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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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Systemic treatment with cigarette smoke extract affects zebrafish visual behaviour, intraocular vasculature morphology and outer segment phagocytosis

Authors: Alicia Gómez Sánchez, Patrizia Colucci, Ailis Moran, Alexandro Moya López, Basilio Colligris, Yolanda Álvarez, Breandán N. Kennedy

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

Peer reviewers: Balasubramaniam Annamalai, Ross Collery

Published: November 23, 2023
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Electric charging infrastructure and gender equality: An overview for USER-CHI (H2020 project)

Authors: Katharina Csillak, Sophie Kamenz

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Angela Carboni, Katie Parnell, Paula Carroll

Published: March 20, 2023
Open Letter
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The ESCAPE Open-source Software and Service Repository

Authors: Thomas Vuillaume, Mohammad Al-Turany, Matthias Füßling, Tamas Gal, Enrique Garcia, Kay Graf, Gareth Hughes, Mark Kettenis, Dmytro Kresan, Jutta Schnabel, Christian Tacke, Marjolein Verkouter

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Anne Fouilloux, Cristobal Bordiu, Diomidis Spinellis, Kirstie Jane Whitaker, Michael Zingale

Published: November 14, 2023
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Nanopore sequencing of DNA barcodes succeeds in unveilling the diversity of fungal mock communities

Authors: Cristiano Pedroso-Roussado, Fergus Guppy, Lucas Bowler, Joao Inacio

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

Peer reviewers: Alfonso Benítez-Páez, Christoph Ammer-Herrmenau, Henrik Nilsson, Laurence Delhaes

Published: July 17, 2023
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Energy skills as a driver to sustainable construction: current status, needs and proposed actions

Authors: Lihnida Stojanovska-Georgievska, Tomo Cerovsek, Tomas Funtik, Ivana Sandeva, Aleksandar Krleski, Hristina Spasevska, Margarita Ginovska

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Fida Siddiqui, Zhengxuan Liu

Published: March 7, 2023
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Paving the Way for Climate Neutral and Resilient Historic Districts

Authors: Aitziber Egusquiza, Daniel Lückerath, Saioa Zorita, Sophia Silverton, Gemma Garcia, Emilio Servera, Alessandra Bonazza, Igone Garcia, Antonis Kalis

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Giulia Ulpiani, Mariella De Fino, Nicole Heller

Published: March 4, 2023
Open Letter

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InterConnect: A European project that is changing the way energy is consumed

Authors: Pierre Jean-Philippe

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Nebojsa Jurisevic, RATHOR SUMIT, Shiyu Yang

Published: March 1, 2023
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Open Science Training in TRIPLE

Authors: Lottie Provost, Francesca Di Donato, Erzsébet Tóth-Czifra, Suzanne Dumouchel, Emilie Blotière, Yin Chen

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Amelia Sanz Cabrerizo, Paola Masuzzo, Vera Heininga

Published: June 5, 2023
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Prospects of digital scientific publishing on blockchain: The concept of DAP

Authors: Karolj Skala, Zorislav Šojat, Josip Maričević, Davor Davidović, Viktor Bojović, Tomislav Zubčić, Branimir Kolarek, Dario Pažin, Draško Tomić, Tadej Slapnik, Mario Pecimotika

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Eric Fong, Nicola Cavalli, Sandip Majumdar, Sara Kärrholm, Zihan Zhou, mihaela teodor

Published: November 27, 2024
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Matching cities by their climate change measures and blockages profile for mutual-learning.

Authors: Fred Sanders, Claudia Oliveira

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

Peer reviewers: Emilio Laino, Halvor Dannevig, João Dias, Peter Eckersley, Tineke van der Schoor

Published: July 29, 2024
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Single-cell imaging and transcriptomic analyses of firm adhesion between patient-derived cancer and endothelial cells under shear stress

Authors: Camilla Cerutti, Lucilla Luzi, Giulia De Michele, Valentina Gambino, Enrica Migliaccio, Pier Giuseppe Pelicci

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

Peer reviewers: Hongyi Liu, Jun Nakayama

Published: July 17, 2023
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WALIS dashboard: An online tool to explore a global paleo sea-level database

Authors: Sebastián Garzón, Alessio Rovere

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

Peer reviewers: Jennifer Walker, Jessica Creveling, Selasi Avornyo, Stephen Chua

Published: March 1, 2024
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Secure integration of extremely resource-constrained nodes on distributed ROS2 applications

Authors: Giann Spilere Nandi, David Pereira, José Proença, Eduardo Tovar, Antonio Rodriguez, Pablo Garrido

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Andrea Testa, Michel Albonico, ipek caliskanelli

Published: July 14, 2023
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ediblecity: an R package to model and estimate the benefits of urban agriculture

Authors: Josep Pueyo-Ros, Joaquim Comas, Lluís Corominas

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Carlos Tapia, Marti Rufi Salis, Prajal Pradhan

Published: September 28, 2023
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VISproPT: A high-precision instrument for 3D shape analysis of parabolic trough panels

Authors: Marco Montecchi, Giuseppe Cara, Arcangelo Benedetti

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Ibrahim Yilmaz, Jesús FERNÁNDEZ-RECHE, Qiliang Wang

Published: November 28, 2023
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A survey of security, privacy and trust issues in vehicular computation offloading and their solutions using blockchain.

