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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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CCUS and Local Social Perspectives

Authors: Kostas Stavrianakis, JACOB A.E. NIELSEN

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Jingli Fan

Published: October 23, 2025
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From worker to owner: Moral economy and competing value regimes in Cuban return migration

Authors: Valerio Simoni

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

Peer reviewers: Aleksy Kwilinski, Dr Agnieszka J. Gordon

Published: April 8, 2026
Data Note

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A database of qù-tone alternations in Ancient Chinese

Authors: Barbara Meisterernst, Johann-Mattis List

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

Peer reviewers: Christoph HARBSMEIER, Daniel Kadar, Zev Handel

Published: October 22, 2025
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IPM Decisions Platform – a Pan-European online platform hosting decision support systems and associated resources for integrated pest management.

Authors: Mark W. Ramsden, Berit Nordskog, Tor-Einar Skog, Dave Skirvin, Angelo Marguglio, Antonio Caruso, Christophe Pradal, Lise Jorgensen, Mette Sonderskov, Nikos Georgantzis, Marko Debeljak, Jurij Marinko, Harm Brinks, Bjorn Andersson, Ilias Travlos, Eleanor Dearlove, Neil Paveley

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Daniel Leybourne, Daren Mueller

Published: October 16, 2025
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Empowering ECRs to make research projects flourish: lessons from a European research project

Authors: Julius Schlumberger, Kelley De Polt, Judith N. Claassen, Timothy Tiggeloven, Sophie L. Buijs, Marleen C. de Ruiter, Maria Vittoria Gargiulo, Joel C. Gill, Núria Pantaleoni Reluy, Robert Šakić Trogrlić, Philip J. Ward

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Kofi Agyekum, Leanne Gibbs, Liudvika Leišytė, Marleen Wierenga

Published: August 3, 2026
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Rebound effects in circular business models: A review of cases and mitigation strategies

Authors: Ankita Das, Daniel Guzzo, Daniela C. A. Pigosso, Nancy Bocken

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

Peer reviewers: Changhee Kim, Christian Koldewey, Joël Ntsondé, Koen Dittrich, Konstantin Remke, Mariantonietta Ferrante, Teresa Paiva, Vivian Tunn

Published: May 7, 2026
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Study of thickness distribution on a robotic rotational moulding system by experiment and simulation

Authors: Hangtian Zhou, Jarne Vanherck, Peter Martin, Elke Deckers

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

Peer reviewers: António GASPAR-CUNHA, Jian Wang, Marek Szostak

Published: October 15, 2025
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Early prediction of potential hepatotoxic metabolites to aid lead selection in drug discovery

Authors: Linda Chiappalupi, Domingo Gargallo-Viola, Antoni Torrens

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

Peer reviewers: VIVEK GOHEL

Published: October 7, 2025
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A Translator at Work: Samuel ben Judah of Marseilles’s Translation Notes on Alexander’s De Anima

Authors: Hanna Paulmann

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

Peer reviewers: Daria Vasyutinsky Shapira, Jacobus Naudé, Michael Engel, Richard Pleijel, Yehuda Halper

Published: March 9, 2026
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Crizotinib and Darovasertib Significantly Reduce Metastatic Uveal Melanoma Cell Proliferation, Alone and In Combination

Authors: Ellie Swords, Eve O'Reilly, Toni Oladimeji, Michelle Carey, Valentina Tonelotto, Breandán N. Kennedy

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

Peer reviewers: Daniel Delgado Bellido

Published: June 23, 2026
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Ethical Challenges and Opportunities at the Intersection of One Health and Open Science in India: A Scoping Review

Authors: Naheeda Hamza, Rosemarie De La Cruz Bernabe, Uma Kulkarni, Alina Coman

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Dónal O'Mathúna, Joseph Mwanzia Nguta, Sara Savić

Published: January 27, 2026
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Comparison of EEG pre-processing pipelines for spontaneous EEG data in a large neurodivergent cohort

Authors: Rianne Haartsen, Luke Mason, Pilar Garcés, Philipp Bomatter, Jörg Hipp, Mark. H. Johnson, Jan K. Buitelaar, Eva Loth, Declan Murphy, Emily J.H. Jones, The EU-AIMS LEAP group

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Andrea Zanola, Stefania Coelli

