Wednesday, 27 September 2017 08:39

EU Commission releases early details of future research flagship projects Featured

The European Commission has published early details on funding opportunities for the next three years under its Future and Emerging Technologies research stream. The next €1B flagship projects will target ICT, energy and health, according to the draft work programme for 2018-2020 published by the Commission.

The paper does not commit to how many new flagships will be financed, but says up to €1 million in initial seed money is available for promising ideas on topics ranging from robotics and artificial intelligence, to new energy production, conversion and storage devices, and projects that offer new insight into the functioning of human cells.

An outline paper appeared this week on a Commission website in an unusual move by the executive, which generally does not publish draft materials. Final work programmes for the 2018-2020 period of Horizon
2020 are expected to be published next month.

Source:
https://sciencebusiness.net/highlights/eu-commission-releases-early-details-future-research-megaprojects