COVID-19
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Open calls for research and innovation to combat the threat of COVID-19 variants
The European Commission is mobilising €123 million from Horizon Europe, the new EU research and innovation programme, for urgent research into COVID-19 variants. This first emergency funding adds to a range of EU-funded research and innovation actions to fight COVID-19, and contributes to the...
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List of COVID-19 related tenders across the EU
A full list of COVID-related tenders is now available on the European Commission's official Tendering platform, TED or Tenders Electronic Daily. It gives access to tenders of national and regional governments all related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, a list categorised by title, country...
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BRAZIL: Open call for COVID-19 related innovation solutions
A European Union-funded H2020 project ENRICH in Brazil (European Network of Research and Innovation Centres and Hubs, Brazil) is announcing the launch of a call for an innovation challenge to create COVID-19 related solutions in the areas of Digitisation, Tourism, Health and Sustainable Development...
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Call for expression of interest for Covid-19 Response and Recovery Partnerships
Under this Call, the European Commission's DG REGIO seeks expressions of interest from transnational partnerships of regional authorities, including ecosystems of regional stakeholders (universities, research centres, clusters, SMEs, etc.) willing to pilot interregional innovation partnerships. The...
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Open Call for SMEs fighting COVID-19 under Horizon 2020
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) is announcing the launch of a new call for DIGI-B-CUBE under the European Union funded Horizon 2020 programme. The INNOSUP funded DIGI-B-CUBE project aims to unlock the cross-sectoral potential of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises...
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Eureka Call for research projects to improve preparedness for future pandemics
The Eureka international R&D network launched a second COVID-19 call, in which it is looking to the future, inviting research projects lasting up to three months to improve preparedness for the next serious infectious disease pandemic. Participants are invited to submit research and innovation...
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DIGI-B-CUBE call for SMEs
SECPhO is a Southern European cluster that brings together companies, technology centres and research groups in the field of photonics and optics. It has announced an open call for the project DIGI-B-CUBE. The DIGI-B-CUBE project aims to unlock the cross-sectoral collaborative potential of SMEs by...
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SPAIN: Call for proposals for post-COVID-19 recovery of the tourism sector
Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA) has announced the opening of a new call for proposals from the Tourism Industry. CTA is looking for innovative solutions that can help increase the competitiveness of the tourism sector and its recovery in Andalusia in an effort to recover from the COVID...
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Call for proposals for 3Rs on Animal Testing by the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches
The European Commission has announced that EPAA's (European Partnership for Alternative Approaches) call to Animal Testing's 2020 3Rs Science Prize is now open for applications.The EPAA aims to promote the development, validation, and acceptance of 3Rs alternative approaches looking at the...
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Research and Innovation Staff Exchange Programme 2020 Call for Proposals
As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, the European Commission has implemented changes to the current MSCA-RISE 2020 call. The final details from the European Commission include: The extension of the Research and Innovation Staff Exchange programme (RISE) 2020 call deadline by two weeks, until 12th...
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UK: Medical Robotics for Contagious Diseases Challenge 2020
Across the world, robots and drones are being repurposed and deployed as part of the COVID-19 response. For example: There are robots disinfecting hospitals or automated systems supporting the testing of millions of people. The UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Network is running an online...
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Call for Innovations on COVID-19 Pandemic
The ENRICH in China project (European Network of Research and Innovation Centres and Hubs in China), a initiative funded under Horizon 2020, has just published a call for innovative companies with potential products or services to support the worldwide response to the COVID-19 outbreak. With a range...