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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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Sufficiency in European Climate Policies, four country NECPs analysed

Authors: Gunnar Boye OLESEN, Ann Vikkelsø

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Andrew Weaver, Carina Zell-Ziegler

Published: September 24, 2024
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Gender aspects in parenthood conceptions of young Europeans. A critical reflection on the European Project B2-InF A critical reflection on the European Project B2-inf

Authors: Joke Struyf, Kristien Hens, Virginie Rozée, Manon Vialle, María López-Toribio, José Miguel Carrasco, Vera Dimitrievska, Jana Meloska-Petrova, Anna De Bayas Sanchez, Michaela Fuller, Francisco Güell

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Diego Lasio, Kate Luxion, Tanja Vuckovic Juros

Published: February 11, 2025
Open Letter

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Harmonising humans and technology: Exploring the dynamics of cognitive production, artificial intelligence and social communication in cybernetic systems

Authors: Stefan Walter

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Godfrey Mugurusi, Nikos Dimitropoulos, elias montini

Published: September 9, 2024
Research Article

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Low levels of hypertension screening in HIV care clinics in rural Uganda: A mixed methods study

Authors: Mucunguzi Atukunda, Edwin D. Charlebois, Brian Twinamatsiko, Ambrose Byamukama, Andrew Mutabazi, Cecilia Akatukwasa, Michael Ayebare, Winston Tindimwebwa, Alan Asiimwe, Geoff Lavoy, Elizabeth Arinitwe, Joan Nangendo, Justus Tumusiime, Laura B. Balzer, Emmy Okello, Gerald Mutungi, Heiner Grosskurth, Moses R. Kamya, Jane Kabami

Funders: Horizon 2020, European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

Peer reviewers: Veronica Tonwe

Published: September 9, 2024
Method Article

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Faces Revealed Project and ancient Egyptian yellow coffins: A new methodology step-by-step

Authors: Stefania Mainieri

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

Peer reviewers: Caroline Arbuckle, Mona HESS, Willeke WENDRICH, andrea DANDREA

Published: September 3, 2024
Research Article

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Development of an innovative microvehicle for urban mobility

Authors: Michelangelo-Santo Gulino, Maurizio Laschi, Giovanni Zonfrillo, Marco Fabbri, Elena Garcia, Peter Miklis, Thomas Unger, Krzysztof Damaziak, Lukasz Mazurkiewicz, Kamil Sybilski, Salik Ahmed, Paolo Sospiro, Luca Del Zotto, Nicola Del Vecchio, Alessandra Rinaldi, Sara Viviani, Dario Vangi

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Angelo Domenico Vella, Juan David Cano-Moreno

Published: August 29, 2024
Study Protocol

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Paleo-species distribution modelling in the marine realm: protocol for a global scoping review

Authors: Emna Ben Lamine, Konstantina Agiadi, Maria Bas López, Grégory Beaugrand, Tatiana Theodoropoulou, Virginie Raybaud

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

Peer reviewers: Hannah Owens, Luciano Bosso

Published: August 28, 2024
Open Letter

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Applications of environmental intelligence for rural land management

Authors: Caitlin Douglas, Mark Mulligan

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Dr. Kumar Ashwini

Published: August 15, 2024
Case Study
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Challenges to ethical public engagement in research funding: a perspective from practice

Authors: Kalli Giannelos, Martijn Wiarda, Neelke Doorn

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Loreta Tauginienė, Lucy Carter, Sarah Hatch

Published: November 6, 2024
Research Article

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Global distribution patterns of siphonophores across horizontal and vertical oceanic gradients

Authors: Cristina Claver, Naiara Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, Xabier Irigoien, Oriol Canals

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Ana Baricevic, Iole Di Capua

Published: August 13, 2024
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Impact of sub-basalt thrust systems on the Faroe continental shelf for the late Paleoproterozoic–Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the margin.

Authors: Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl, David W. Jolley, Alexander L. Peace, Jhon M. Muñoz-Barrera, Gillian R. Foulger

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

Peer reviewers: Martyn Stoker, Piotr Krzywiec

Published: December 7, 2024
Method Article

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Children and young people as research collaborators in a large-scale migration research project

Authors: Shirley Martin, Deirdre Horgan, Reana Maier

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Hopewell Hodges, Valentina Mazzucato

Published: August 12, 2024
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Digital twins for managing bridge climate change adaptation

Authors: Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Hao Fu, Adefolarin Adebiyi, Pasakorn Sengsri

