metal from spent lithium-ion batteries

Authors: Flavia Forte, Emanuela Moscardini, Jacopo Coletta, Luigi Toro, Lourdes Yurramendi, Jokin Hidalgo, Enrique Ipiñazar, Amal Siriwardana, Sofia Riano, Nand Peeters, Karen Osen, Ana Maria Martinez, Wojciech Gebarowski

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Amilton Botelho Junior, Tuan Tran Thanh, Yuanpeng Fu

Published: February 19, 2024
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JointTracker: Real-time inertial kinematic chain tracking with joint position estimation

Authors: Bertram Taetz, Michael Lorenz, Markus Miezal, Didier Stricker, Gabriele Bleser-Taetz

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Lauro Armando Contreras Rodríguez, Manon Kok, Simon Bachhuber

Published: January 22, 2025
Open Letter
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Decoding 5G security: toward a hybrid threat ontology

Authors: R. Andrew Paskauskas

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Geeta Sandeep Nadella, Leslie Sikos, Ítalo Oliveira

Published: October 22, 2025
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The NOMAD mini-apps: A suite of kernels from ab initio electronic structure codes enabling co-design in high-performance computing

Authors: Isidre Mas Magre, Rogeli Grima Torres, José María Cela Espín, José Julio Gutierrez Moreno

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Ernesto Dufrechou, Jerzy Proficz, Sarah Neuwirth

Published: April 10, 2025
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Caledonian reactivation and reworking of Timanian thrust systems and implications for latest Mesoproterozoic to mid-Paleozoic tectonics and magmatism in northern Baltica

Authors: Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl, Eirik Stokmo

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Ed Landing, Gustavo Martins, Wenjiao Xiao, simon stewart

Published: October 15, 2024
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Machine learning based stellar classification with highly sparse photometry data

Authors: Seán Enis Cody, Sebastian Scher, Iain McDonald, Albert Zijlstra, Emma Alexander, Nick Cox

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Giacomo Cordoni, John Yue Han Soo, Nestor Sanchez

Published: August 28, 2024
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Ongoing tracking of engagement in motor learning

Authors: Segev Shlomov, Nitzan Guetta, Jonathan Muehlstein, Lior Limonad

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Catherine Tong, Zihan Wang

Published: February 15, 2024