Horizon Europe newsletter

Springing into action...
February has ushered in plenty of activity for the National Support Network team with calls closing, proposal reviews, webinars and several face-to-face meetings taking place in Brussels over the coming months. The team is also preparing for our first 2024 meeting with the Research Offices next week at Enterprise Ireland's Dublin office - 'Ethics and AI in proposal preparation' as well as the 2025 work programmes will be among the topics up for discussion and National Contact Points will be available for one-to-one meetings.

Horizon Dashboard

The latest update to the Horizon Dashboard reveals that almost 400 Irish entities are currently participating in Horizon Europe projects amounting to more than €664m in funding for Ireland - while the individual funding awards vary significantly, that's currently an average of €1.7m per participant!

From academia to industry
Our latest case study looks at how Dr Robert Radford benefited from a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF) - he moved home to Ireland from the US to undertake research work at Nuritas in Dublin to tackle age-related muscle loss. You can read his story further below.

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions have published the indicative calendar of calls for proposals for 2024 with more than €1.23 billion to support researchers from all over the world - find out more here.

Updates from the National Support Network team:
In this month's newsletter, National Contact Point (NCP) Gerard Kennedy covers upcoming calls under Cluster 4 Digital topics, the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), Joint Research Centre and the Digital Europe Programme. NCP James Walsh has all the latest on the European Innovation Council (EIC) programme and NCP for Cluster 1 Health, Martha Cahill, tackles the subject of "AI Algorithms as medical devices".

Questions?
Get in touch - you will find contact details for all our National Delegates and National Contact Points in our dedicated Horizon Europe Support Network directory – we look forward to hearing from you!

Martha Cahill, National Contact Point for Cluster 1 Health, Enterprise Ireland.

In recent years there has been a significant growth in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and software in health care and medical devices. However, many developers don’t realise that their technologies are now exposed to the new medical device regulations.

In this article, discover what constitutes a medical device and how the EU's medical device regulations may impact you.

Upcoming events:

Mon 19 - Tue 20 Feb - ‘Research Perspectives on the Health Impacts of Climate Change’. Register here
Tue 20 – Wed 21 Feb - ECS Brokerage event, Brussels. Register here for this event.
Mon 4 Mar - Workshop on Synergies between Clean Aviation JU & national initiatives. Registration here.
Tues 5 Mar - Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030” Annual Forum: towards 2030. Register here.
Mon 20 - Tue 21 Mar - ‘European Research and Innovation Days – 2024’ Find out more here.
Mon 15 - Thu 18 Apr - Transport Research Arena Conference. More info here.

Missed it?

Lump Sum Funding in Horizon Europe: How does it work? How to write a proposal’? Watch here
European Innovation Council, Info Day - playback here.
Horizon Europe’s Research Infrastructures online info day - watch here.
Horizon Results Booster - steering research towards a strong societal impact - playback here.
Lump Sum funding in Horizon Europe - October webinar here.
Horizon Implementation Day: Grant Management in Horizon Europe - playback here.
Horizon Implementation Day: Grant Agreement preparation in Horizon Europe - view webinar here.
Horizon Implementation Day: Finding opportunities & submitting a proposal - watch here.
ERC Work Programme 2024 webinar - watch back here