Research is a big driver for #innovation. And with #cooperation, innovation becomes more fruitful. That's why #University cooperation in #research is important in the #EU. And there are many projects, like these combating #climatechange. Thread (1/6)
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The @EU_Commission has started an initiative: The European Universities Initiative is designed to promote #excellence, #innovation and inclusion in higher #education across #Europe. The @uni_mainz_eng and @FU_Berlin are part of the initiative. (2/6) http://ms.spr.ly/6015ppfMP
The #Horizon2020 program of the #EU offers financial aid to cooperation projects. One of the projects funded is the European Open Science Cloud #EOSC, that lets scientists store their data safely and securely. (3/6)
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In 2014, Horizon 2020 even grew larger than the European Union with #Israel becoming a partner in the program. #Horizon2020 is the world’s largest program for scientific and industrial #coÂoperation with a total budget of about 80 billion Euro. (4/6) http://ms.spr.ly/6017ppfMR
And in 2020 #research cooperation became a cornerstone in the fight against the pandemic. The @EU_Commission began the development of a Data Portal – with the goal of advancing #scientific #cooperation #worldwide. (5/6) http://ms.spr.ly/6018ppfMr
The Horizon 2020 program has, however, reached its end in December 2020, as planned. Obviously, the #EU has funded a successor to continue on this vital cooperation. #HorizonEurope is on the way and has an even larger budget than Horizon 2020. (6/6) http://ms.spr.ly/6019ppfMT