In December 2015 the Europe Association held a workshop in Birmingham. The event targeted SMEs and SME intermediaries from universities to share experiences of how SMEs are being supported in the Horizon 2020 programme. The aim of the session was to see how the Association […]

Virtual Study Visit No. 1, 25.03.21 Tools and projects for participative budgeting (PB) and participative planning (PP) were the focus of the Interreg NW Europe ‘Better’ project’s first virtual, online study tour of the beautiful city of Nyíregyháza, Hungary. With a population of 120,000 and […]

This is a list of forthcoming EU calls for proposals.   Call name Short description Link Deadline Prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children Priorities are primary prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) (i.e. changing social attitudes and behaviour, in order to end tolerance […]

Two project proposals submitted by two Birmingham universities have been awarded with Horizon 2020 funding to support research on radically new technologies. Horizon 2020 is incredibly competitive with the success rate of 1.4%. In 2014/2015, a total of 822 proposals were submitted for the €40 million call […]

Climate change is a global issue we cannot afford to ignore. Birmingham City Council has set itself an ambitious aim of reducing CO2 emissions by 60% by 2027 compared against levels from 1990. The Council has set out a Green Commission outlining clear priorities for […]

Conference: Horizon 2020 – New Commission, New Agenda One year after the launch of the Horizon 2020 programme, Science/Business will bring together applicants, project holders, industry executives and key policy makers to take stock of the programme and discuss the most important challenges for Europe […]

A not to be missed opportunity to hear the personal stories of companies who have transformed their business with European funding: How did they do it? What impact did it have? Their top-tips for applications. Registration Now Open There is a new raft of EU […]