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Research and innovation projects are turning green challenges into opportunities to spur Europe’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Read how the EU-funded projects managed by REA Merlin, SchoolFood4Change and FIRE-RES.

The new EU Soil Strategy for 2030 has been adopted. At the European Research Executive Agency, we showcase several recently funded Horizon 2020 projects that will help to improve soil health and foster more sustainable soil management practices.

The 25th anniversary of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) is the perfect occasion to delve deeper into some of the groundbreaking discoveries of four MSCA-backed Nobel Prize winners, and to look at how their research, alongside Marie Curie’s, has changed our world for the better.

For the first Horizon Europe security research calls, the European Research Executive Agency (REA) received 230 proposals by the deadline on the 23rd of November. The total requested funding was over € 1 billion.

2524 partners from 56 countries have submitted  1077 proposals to the HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01 call. The selection results will be announced by mid-April 2022.

Over the last 25 years the MSCA programme has funded 11,772 projects and 145,000 researchers, of which 12 are Nobel Laureates. This month, we celebrate the extraordinary contributions of the MSCA in fostering excellence amongst a diverse and thriving scientific community.

Two recent studies analysing ethics issues in Horizon 2020 grant proposals suggest the need for further training in ethics issues to be provided to researchers at all career stages.

This year, the UN’s 26th global conference on climate change brings together 197 countries from the EU and around the world to take action for a safer future.

Textile waste is so last season. The future of fashion is moving into a new dimension where new textile technology upcycles old clothes into brand new fabrics. Find out what our Horizon 2020-funded projects SCIRT and NEW Cotton are doing to make it possible.