As the biggest financial framework, Horizon 2020 is receiving a lot of attention. Every potential stakeholder is aiming at becoming part of a Horizon 2020 proposal. Research and development, especially in the health sector are very popular and Horizon 2020 is funding multiple calls under this sector.
According to statistics, the overall health sector in Europe is being improved every year. However, there are still issues that remain and certain issues that appear due to the heavy influx of migrants that are entering the European area. As a result, the actions taken under the Horizon 2020 framework are focusing on solving major health problems in an effort to combat these new challenges.
Funding is certainly a way to help research move forward. Making progress in healthcare requires a lot of time. However, without the appropriate budget, it is nearly impossible for progress to be achieved. Over the years Horizon 2020 has funded some of the world’s most important scientific researches in the field of healthcare. Only recently, EU researchers were able to find a link between resistance to antibiotics and sanitation. Another action under the Horizon 2020 framework was the recent support of a biotech company in Austria for antifungal research and innovation.
Scientists from all around the world are trying to get into the programme, for a chance to fund their research and make a difference in their fields.
Recently and under new policies by the European Commission, Europe opened its borders to new scientists from other countries, giving them the opportunity to work under the Horizon 2020 financial framework. Although the terms seem to be a bit different, scientists are given the opportunity to take advantage of big budgets to start working on some of their most promising ideas.
Bringing new minds into the European scientific world means opening the borders to new collaborations that can prove to be very profitable for the European scientific environments. Horizon 2020 is certainly the kind of program capable of achieving some of the world’s best collaborations between today’s bright minds.
