horizon 2020
Main principles
Horizon 2020 is the EU funding programme for research and innovation, running from 2014 to 2020 with a €80 billion budget. It provides research and innovation funding for multi-national collaboration projects as well as for individual researchers and supports SMEs with a special funding instrument.
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Horizon 2020 is divided into 3 three pillars and 2 specific objectives corresponding to its main priorities:
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Excellent Science
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Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
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Research Infrastructures
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Industrial Leadership
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Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEIT)
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Nanotechnologies, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing and processing, and biotechnology
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Information and Communication Technologies
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Space
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Access to risk finance
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Innovation in SMEs
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Societal Challenges
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Health, demographic change and wellbeing
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Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
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Secure, clean and efficient energy
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Smart, green and integrated transport
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Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials
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Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
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Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
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Specific objective 'Spreading excellence & widening participation'
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Specific objective 'Science with and for society
In 2017, the European Commission launched the pilot phase of the European Innovation Council (EIC), which currently includes:
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FET-Open
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FET-Proactive
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EIC Accelerator pilot
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SME instrument
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As well as some other calls (Fast Track to Innovation) and actions (Horizon Prizes and Support actions)
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