{"id":74811,"date":"2016-10-07T12:39:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T12:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e13534a20587426a888407426e1bb514"},"modified":"2016-10-07T12:39:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T12:39:02","slug":"news-story-horizon-2020-european-fund-seeks-innovative-business-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=74811","title":{"rendered":"News story: Horizon 2020: European fund seeks innovative business projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A European funding programme is to invest more than \u20ac550 millon across 6 initiatives launched this month.<\/p>\n

Business support is available for projects in a range of fields including sustainable food security, rural innovation and business, marine projects, the bioeconomy, smart cities and green vehicles.<\/p>\n

The funding is part of the EU\u2019s Horizon 2020 fund for researchers and business, which aims to ensure Europe produces world-class science and that barriers to innovation are removed.<\/p>\n

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Find out more about Horizon 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Government underwrites European funding<\/h2>\n

The UK Government recently said that businesses and universities should continue to bid for EU funding while the UK remained a member of the EU and that it would underwrite payment of awards even when projects continued beyond UK membership.<\/p>\n

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Find out more about the UK Government\u2019s guarantee on funding for participants in EU projects.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The funding opportunities<\/h2>\n

Six new Horizon 2020 funding calls are now open.<\/p>\n

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Sustainable food security: \u20ac280.5 million is available across a variety of topic areas in crop and livestock production and aquaculture. Closing date 14 February 2017. Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rural renaissance: \u20ac61 million is available across a variety of topic areas including land management, rural business models and speeding up innovation in rural areas. Closing date 14 February 2017. Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Blue growth: \u20ac48.4 million is available across a variety of topic areas including specialised vessels for coastal and offshore activities, clean coasts and seas, improving seafood and monitoring of fish stocks. Closing date 14 February 2017. Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bio-based innovation for sustainable goods and services: \u20ac26.4 million is available across a variety of topic areas including forest production, strategies for improving the bioeconomy and a plant molecular factory. Closing date 14 February 2017. Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Smart cities and communities: funding is available to demonstrate innovative integrated infrastructures. Closing date 14 February 2017. Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Green vehicles: \u20ac133 million is available for nine topics including integration of electric vehicles with the grid, aerodynamics, and powertrain development. Closing date 1 February 2017. Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Competition information<\/h2>\n