Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation

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The Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation programme section aims to address the causes of low participation by fully exploiting the potential of Europe's talent pool. It ensures that the benefits of an innovation-led economy are both maximised and widely distributed across the European Union. This gateway hosts the articles published on Open Research Europe stemming from the Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation supported by Horizon 2020.
  • Research Article
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    Development of a systematic coarse-grained model for poly(ε-caprolactone) in melt

    Authors:  Petra Bačová,  Gonzalo González Huarte,  Vagelis Harmandaris,  Sergio I. Molina
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation, Horizon Europe
    Peer reviewers:  Dimitrios Tsalikis, Paola Carbone, Sara Ranjbareslamloo, Tejas Shah
    Published:  December 24, 2025
  • Research Article
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    “I” in research integrity: Introducing art session into research integrity course

    Authors:  Ana Marušić,  Anna Catharina Vieira Armond,  Benjamin Benzon,  Maja Gligora Marković,  Danijel Gudelj,  Sandra Kostić,  Anita Lunić,  Eli Marušić,  Stjepan Ljudevit Marušić,  Vanja Pupovac,  Tamara Radojčić,  Rea Roje,  Rafaelly Stavale,  Dina Šimunović,  Ružica Tokalić,  Vicko Tomić,  Marin Viđak,  Marija Franka Žuljević,  Ivan Buljan
    Funders:  Horizon 2020, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
    Peer reviewers:  Gengyan Tang, Lisa DeTora, Samantha Broadhead
    Published:  November 6, 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
  • 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
  • Essay
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    Should we be wary of the role of scientific publishers in Open Science?

    Authors:  Adrien Fillon,  Zacharias Maniadis,  Eva Méndez,  Pablo Sánchez-Núñez
    Funders:  Horizon 2020, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation, Horizon Europe, Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
    Peer reviewers:  John Willinsky, Marc-André Simard
    Published:  June 28, 2024
  • Open Letter
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    Twinning for the Armenian research infrastructure on cancer research

    Authors:  Karine Sargsyan,  Judita Kinkorova,  Gabriele Hartl,  Ladislav Pecen,  Stephanie Villar,  Tracy Wootton,  Zisis Kozlakidis,  Davit Babikyan,  Tamara Sarkisian
    Funders:  Horizon 2020, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
    Peer reviewers:  Emad Shash, Neela GUHA
    Published:  March 20, 2024
  • Brief Report
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    Plasma electrolytic polishing of additively manufactured metal parts: Optimizing the post processing workflow

    Authors:  Jithinraj Edaklavan Koroth,  Joško Valentinčič,  Marko Jerman,  Izidor Sabotin,  Andrej Lebar,  Edvard Govekar,  Andrej Jeromen,  Henning Zeidler,  Toni Böttger,  Florian Tischner,  Keren Zohar-Hauber,  Shmuel Osovski
    Funders:  Horizon 2020, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation, Horizon Europe, Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
    Peer reviewers:  Eduard Chyhyrynets, Muhammad Arif Mahmood
    Published:  March 1, 2024
  • Research Article
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    What type of social media posts about sustainable construction is better for audience engagement?

    Authors:  Lea Primožič,  Franz Dolezal,  Rok Prislan,  Andreja Kutnar
    Funders:  Horizon 2020, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
    Peer reviewers:  Esra KURUL, Florin Nechita, Pipiet Larasatie
    Published:  June 13, 2024
  • Case Study
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    Establishment and development of the Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

    Authors:  Tsanko Gechev,  Petar Kazakov,  Asia Ivanova,  Tsvetomira Ivanova,  Marina Mircheva,  Vasil Kolev,  Daniela Ganeva,  Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova,  Margarita Ruseva,  Elitsa Kantardjieva,  Vesela S. Kazashka
    Funders:  Horizon 2020, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
    Peer reviewers:  Jose M Pardo, Panagiotis MOSCHOU
    Published:  May 29, 2024
  • Research Article
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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
  • Study Protocol
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    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
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    Multi-layer modelling of masonry structures strengthened through textile-reinforced mortar

    Authors:  Ingrid Boem
    Funders:  Horizon 2020, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
    Peer reviewers:  Bartolomeo Pantò, Lampros Koutas, Larisa Garcia-Ramonda, Pietro Meriggi
    Published:  February 21, 2023
  • Study Protocol
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    Developing the University of Tartu in Estonia into a well-networked Patient Safety Research Centre (PATSAFE): A study protocol

    Authors:  Kaja PÕLLUSTE,  Hiske Calsbeek,  Carola Orrego,  Marta Ballester,  Rosa Suñol,  Helena Vall-Roqué,  Mari Kangasniemi,  Siim Läänelaid,  Joel Starkopf,  Anne van Tuijl,  Hub Wollersheim,  Tiina Freimann,  Liisi Mägi,  Joaquim Bañeres,  María del Mar Fernández-Maillo,  Yvette Emond,  Margus Lember
    Funders:  Horizon 2020, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
    Peer reviewers:  Alexandra Peters, Anne Hogden, Esther Van Poel, Gianluca Catania, Sofi Fristedt
    Published:  November 24, 2023