New EU programme “Horizon 2020” has been launched

"Horizon 2020" is a new EU program for research and innovation. It started on January 1, 2014 and will last until 2020 with a total budget of around 70 billion euros. "Horizon 2020" is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union flagship initiative "Europe 2020" in order to strengthen European competitiveness in the global dimension of economic growth and job creation .

We offer you an excerpt from the Work programmes "Health", "Nanotechnology" and "Food Security" (medical direction) related to the topics on which calls are already opened or will be opened in the second half of 2016. Deadlines of applications (marked in red): from October 2016 to April 2017.

Of course, the programme "Horizon 2020" has many specific features, but the algorithm of the process of preparing proposals is similar to what was in the Seventh Framework Programme. Therefore, we encourage you to read three previous publications made by Health NCP Ukraine in the past two years. References to them are given below:

• First part  «How to start»
• Second part  «Partner search and proposal preparation» (template of Partner Search Form see here)

The above form for partner search is not a dogma. Data on your ideas, achievements and expertise can be written in another way, but should be understandable to potential partners. For our part, we are ready to advise you on any issues related to the participation in joint research projects. You can also send us the completed Partner Search Forms, and we will send them to the appropriate NCPs in European countries.

With the advent of new specific materials on the functioning of the programme "Horizon 2020" they will be posted on the site http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/index.html