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

Peer reviewers: Salvatore Antonio Biancardo, Sih Ying Kong

Published: September 26, 2024
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Disinformation as an obstructionist strategy in climate change mitigation: a review of the scientific literature for a systemic understanding of the phenomenon

Authors: Manuel Gertrudix, Alejandro Carbonell-Alcocer, Rubén Arcos, Cristina M. Arribas, Valeri Codesido-Linares, Nerea Benítez-Aranda

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Ana Delicado, Antonio Lopez, David Vicente Torrico, John Cook

Published: September 24, 2024
Brief Report
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Co-designing ab initio electronic structure methods on a RISC-V vector architecture

Authors: Rogeli Grima Torres, Pablo Vizcaíno, Filippo Mantovani, José Julio Gutiérrez Moreno

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

Peer reviewers: Ahmed Kamaleldin, Flavio Vella, Keichi Takahashi, Roman Wyrzykowski, William Dawson

Published: September 9, 2025
Study Protocol

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Impacts of obesity and obesogenic behaviours on climate change: a systematic review protocol

Authors: Francesco D'Agostino, Maria Vliora, Elisabetta Grillo, Michela Corsini, Cosetta Ravelli, Anna Simonetto, Gianni Gilioli, Stefania Mitola, Andreas D. Flouris

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

Peer reviewers: Mengmeng Ji

Published: August 5, 2024
Essay

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Reframing the role of communication in consensual and/or ethical (non)monogamies: A proposal for a change in academic terminology

Authors: Daniel Cardoso

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

Peer reviewers: Chris Campbell, Christopher Smith, Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, sharon flicker

Published: August 5, 2024
Review
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Unveiling Maternal Health Dynamics from Pregnancy Through Postpartum Perspectives

Authors: Marina Mora-Ortiz, Lorenzo Rivas-García

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

Peer reviewers: Dorota Darmochwał-Kolarz, Jessica Faulkner, Xinhua Xiao

Published: November 12, 2024
Research Article

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Leveraging Copernicus for Ice Block Detection: A Step Towards Safer Arctic Navigation

Authors: Jesús Alonso, Tatiana Silva

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Karl Kortum, Lauren Hoffman

Published: July 30, 2024
Data Note
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CMIP6-based global estimates of future aridity index and potential evapotranspiration for 2021-2060

Authors: Robert J. Zomer, Jianchu Xu, Donatella Spano, Antonio Trabucco

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Aristoteles Tegos, Louise Crochemore, VASSILIS ASCHONITIS

Published: May 12, 2025
Brief Report
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Tagus River microbial profile through nanopore sequencing on samples gathered from Prainha do Braco de Prata, Lisbon

Authors: Cristiano Pedroso-Roussado, Mariana Pestana, Ricardo Dias, Mónica Nunes, Pedro Pascoal, Marcelo Pereira, Nuno Nunes

Funders: Horizon 2020, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation, Horizon Europe, Missions

Peer reviewers: Anyi Hu, David Clark, Sushanta Deb

Published: April 11, 2025
Software Tool Article
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STRAIGHTMORPH: A Voice Morphing Tool for Research in Voice Communication Sciences

Authors: P Belin, H Kawahara

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

Peer reviewers: Andrey Anikin, Lee Miller, Nadine Lavan, Stefan Schweinberger, Yi-Wen Liu

Published: January 10, 2025
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A literature review of “lawful” text and data mining.

Authors: Giorgos Vrakas

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

Peer reviewers: Ana Nordberg, Pablo Trigo Kramcsák, Thomas MARGONI

Published: October 30, 2024
Open Letter
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Transforming European Food Systems with multi-actor networks and Living Labs through the FoodSHIFT Approach

Authors: Luke John Schafer, Aida Anthouli, Alessandra Schmidt, Anita Beblek, Annika Fruehbeisser, Beatrice Walthall, Carla Mingolla, Catalina Rogozan, Damiano Petruzzella, Dirk Wascher, Francesca Volpe, Giordano Ruggeri, Gustavo Arciniegas, Jose Luis Vicente-Vicente, Katerina Riviou, Katerina Valta, Lena Marijke Wenzel, Lorenzo Labellarte, Maarten Crivits, Malgorzata Swiader, Marin Lysak, Marta Sylla, Poppy Eyre, Raluca Barbu, Stefano Corsi, Christian Bugge Henriksen

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: MG vd Meij, Tiffanie Stone

Published: October 25, 2024
Research Article

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Demonstration of the potential use of off-grid renewable energy in agricultural production in rural Uganda

Authors: Agnes Mirembe, Ronah Nakiirya, Monica K. Kansiime

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Fabien Muhirwa

Published: July 16, 2024