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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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Developing Inclusive Community Platforms: A Catalyst for DEI Community

Authors: Hiroko Costantini, Misato Nihei, Takazumi Ono, Kai Tanabe, Yoichi Motomura

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

Peer reviewers: Barbara Holthus, Erik Jansen, Wolfram Manzenreiter

Published: June 5, 2024
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Exploring our relationship with nature: A modified-Delphi study protocol

Authors: Cassandra Murphy, Tadhg MacIntyre, Elaine Gallagher

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Alexia Barrable, Stephanie Wilkie

Published: May 30, 2024
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On the need to better integrate the social environment in research on climate change and health: recommendations and thinking tools

Authors: Laurence Mabile, Lola Neufcourt, Matthew Chersich, Valériane Leroy, Cyrille Delpierre, Michelle Kelly-Irving

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

Peer reviewers: Panagiota Kotsila, Rhiannon Thompson, Roger FEW, Rosemary Hiscock, Sandrah Eckel

Published: January 14, 2025
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PVDF membranes for membrane distillation prepared by VIPS – A combined study of artificial water channel effectiveness and membrane performance prediction

Authors: Kelvinraj Nursiah, Sven Johann Bohr, Loubna Karfane Atfane, Sophie Cerneaux, Stéphan Barbe, Mihail Dumitru Barboiu

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Akash M Chandran, Md All Amin Newton, Sama Al-Jubouri, Shouhong Fan, Yi-Chen Lin, a.gugliuzza@itm.cnr.it Gugliuzza

Published: January 23, 2025
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Exposure assessment and risks associated with wearing silver nanoparticle-coated textiles

Authors: Antti Joonas Koivisto, David Burrueco-Subirà, Ana Candalija, Socorro Vázquez-Campos, Alessia Nicosia, Fabrizio Ravegnani, Irini Furxhi, Andrea Brigliadori, Ilaria Zanoni, Magda Blosi, Anna Costa, Franco Belosi, Jesús Lopez de Ipiña

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Carmen Estevan Martínez, Daniela Montalvo Grijalva, Gülşah Ekin KARTAL, Sandra Fabiola Velasco Ramirez

Published: October 2, 2024
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On elastic deformations of cylindrical bodies under the influence of the gravitational field

Authors: Hamed Barzegar, Piotr T. Chruściel, Elisabeth Steininger

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

Peer reviewers: Ilya Svetlizky, Matthew Maitra, Michele BRUN, Robert Beig

Published: December 4, 2024
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Liquefied capsules containing nanogrooved microdiscs and umbilical cord-derived cells for bone tissue engineering

Authors: Mariana Carreira, Manuel Pires-Santos, Clara R Correia, Sara Nadine, João F Mano

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

Peer reviewers: Jeroen Rouwkema, Mani Diba, Paula Vázquez Aristizabal, Tiziano Serra

Published: September 9, 2024
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European agrifood and forestry education for a sustainable future - Gap analysis from an informatics approach

Authors: Stephen Burleigh, Håkan Jönsson

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Davide Viaggi, Gabriella ARCESE, Jaques Trienekens, Md Manik Ali, Mika Rekola, Roberto Henke, Sara Burbi

Published: January 15, 2025
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Insights from the co-creation process in communities of practice for urban water management

Authors: Marianne Wehbe, Manuel Bea, Elena Goicolea Güemez, Ulf Stein, Nicolas Caradot, Juan Goicolea, Elena Lopez Gunn, Gerardo Anzaldua

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Alban Kuriqi, Allison Lassiter, Florian Brokhausen, Love David, Teresa Fidélis

Published: December 5, 2024
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Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) Science: Planetary and Cometary Atmospheres

Authors: Martin Cordiner, Alexander Thelen, Thibault Cavalie, Richard Cosentino, Leigh N. Fletcher, Mark Gurwell, Katherine de Kleer, Yi-Jehng Kuan, Emmanuel Lellouch, Arielle Moullet, Conor Nixon, Imke de Pater, Nicholas Teanby, Bryan Butler, Steven Charnley, Stefanie Milam, Raphael Moreno, Mark Booth, Pamela Klaassen, Claudia Cicone, Tony Mroczkowski, Luca Di Mascolo, Doug Johnstone, Eelco van Kampen, Minju Lee, Daizhong Liu, Thomas Maccarone, Amelie Saintonge, Matthew Smith, Sven Wedemeyer

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

Peer reviewers: Andrey Baryshev, Hideo Sagawa, Kaustubh Hakim, Takahiro Iino

Published: December 12, 2024
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Oriented artificial nanofibers and laser induced periodic surface structures as substrates for Schwann cells alignment

Authors: Sebastian Lifka, Cristina Plamadeala, Agnes Weth, Johannes Heitz, Werner Baumgartner

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Harald Luksch, Sandra VIEIRA, Tak Ho Chu

Published: October 22, 2024
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Deriving lessons learned from monitoring adaptation activities in projects under the EU mission on adaptation

Authors: Stephanie Bilgram, Carla Klusmann, Christian Kind, Elisa Andreoli, Chiara Castellani, Dimitris Kofinas, Jan Cools, Antonio Trabucco, Chrysi Laspidou

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: DIANA DR. RECKIEN, Joshua Garland, Thomas Mitchell, emma Tompkins

