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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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Mapping out the scenarios of ocean energy scale-up based on the development of offshore wind

Authors: Anne-Caroline Pillet, Benjamin Lehner, Simon Stark, Hinne van der Zant

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Abel Arredondo-Galeana, Alain Ulazia, Christian Breyer, Damon Howe, Shona Pennock

Published: January 28, 2025
Open Letter
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The strategic concept for the Lithuanian bioeconomy: insights for niche bioenergy sectors

Authors: Vlada Vitunskienė, Akvilė Aleksandravičienė, Jonas Čaplikas, Agnė Dapkuvienė

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Magdalena Borzecka, Rolandas Urbonas, Vida Dabkiene

Published: August 15, 2023
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Investigating antiquities trafficking with generative pre-trained transformer (GPT)-3 enabled knowledge graphs: A case study

Authors: Shawn Graham, Donna Yates, Ahmed El-Roby

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

Peer reviewers: Dante ABATE, Martin Berger

Published: June 20, 2023
Data Note
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Lexical data for the historical comparison of Rgyalrongic languages

Authors: Yunfan Lai, Johann-Mattis List

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

Peer reviewers: Alexis Michaud, Mark Alves, Norihiko Hayashi

Published: October 18, 2023
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A feasibility study for a unified, multimodal analysis of online information foraging in health-related topics

Authors: Szilvia Zörgő, Gjalt-Jorn Peters, Anna Jeney, David Williamson Shaffer, Andrew R. Ruis, Rik Crutzen

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

Peer reviewers: Ljerka Luić, Seung Lee

Published: March 6, 2024
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Experiences with a training DSW knowledge model for early-stage researchers

Authors: Marie-Dominique Devignes, Malika Smaïl-Tabbone, Hrishikesh Dhondge, Roswitha Dolcemascolo, Jose Gavaldá-García, R. Anahí Higuera-Rodriguez, Anna Kravchenko, Joel Roca Martínez, Niki Messini, Anna Pérez-Ràfols, Guillermo Pérez Ropero, Luca Sperotto, Isaure Chauvot de Beauchêne, Wim Vranken

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

Peer reviewers: Christine Kirkpatrick, Fotis Psomopoulos, Natalie Meyers, Rob Hooft

Published: June 19, 2023
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Investor demand in syndicated EFSF/ESM bond issuances

Authors: Martin Hillebrand, Marko Mravlak, Peter Schwendner

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership, COST Actions

Peer reviewers: Athanasios Tsagkanos, Gabor Sztano, Patrick McColgan

Published: July 16, 2024
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Automated news in practice: a cross-national exploratory study

Authors: Samuel Danzon-Chambaud

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

Peer reviewers: Julian Maitra, Nathalie Pignard-Cheynel

Published: November 1, 2023
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Standard operating procedure for the analysis of major ions in hydrothermal fluids by ion chromatography

Authors: Monica Correggia, Luciano Di Iorio, Alessia Benedicta Bastianoni, Mustafa Yucel, Angelina Cordone, Donato Giovannelli

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

Peer reviewers: Dzenita Kasapovic, Juris BURLAKOVS, Łukasz Nuckowski

Published: July 29, 2024
Case Study
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Playing with the cultural pilgrimage to stimulate tourism: the xFORMAL project on cultural heritage and informal learning.

Authors: Anna Siri, Annalisa Di Nuzzo, Simona Marchesini

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

Peer reviewers: Chiara Cecalupo, Estefanía López Salas, Piera Buonincontri

Published: August 13, 2024
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Thickening the border: a transnational sovereign assemblage and the privatization of sovereignty

Authors: Sara Riva

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

Peer reviewers: Eeva-Kaisa Prokkola, Martin Klatt

Published: June 12, 2023
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Interspecific competition affects spore germination and gametophore development of mosses

Authors: Jingmin Cheng, Isidora Lončarević, Nils Cronberg

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

Peer reviewers: Jennifer Rowntree, Linda Fuselier, Marko Sabovljevic, Maxine Watson

Published: January 22, 2024
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Standard Operating Procedure for the determination of trace elements in hydrothermal fluids by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Authors: Monica Correggia, Luciano Di Iorio, Alessia Benedicta Bastianoni, Mustafa Yücel, Angelina Cordone, Donato Giovannelli

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

Peer reviewers: Maria Carmen Barciela-Alonso, Zikri Arslan, sadhan deb

Published: July 24, 2024
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A triple helix model for the diffusion of Industry 4.0 technologies in firms in the Marche Region

Authors: Niccolò Testi

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

Peer reviewers: Andrea FERRANNINI, Petrus Letaba

Published: November 23, 2023
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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
Open Letter

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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
Open Letter
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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
Case Study

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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
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Dynamics of single mothers’ semantic strategies in Anglophone non-fiction

Authors: Dmitrii Sergeev

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

Peer reviewers: Jai Mackenzie, Sucharita Sarkar, Valerie Renegar

Published: August 8, 2023
Open Letter

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ROOTS - Circular policies for changing the biowaste system

Authors: Miguel Ángel Suárez, Elisa Gambuzzi, José M. Soriano Disla, Gemma Castejón, Giulio Poggiaroni, James Ling

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Vinay Kumar

Published: May 16, 2023
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Co-occurrence of behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases among 40-year and above aged community members in three regions of Myanmar

Authors: Aye Sandar Mon, Hla Hla Win, Win Pa Sandar, Poppy Walton, Khin Hnin Swe, Johanna P. M. Vervoort, Jeanet A. Landsman, Martin Rusnak, Jaap A. R. Koot

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: May Soe Aung, Sathish Thirunavukkarasu

Published: January 11, 2024
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Using halotolerant Azotobacter chroococcum W4ii from technosoils to mitigate wheat salt stress

Authors: Sweta Binod Kumar, Agnieszka Kalwasińska, Maria Swiontek Brzezinska, Monika Wróbel

Funders: Horizon 2020, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation

Peer reviewers: Hemant Dasila, Kailash Kumawat, Megha Kaviraj

Published: September 9, 2024