European Commission

EU Prize for Women Innovators: The European Commission has launched the fifth edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators to award women entrepreneurs who have achieved outstanding innovations and brought them to market. Apply by 15 November 2017 and follow us on #WIPrizeEU. Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, said: "The EU Prize for Women Innovators gives public recognition to outstanding women entrepreneurs and inspires other women to follow in their footsteps"

EIC Horizon Prize - Affordable High-Tech Humanitarian Aid: The challenge consists of developing innovative solutions for the delivery of humanitarian aid based on frugal application of advanced technologies.

Inducement prize: Zero Power Water Infrastructure Monitoring: The objectives of this inducement prize are: to empower the EU water distribution market with solutions based on wireless sensor networks with energy harvesting technologies, designed for real-time monitoring of water management; and, to stimulate broader European efforts in developing solutions for this societal need.

Mobility scheme for artists and/or cultural professionals: The general objective of this Call for Proposals is to develop and implement their own short-term individual mobility actions through the provision of financial support to artists and/or cultural professionals and produce recommendations to the Commission.

Eurostars 2019 cut-offs: Eurostars is a joint programme co-funded from the national budgets of 36 Eurostars and by the European Union through Horizon 2020.

ERC Synergy Grant: The aim is to provide support for a small group of two to four Principal Investigators to jointly address ambitious research problems that could not be addressed by the individual Principal Investigators and their teams working alone

Preparatory Action "Cinemas as Innovation Hubs for Local Com: The Commission is launching a 2M € call for proposals to create innovative cultural hubs around cinema theatres, notably in areas where there is limited cinema and cultural infrastructure.

Materials life cycle sustainability analysis : The main purpose of the Circular Economy (CE) is to develop material/product business models that are economically and environmental sustainable, with actions supporting each stage of the value chain.