Published: November 12, 2025
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Atlantic mackerel population structure does not support genetically distinct spawning components

Authors: Alice Manuzzi, Imanol Aguirre-Sarabia, Natalia Díaz-Arce, Dorte Bekkevold, Teunis Jansen, Jessica Gomez-Garrido, Tyler S. Alioto, Marta Gut, Martin Castonguay, Sonia Sanchez-Maroño, Paula Álvarez, Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: GAETANO CATANESE, John Hargrove, Julia Tovar Verba, Natalia J Bayona Vásquez, Sven Winter, Yusuf Bektas

Published: January 20, 2025
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Determinants of screening participation of disadvantaged populations in France: a qualitative study

Authors: Alice Le Bonniec, Amandine Andrin, Alexandra Lelia Dima, Laurent Letrilliart

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

Peer reviewers: Angela Hassiotis, Emma Parry, Hollyanna Wilson, johann cailhol

Published: October 17, 2026
Research Article

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Person-centred data sharing: Empirical studies in private individuals’ attitudes

Authors: Brian Pickering, Michael Boniface, Silke Roth, Katie Baker, Steve Taylor

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Cian O'Donovan, Ruben Bach, Sebastian Karcher

Published: April 24, 2024
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Archaeological evidence of resource utilisation of walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, over the past two millennia: A systematic review protocol

Authors: Danielle L. Buss, Katrien Dierickx, Mohsen Falahati-Anbaran, Deirdre Elliot, Lisa K. Rankin, Peter Whitridge, Brenna Frasier, Jean-Simon Richard, Youri van den Hurk, James H. Barrett

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

Peer reviewers: Aikaterini Glykou, Jeff Higdon

Published: April 24, 2024
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The release of host-derived antibodies bound to the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) of Trypanosoma brucei cannot be explained by pH-dependent conformational changes of the VSG dimer

Authors: Patrick Eirich, Pavel Nesterov, Sergey Shityakov, Ekaterina V. Skorb, Bodo Sander, Jens Broscheit, Thomas Dandekar, Nicola G. Jones, Markus Engstler

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

Peer reviewers: Monica Mugnier, Rajender Kumar

Published: April 24, 2024
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Notes on the tourist exploitation of archaeological sites: A case of study of best practices applied to rural heritage in Spain

Authors: Raquel Castelo Ruano, Silvia González Soutelo

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Antonio Vidal-Matzanke, MERCEDES CASTRO-NUÑO

Published: April 24, 2024
Software Tool Article

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MEDINA Catalogue of Cloud Security controls and metrics: Towards Continuous Cloud Security compliance

Authors: Cristina Martinez, Iñaki Etxaniz, Alberto Molinuevo, Juncal Alonso

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Abhishek Sharma, Vinod Vegesna

Published: April 24, 2024
Software Tool Article

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A behaviour digital twin for residential demand response: Modelling intention and motivation to improve the prediction of the likelihood of reaction to behavioural triggers

Authors: Julia Blanke, Christian Beder

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Kangping Li, Yang Li

Published: April 24, 2024
Open Letter

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Sustainable energy skills in the construction sector 3.0: expertise, lessons learned, and developed methodologies on energy efficiency skills competencies, and qualifications

Authors: Mohaddeseh Maktabifard, Gerald Wagenhofer, Uli Jakob, Łukasz Wilczynski, Jan Cromwijk, Horia Petran, Lihnida Stojanovska-Georgievska, Paul McCormack

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Bojan Milovanovic, Deyslen Mariano

Published: April 24, 2024
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A new roadmap for an age-inclusive workforce management practice and an international policies comparison

Authors: Niloofar Katiraee, Nicola Berti, Ajay Das, Ilenia Zennaro, Riccardo Aldrighetti, Vlado Dimovski, Darja Peljhan, Debra Dobbs, Christoph Glock, Gail Pacheco, Patrick Neumann, Ami Ogawa, Daria Battini

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

Peer reviewers: Bernadeta Gostautaite, Francesco Lolli, Seyyed Ehsan Hashemi-Petroodi

Published: June 24, 2024
Data Note

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Greenland 2022 GHOST project: Sampling Greenland geothermal springs - expedition report

Authors: Donato Giovannelli, Matteo Selci, Margaret Cramm, James A. Bradley, J. Maarten de Moor, Peter H. Barry, Shaunna M. Morrison, Monica Correggia, Luciano di Iorio, Angelina Cordone, Stefano Caliro, Saemundur A. Halldórsson

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

Peer reviewers: Jaime Alcorta, Jian Gong, Stephen Noell

Published: April 19, 2024
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Industry 5.0 concepts and enabling technologies, towards an enhanced conservation practice: systematic literature review protocol

Authors: Alejandro Jiménez Rios, Margarita L. Petrou, Rafael Ramirez, Vagelis Plevris, Maria Nogal

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

Peer reviewers: James Hutson, Stacy Vallis

Published: April 18, 2024
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Introducing the Democratic Electoral Systems data, 1919-1945

Authors: Nils-Christian Bormann, Lea Kaftan

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

Peer reviewers: Daniela Pastarmadzhieva, Duzgun Arslantas, Pedro Riera

Published: September 6, 2024