Horizon 2020

About

Browse

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.

Open Letter

Peer review process completed

Bridging the gap – how to walk the talk on supporting early career researchers

Authors: Daniel Pizzolato, Andrea Reyes Elizondo, Noémi Aubert Bonn, Borana Taraj, Rea Roje, Teodora Konach

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Brian Cahill, Victoria Hewitt, Yoseph Araya

Published: May 4, 2023
Open Letter

Peer review process completed

Patient and community engagement in clinical platform trials

Authors: Hannes Jarke, Claas Röhl, Annekatrin Krause, Mathieu Boudes, Fiona Greenhalgh

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

Peer reviewers: Douglas Fernald, Teresa Finlay

Published: May 3, 2023
Open Letter

Peer review process completed

The ERC PuppetPlays project: contribution for a non-linear history of the European theatre

Authors: Didier Plassard

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

Peer reviewers: Nancy Delhalle, Stefano Locatelli, tiffany stern

Published: May 2, 2023
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Comparing energy system optimization models and integrated assessment models: Relevance for energy policy advice

Authors: Hauke Henke, Mark Dekker, Francesco Lombardi, Robert Pietzcker, Panagiotis Fragkos, Behnam Zakeri, Renato Rodrigues, Joanna Sitarz, Johannes Emmerling, Amir Fattahi, Francesco Dalla Longa, Igor Tatarewicz, Theofano Fotiou, Michał Lewarski, Daniel Huppmann, Kostas Kavvadias, Bob van der Zwaan, Will Usher

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: David McCollum, Jesse Jenkins, Paul DEANE

Published: March 21, 2024
Case Study
Revised
Peer review process completed

Evidence-based policy lifecycle management: The H2020 DECIDO experience

Authors: Antonio Filograna, Fabio Perossini, Davide Prette

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Andrea Bonomi Savignon, Tatchalerm Sudhipongpracha, Tsotne Zhghenti

Published: July 20, 2023
Open Letter

Peer review process completed

Fully automated public transportation mobility: the hidden challenges for a commercial deployment

Authors: Dimitri Konstantas, Guy Fournier

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Alexandros Nikitas, Jimi Oke, Simon Oh

Published: May 2, 2023
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Microstructural characterization of near-surface microstructures on rail wheels in service – an insight into “stratified surface layers”

Authors: Matthias Freisinger, Andreas Trausmuth

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Christoph Gammer, Roumen Petrov

Published: July 3, 2023
Data Note

Peer review process completed

Idealized hydrodynamical numerical model dataset with no-river runoff at the western tropical North Atlantic

Authors: Humberto L. Varona, Julia Araujo, Moacyr Araujo, Marcus Silva

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Marcio Cintra, Sandrine Djakouré

Published: April 28, 2023
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Attitudes toward immigration in Europe: Cross-regional differences

Authors: Lenka Dražanová, Jérôme Gonnot

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Alexander Schmidt-Catran, Cengiz Erisen, Francisco Rowe, Linda Basile

Published: April 28, 2023
Data Note

Peer review process completed

Social responsibility in research and innovation practice and policy across global regions, institutional types, and fields: Interview data and qualitative content analysis outputs revealing the perspectives and experiences of professionals

Authors: Chris Foulds, Rihab Khalid, Eric A. Jensen, Obehi Sule, Lars Lorenz

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Håkon Finne, Ivan Buljan, Poonam Pandey

Published: April 28, 2023
Research Article

Peer review process completed

The Heritage Digital Twin: a bicycle made for two. The integration of digital methodologies into cultural heritage research

Authors: Franco Niccolucci, Béatrice Markhoff, Maria Theodoridou, Achille Felicetti, Sorin Hermon

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Livio DE LUCA, Silvana Bruno

Published: April 28, 2023
Research Article

Peer review process completed

A microwave cavity design and optimisation for a homogeneous and faster drying process inside an industrial Agitated Nutsche Filter

Authors: Sebastiano Schütz, Mauro Di Domenico, Samuel Poretti, Ricardo Monleone

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Pranjali Muley, Venkatesh Meda, ferruh erdogdu

Published: April 26, 2023
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Lateral flow immunoassay-based laboratory algorithm for rapid diagnosis of diphtheria

Authors: Vyacheslav G. Melnikov, Anja Berger, Alexandra Dangel, Andreas Sing

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

Peer reviewers: Irina Gladysheva, Louisy Santos, Sylvain Brisse

Published: April 25, 2023
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Floating photovoltaic systems: photovoltaic cable submersion testing and potential impacts

Authors: Ricardo Rebelo, Luis FIALHO, Maria Helena Novais

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Giuseppe Tina, Sharon Hilarydoss, Shiva Gorjian

Published: September 16, 2024
Method Article

Peer review process completed

An automated sonic tomography system for the inspection of historical masonry walls

Authors: Javier Ortega, Marnix F.L. Meersman, Sofía Aparicio, Juan Carlos Liébana, Rodrigo Martín, José Javier Anaya, Margarita González