Published: October 6, 2025
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Fostering Research Integrity through Training: The training materials of four EU-funded projects through the lens of pedagogical underpinnings and three taxonomies of learning

Authors: Erika Löfström, Tom Lindemann, Fenneke Blom, Natalie Evans, Mariette van den Hoven, Giulia Inguaggiato, Panagiotis Kavouras, Dirk Lanzerath, Julia Priess-Buchheit, Rita Santos, Anu Tammeleht, P. J. Wall, Linda Zollitsch

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Maha Emad Ibrahim, Sarah Elaine Eaton

Published: September 26, 2025
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Development of a systematic coarse-grained model for poly(ε-caprolactone) in melt

Authors: Petra Bačová, Gonzalo González Huarte, Vagelis Harmandaris, Sergio I. Molina

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Dimitrios Tsalikis, Paola Carbone, Sara Ranjbareslamloo, Tejas Shah

Published: December 24, 2025
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Sustainable open data ecosystems through data quality, governance, and infrastructure: Unlocking social, political and economic value

Authors: Ramya Chandrasekhar, Melanie Dulong de Rosnay

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

Peer reviewers: Arwid Lund, Enric Senabre Hidalgo, Sophie Weerts

Published: September 23, 2025
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Impact of environmental land lease contract specification on implementation of nature inclusive farming

Authors: Roos van Rosmalen, Kina Harmanny, Catharina J.E. Schulp

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Charles Francis, Jason Loughrey

Published: September 19, 2025
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SPIRIT-based prediction of clinical trial completion in intervertebral disc degeneration

Authors: Francis Chemorion, Jerome Noailly, Marc-Antonio Bisotti

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

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: September 17, 2025
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A systematic review of intervertebral disc degeneration clinical trial protocols

Authors: Francis Chemorion, Jerome Noailly, Marc-Antonio Bisotti

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

Peer reviewers: Thomas Hedman, satyajit kulkarni

Published: September 17, 2025
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“You give everything the child requires to attend school”: Exploring caregiver involvement in children’s education in Ghana

Authors: Esinam Ami Avornyo, Richard Appiah, Elisabetta Aurino, Sharon Wolf

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

Peer reviewers: Charlotte Haines Lyon, Janet Goodall

Published: March 12, 2026
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Investigating the effect of electrolyte incorporation on the thermoelectric power factor of bismuth and antimony telluride alloys

Authors: Md Mahmudur Rahman, Bejan Hamawandi, Lourdes Márquez-García, Mauricio Solis-de la Fuente, Muhammet S. Toprak, Jorge García-Cañadas

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Enhanced European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot

Peer reviewers: ABHIGYAN OJHA, Oscar Juan Dura, Yasuhiro Hasegawa

Published: September 16, 2025
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Digital transformation of healthcare: Exploring paradoxes and the approaches to alternate between opposing demands.

Authors: Alejandra Rojas

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

Peer reviewers: Brian Kee Mun Wong

Published: September 16, 2025
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Awareness and Acceptability of Prenatal Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease among Mothers of Affected Children in a Northern Nigerian Teaching Hospital

Authors: Aliyu RM, Sada SI, Adebiyi NM, Randawa AJ, Abdulkadir I, Ahmad HR

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

Peer reviewers: Aisha Galadanci Akilu, Lori Jordan, Miguel Brito, Ravindra Kumar, Vincenzo Voi

Published: January 22, 2026
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Zooplankton abundance and environmental variables at weathership station India, 59 o N 19 o W, from 1971 to 1975

Authors: Xabier Irigoien

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Camilla Svensen, Inma Herrera, Taketoshi Kodama

Published: October 7, 2025
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Investigative research for occurrences of hydrogen, helium, methane and carbon dioxide in West Macedonia: linking geological reservoirs to subsurface gas generation and migration

Authors: Pavlos Tyrologou, Nikolaos Koukouzas, Nazaré Couto, Christos L. Stergiou, Júlio Carneiro

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: JOHN GRAHAM BEGG, Nicolas Lefeuvre, Princewill Ikpeka, Rebecca Tyne, biying chen

Published: April 13, 2026
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Improved local weather forecasting using machine learning

Authors: Guillaume Fischer, Elodie Courtois

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Shivang Pandey

Published: September 5, 2025