Authors: Sharifah Yaqoub Fayi, Zhengguo Sheng

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

Peer reviewers: Marco Gramaglia, Omprakash Kaiwartya

Published: October 25, 2023
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Exiled lives on the stage: Support networks and programs for artists at risk from Turkey in Germany

Authors: Pieter Verstraete

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

Peer reviewers: Deniz Başar, Kerem Oktem, Özlem Savas

Published: July 6, 2023
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Early medieval vernacular Celtic glosses: originals or translations? A case study on the Vienna Bede

Authors: Bernhard Bauer

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

Peer reviewers: Aaron Griffith, Chantal Kobel, Pádraic Moran

Published: March 6, 2024
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Ergolide mediates anti-cancer effects on metastatic uveal melanoma cells and modulates their cellular and extracellular vesicle proteomes

Authors: Husvinee Sundaramurthi, Valentina Tonelotto, Kieran Wynne, Fiona O'Connell, Eve O’Reilly, Marcel Costa-Garcia, Csenger Kovácsházi, Marzia Pendino, Agnes Kittel, Simone Marcone, Alfonso Blanco, Eva Pallinger, Szabolcs Hambalkó, Jose Maria Piulats Rodriguez, Péter Ferdinandy, Jacintha O'Sullivan, David Matallanas, Lasse D. Jensen, Zoltán Giricz, Breandán N. Kennedy

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

Peer reviewers: Alexandre Moulin, Shivani Malpotra

Published: November 13, 2023
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Mapping the international ecosystem of national health data spaces. A scoping review protocol

Authors: Lauren Maxwell

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Mate Bestek, Rada Hussein, Sandra Geisler

Published: June 6, 2023
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Progress for carbon dioxide geological storage in West Macedonia: A field and laboratory-based survey

Authors: Pavlos Tyrologou, Agnes Vamvaka, Nikolaos Koukouzas, Jorge Pedro, Marc Fleury, Julio Carneiro, Carlos Ribeiro, Dina Ghikas, Anna Mpatsi, João Pedro Barradas, Paula Faria, Fernanda De Mesquita Lobo Veloso

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Kris PIESSENS, PHUNG QUOC HUY, Rodrigo Sebastian Iglesias

Published: August 9, 2023
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Introducing patient-centric electronic medicine leaflets in the European Union

Authors: Hannes Jarke, Steven Bourke, Robert Joyce, Silvia Scalabrini, Ken Thursby, Hynek Zalcik, Lea Jakob

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Amber Young, DK Theo RAYNOR, Diana van Riet, Golda Cohen, Pauline May

Published: May 22, 2023
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The DECIDE project: from monitoring and surveillance data to decision-support for farmers and veterinarians

Authors: Gerdien van Schaik, Miel Hostens, Céline Faverjon, Dan B. Jensen, Anders R. Kristensen, Pauline Ezanno, Jenny Frössling, Fernanda Dórea, Britt-Bang Jensen, Luis Pedro Carmo, Wilma Steeneveld, Jonathan Rushton, William Gilbert, Angela Bearth, Michael Siegrist, Jasmeet Kaler, Johannes Ripperger, Jamuna Siehler, Sjaak de Wit, Beatriz Garcia-Morante, Joaquim Segalés, Bart Pardon, Jade Bokma, Mirjam Nielen

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Dennis Muhanguzi, Dirk Pfeiffer, Philip Robinson

Published: August 26, 2025
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scikit-matter : A Suite of Generalisable Machine Learning Methods Born out of Chemistry and Materials Science

Authors: Alexander Goscinski, Christian A. Jorgensen, Victor Paul Principe, Guillaume Fraux, Sergei Kliavinek, Benjamin Aaron Helfrecht, Rhushil Vasavada, Philip Loche, Michele Ceriotti, Rose Kathleen Cersonsky

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

Peer reviewers: Andrew Rosen, Brian DeCost, Ekaterina Pas, Robert Meißner

Published: December 26, 2025
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Organising the self-employed: combining community unionism, coworking and cooperativism across contexts

Authors: Frederick Harry Pitts, Paolo Borghi, Annalisa Murgia

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

Peer reviewers: Aurora Trif, Flora Bajard, Nathan LILLIE

Published: May 16, 2023