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

Peer reviewers: Jorge GOSALBEZ, Marco Francesco Funari

Published: April 21, 2023
Open Letter
Revised
Peer review process completed

Foresight in clinical proteomics: current status, ethical considerations, and future perspectives

Authors: Filip Mundt, Nicolai J. Wewer Albrechtsen, Sebastian Porsdam Mann, Peter Treit, Medini Ghodgaonkar-Steger, Martina O’Flaherty, Reinout Raijmakers, Juan Antonio Vizcaíno, Albert J.R. Heck, Matthias Mann

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Kellye Cupp-Sutton, Maria Hernandez-Valladares, Nurhan Ozlu

Published: November 1, 2023
Study Protocol
Revised
Peer review process completed

Neuromuscular assessment of force development, postural, and gait performance under cognitive-motor dual-tasking in healthy older adults and people with early Parkinson's disease: Study protocol for a cross-sectional Mobile Brain/Body Imaging (MoBI) study

Authors: Uros Marusic, Manca Peskar, Maja Maša Šömen, Miloš Kalc, Ales Holobar, Klaus Gramann, Bettina Wollesen, Anna Wunderlich, Christoph Michel, Aleksandar Miladinović, Mauro Catalan, Alex Buoite Stella, Milos Ajcevic, Paolo Manganotti

Funders: Horizon 2020, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation

Peer reviewers: Breiffni Leavy, Nicola Ray

Published: November 10, 2023
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Gaussian process models for geographic controls in phylogenetic trees

Authors: Frederik Hartmann, Gerhard Jäger

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

Peer reviewers: Frederic Blum, Grégoire Clarté, Natalia Chousou-Polydouri, Thomas Brochhagen, Tiago Tresoldi

Published: January 22, 2024
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Foreign language acquisition of perceptually similar segments: evidence from Lower Sorbian

Authors: Phil J. Howson

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

Peer reviewers: Claire Nance, David Bolter

Published: February 15, 2024
Open Letter
Revised
Peer review process completed

The science behind soft skills: Doâs and Donâts for early career researchers and beyond. A review paper from the EU-CardioRNA COST Action CA17129

Authors: Shubhra Acharya, Mihai Bogdan Preda, Ioanna Papatheodorou, Dimitra Palioura, Panagiota Giardoglou, Vasiliki Tsata, Sanja Erceg, Teodora Barbalata, Soumaya Ben-Aicha, Fabiana Martino, Laura Nicastro, Antigone Lazou, Dimitris Beis, Fabio Martelli, Miron Sopic, Costanza Emanueli, Dimitris Kardassis, Yvan Devaux, EU-CardioRNA COST Action CA17129.

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, COST Actions

Peer reviewers: Marialuisa Villani, Monica Pereira, Sandra Alexandra Catherine Buttigieg

Published: October 12, 2023
Method Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Developing and testing a protocol using a common data model for federated collection and analysis of national perinatal health indicators in Europe

Authors: Jennifer Zeitlin, Marianne Philibert, Francisco Estupiñán-Romero, Marzia Loghi, Luule Sakkeus, Željka Draušnik, Adela Recio Alcaide, Mélanie Durox, Jan Cap, Jelena Dimnjakovic, Janis Misins, Enrique Bernal Delgado, Martin Thissen, Mika Gissler, Euro-Peristat Research Group

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Rema Ramakrishnan, Russell S. Kirby

Published: September 4, 2023
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Understanding the genetic basis of the incompatibility of IncK1 and IncK2 plasmids

Authors: Marta Rozwandowicz, Arie Kant, Jaap Wagenaar, Dik Mevius, Joost Hordijk, Michael Brouwer

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Lu Yang, Manuel Ares Arroyo

Published: October 30, 2023
Systematic Review
Revised
Peer review process completed

Prevalence, causes and contexts of childhood overweight and obesity in the Pacific region: a scoping review

Authors: Solene Bertrand-Protat, Juliana Chen, Aurélie Jonquoy, Stéphane Frayon, Si Thu Win Tin, Amerita Ravuvu, Corinne Caillaud, Olivier Galy

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

Peer reviewers: Haley Cash, Marie-Pierre Moisan

Published: November 20, 2023
Systematic Review
Revised
Peer review process completed

How can policy and policymaking foster climate justice? A qualitative systematic review

Authors: Paul Cairney, Irina Timonina, Hannes Stephan

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Eric Brandstedt, Saba Hinrichs-Krapels

Published: October 10, 2023
Open Letter
Revised
Peer review process completed

Open science in energy research

Authors: Raquel Alonso Pedrero, Felipe Van de Sande Araujo

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Antonio Francisco Rodríguez Matas, Gesche Huebner, John Draper, Nicki Lisa Cole, Ronald Marquez, Rosie ROBISON, Sacha Hodencq, Stephan Ferenz, Vinod Veeramachaneni, Zhaoyun Zeng

Published: January 22, 2025