With many celebrations and events to mark International Women’s Day ongoing this week, we were delighted to learn recently that two women from Ireland are among the top 10 finalists in the EU Women Innovators Prize competition which celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind Europe's ground-breaking innovations.
Congratulations to Cristina Purtill, CEO of Plio Surgical and Bàrbara Oliveira, CTO and Co-Founder of Luminate Medical, both of whom are finalists in the leadership and rising innovators categories. The winners will be revealed at the opening event for R&I Week on 18 March and we wish Cristin and Bàrbara the best of luck!
Call for participants - TRA 2024 Horizon Europe We’re on the countdown to TRA 2024 (Transport Research Arena Conference) taking place in Dublin next month. It’s the largest European research and technology conference on transport and mobility and will include a dedicated Horizon Europe event offering proposal pitching and one-to-one meeting opportunities on 17 April - find all the details here. Meanwhile, to whet your appetite for transport innovation, read about Future Mobility Campus Ireland’s plans for air taxis in Ireland within the next three years!
New success story: Building the networks of the future
Software Radio Systems is an Irish partner in the Horizon Europe 5G-STARTDUST project which is one of the first projects funded under the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking and aims to tackle the digital divide on internet connection. It’s a big opportunity for the Cork-headquartered company to collaborate with key commercial and academic partners - you can read the full story in our latest case study further below.
Updates from the National Support Network team: In this month's newsletter, National Delegate for Cluster 4 Industry, Sergio Fernandez-Ceballos, looks at some of the orientation areas for 2025 and outlines three new partnerships under Cluster 4 Industry. Fiona Grant, National Contact Point (NCP) for Cluster 6 Natural Resources rounds up the marine-related success stories from Ireland and Philip Cheasty, NCP for Cluster 5 Energy highlights the remaining opportunities for energy-related projects in 2024.
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Contact details for all our National Delegates and National Contact Points are published in our Horizon Europe Support Network directory – we would be happy to hear from you!
The work programme for 2023_24 for ‘Industry’ is now closed and work with the European Commission is on the way to prepare a single work programme for 2025.
In this article, Sergio looks at some of the orientation areas for 2025 and outlines three new partnerships under Cluster 4 Industry - Advanced Materials, Textiles and Raw Materials.
Fiona Grant, National Contact Point (NCP) for Horizon Europe Cluster 6 – Natural Resources and NCP for Ocean and Waters Mission, Marine Institute
We are now midway through the seven-year Horizon Europe Framework Programme. Last year, Irish research groups and companies excelled in marine-related projects, with funding awards totalling €47.2m, up from a figure of €27.8m in 2022.
Read more here about the marine projects funded across the pillars and clusters of the Horizon Europe programme.
Philip Cheasty, National Contact Point (NCP), Cluster 5 - Energy and NCP for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission, Enterprise Ireland
While the process of developing the 2025 Work Programme for Cluster 5 - Energy has begun, there is still a sizable budget available under the current Work Programme 2023-2024.
Read more on the remaining opportunities, the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking call, topics under the Climate-Neutral City Mission and the LIFE CET call which will open in April.
An easy connection to the internet is increasingly taken for granted in the developed world. But recent studies have found that a third of the world’s population remains unconnected to the World Wide Web - poor and remote areas are most affected.
5G-STARDUST is a Horizon Europe-funded project that may help to tackle the digital divide. Read the full story here.
Minister of State with responsibility for innovation Martin Heydonhas announced that the Department of Agriculture will commit €2 million towards Horizon Europe partnerships on agroecology and animal health and welfare. More details in the Irish Farmers Journal here.
The team at sustainability firm, 20FIFTY Partners, have been awarded €1.2m in Horizon Europe funding to continue their state-of-the-art research on water circularity, resource recovery, demand reduction and decarbonization of industrial water lifecycles. More info here.
The 48-month AQUARIUS project will provide a highly comprehensive suite of integrated research infrastructures to address challenges for long-term sustainability of our oceans and waters. Find more details here.
Registration is open for TRA 2024 in Dublin from 15-18 April 2024. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of the foremost European transport event that covers all transport modes and all aspects of mobility. Register now.
Upcoming events:
Tue 12 Mar - “Unlocking Success: Insider Insights for Winning Horizon Europe Health proposals”. More here.
Mon 20 - Tue 21 Mar - European Research and Innovation Days. More info here.
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