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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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Barriers to women’s employment in the transport sector in Europe

Authors: Andree Woodcock, Stefan Roseanu, Isolda Constantin, Christiana Damboianu

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Amira Kaddour, Cristina FIGUEROA-DOMECQ, Paula Carroll

Published: January 31, 2025
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A phylogenetic classification of the Je language family

Authors: Fabrício Ferraz Gerardi, Tim Wientzek, Ivan Roksandic, Jonas Gregorio de Souza, Fernando Orphão de Carvalho

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

Peer reviewers: Benedict King, Joseph Salmons, Natalia Chousou-Polydouri, Robin Ryder, Ronald KIM, Sandra Auderset, Simon Greenhill

Published: May 19, 2025
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Caregivers’ self-medication practices for perceived febrile illnesses among under-five children in central river region, the Gambia

Authors: Haita Ndimballan, Ayo Adebowale, Ikeoluwapo Ajayi

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

Peer reviewers: Anas Alhur, Arifa Saif

Published: January 29, 2025
Open Letter
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Achieving reproducibility in the innovation process

Authors: Maurice Whelan, Eann Patterson

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Joint Research Centre

Peer reviewers: Joris Frese, Timothy Booth, Yibei Chen, benjamin antunes

Published: June 30, 2025
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Services for Connected, Cooperated, and Automated Mobility based on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence: The SHOW project paradigm

Authors: Georgios Spanos, Alexandros Siomos, Carolin Schmidt, Mathias Tygesen, Josep Maria Salanova, Filipe Rodrigues, Alexandros Papadopoulos, Evangelos Antypas, Athanasios Sersemis, Maria Gkemou, Antonios Lalas, Konstantinos Votis, Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Evangelos Bekiaris, Dimitrios Tzovaras

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Abhishek Thakur, Dr Rajkumar Singh Rathore

Published: November 27, 2025
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Bodies of evidence: The human remains from Flinders Petrie’s excavations in British Mandate Palestine

Authors: Rachael Thyrza Sparks, Nina Maaranen

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

Peer reviewers: Ariel Gruenthal Rankin, Francisco Curate, Maria Giovanna Belcastro

Published: January 23, 2025
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Exploring MAR perceptions in Kosovo – disparities in knowledge about MAR among young people

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

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

Peer reviewers: Catarina Delaunay, Ivett Szalma, Karen Phillips

Published: April 2, 2026
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Assessing the influence of Eisenia andrei on the decomposition of Casuarina equisetifolia litter in vermicompost.

Authors: Celestino Quintela-Sabarís, Luis André Mendes, Jorge Domínguez

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

Peer reviewers: Ivan Oyege, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya

Published: January 22, 2025
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Using citizen science for the energy transition: Research on the tenant electricity model in Germany

Authors: Johannes Baumann, Marcela Noreña, Pia Wieser

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Bożena Ryszawska, Jussi Valta, Ogechi Vivian Nwadiaru, Silvia Tomasi

Published: January 20, 2025
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The artificial intelligence cooperative: READ-COOP, Transkribus, and the benefits of shared community infrastructure for automated text recognition

Authors: Melissa Terras, Bettina Anzinger, Paul Gooding, Günter Mühlberger, Michaela Prien, Joe Nockels, C. Annemieke Romein, Andy Stauder, Florian Stauder

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: R. Trebor Scholz, Thibault Clérice

Published: October 7, 2025
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Resolving three-dimensional wind velocity fields in complex terrain using sequential wind-Doppler LiDAR, CFD and wind turbine measurements - Gotthard Pass, Switzerland

Authors: Brandon van Schaik, Dylan Reynolds, Hendrik Huwald, Michael Lehning

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

Peer reviewers: Baoyuan Deng, Feng Guo, Nikolas Angelou, Norman Wildmann, Shengming Tang

Published: March 23, 2026
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Anomaly Detection in Industrial Processes: Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning and the Role of Explainability

Authors: Avraam Bardos, Panagiotis Doupidis, Thanasis Kotsiopoulos, Thanasis Vafeiadis, Alexandros Nizamis, Heino Geerdens, Dimosthenis Ioannidis, Konstantinos Votis, Dimitrios Tzovaras, Panagiotis Sarigiannidis

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: January 14, 2025
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Theoretical structural study of van der Waals complexes between oxazole and atmospheric gases CO 2 and N 2 for capture applications.

Authors: A. Belasri, F. Tahiri, O. Douass, N. Inostroza-Pino, M. Belmouden, H. Bahmann, M. Mogren Al-Mogren, M. L. Senent, S. Dalbouha

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

Peer reviewers: Dharamashi Rabari, Driss Ben Abdallah, Xuan Huynh Nguyen

Published: September 22, 2025
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Two pilot case studies for indirect bridge scour monitoring using low-cost remote sensing for river flow characterisations

Authors: Eleonora Perugini, Enrico Tubaldi

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

Peer reviewers: Francesco Ballio, Jose C. Matos, Manu Sasidharan

Published: November 28, 2025
Open Letter
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The ENDOMIX project: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how real-life chemical mixtures target the immune system to trigger disease

Authors: Ana Claudia Zenclussen, Valentina Belmar Erilkin, Linda Böhmert, Petra Borilova Linhartova, Albert Braeuning, Georg Braun, Cécile Chevrier, Liesbeth Duijts, Beate Isabella Escher, Janine Felix, Sergio Gómez-Olarte, Mònica Guxens, Gunda Herberth, Klara Hilscherova, Jana Klanova, Yvonne Kohl, Katharina Krischak, Dominique Lagadic-Gossmann, Sophie Langouët, Sabrina Llop, Maria Jose Lopez-Espinosa, Léa Maitre, Corinne Martin-Chouly, Nicole Meyer, Marion Ouidir, Thi Anh Mai Pham, Claire Philippat, Raymond Pieters, Marie-Laure Pinel-Marie, Normand Podechard, Tobias Polte, Elliott Price, Oliver Robinson, Kristin Schubert, Anne Schumacher, Violeta Stojanovska, Tamara Tal, Paolo Vineis, Robert van Vorstenbosch, Roel Vermeulen, Charline Warembourg

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

Peer reviewers: David Lopez-Rodriguez, Jacques Robert, Josef KÖHRLE, Lyuba Varticovski

Published: November 21, 2025
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Determining the emergency medical services innovation needs through a coordination and support action

Authors: Zeynep Sofuoglu, Bernhard Jaeger, Turhan Sofuoglu, Leyla Kamyabi, Serena Bianchi

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Krzysztof Goniewicz

Published: December 16, 2024
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Devonian–Mississippian magmatism related to extensional collapse in Svalbard: implications for radiating dyke swarms

Authors: Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl, Sebastian Tappe, Gillian R. Foulger, Ingrid M. Anell

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

Peer reviewers: Alexei Ivanov, Natasha Stanton

Published: December 12, 2024
Method Article

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Comparison of auditory fMRI protocols for a voice localizer

Authors: Régis Trapeau, Julien Sein, Manon Obliger-Debouche, Pascal Belin

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

Peer reviewers: Federico De Martino, Xi-Nian Zuo

Published: December 11, 2024
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Residual flexural performance of large-scale ferronickel slag alkali-activated concrete slabs after fire exposure

Authors: Andres Arce, Panagiotis Kapsalis, Laura Stefanini, Catherine G. Papanicolaou, Thanasis C. Triantafillou

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

Peer reviewers: Herry Suryadi Djayaprabha, Nanqiao You

Published: December 9, 2024
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EU geographical islands as leaders of green energy transition

Authors: Giorgio Bonvicini, Fabiola Roccatagliata, Mario Cortese, Kostas Karanasios, Panos Kotsampopoulos, Fausto Sainz, Nora Ganzinelli, Alessandra Montanelli, Francesca Battistelli, Cristina Barbero, Emilio Ghiani, Sara Ruffini, Alessandra Cuneo

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Avraam Kartalidis, Gabriel Winter, Romain Mauger, Siamak Hosseinzadeh

Published: July 4, 2025
Data Note

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PRA Melting-ICE Project: Svalbard 2022 Expeditions Report

Authors: Francesco Montemagno, Martina Cascone, Carlo Cardellini, Jacopo Pasotti, Elena Manini, Elisa Baldrighi, Enrico Maiero, Delia Segato, Riccardo Cerrato, Mauro Mazzola, Massimiliano Vardè, Angelina Cordone, Stefano Caliro, Iain Rudnik, Margaret Cramm, James A. Bradley, Donato Giovannelli

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

Peer reviewers: 20170021 史贵涛, Edgardo Alejandro Hernández, John Yackel, Ze Ren

Published: December 4, 2024
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Interoperability in demand response services for building systems interaction

Authors: Susana María Gutiérrez Caballero, José Luis Hernández, Marzia Mammina, Luca Vitale, Alessandro Rossi

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Arkar Htet, Lasitha Chamari

Published: November 28, 2024
Brief Report

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Recovery and potential use for non-polyolefin materials after physical recycling of complex multilayers

Authors: Vanessa Gutiérrez, Miguel Mafé, Lucie Prins, Annemieke van de Runstraat

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Zahid Iqbal Khan, giusy santomasi

Published: November 27, 2024
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Diamonds in the rough - reconsidering the scientific and heritage value of heat-altered stones in prehistoric archaeology through a systematic literature review

Authors: Margherita Cantelli, Xavier Terradas, Didier Binder, Martine Regert, André Carlo Colonese

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

Peer reviewers: Eduardo Paixao, marcelo cardillo

Published: November 27, 2024
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Instrumentalized migration: avoiding the trap

Authors: Maxime Lebrun, Tanja Ellingsen, Hanne Dumur-Laanila, Sophie Bujold, Annabel Miller, Beth James, Gordan Akrap, Josip Mandić

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Ayhan KAYA, Federica Zardo, Luisa Marin, Natalia Letk, Sofia Galani

Published: April 29, 2025