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Making the inclusion of children with migrant backgrounds as easy as ABC
Children arriving in a new country often face inequalities in school. To help overcome this barrier, the EU-funded NEW ABC project developed a range of educational tools and activities geared towards empowering migrant and refugee children. In doing so, the project helped support more inclusive schools and stronger community integration.
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How Europe’s research labs and pharma firms learned to talk to each other
Europe’s research labs and pharmaceutical companies are both working to discover new drugs, but often speak different dialects. EU-OPENSCREEN was set up to change this by creating a continent-wide research infrastructure for chemical biology and early drug discovery. Within the EU-funded EU-OPENSCREEN-DRIVE project, one of the most effective tools turned out to be not a new machine or invention, but an office with a deceptively simple name: the Industry Liaison Office.
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Dial-a-ship: a worldwide fleet for ocean science
Marine research is essential to understanding our planet and climate change. Yet exploring the ocean can be difficult, dangerous and expensive. The EU-funded EurofleetsPlus project sought to accelerate marine research by providing scientists in Europe and beyond with access to a fleet of 27 state-of-the-art research vessels.
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Reimagining wastewater as a valuable resource
Millions of litres of water are consumed daily for industrial processes, forming a key impediment to the circular economy in Europe. To tackle this, the EU-funded ULTIMATE project developed a ‘water-smart industrial symbiosis’ concept. This effort led to new technologies and processes to extract clean water, energy and valuable materials from wastewater.
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From Trenčín to the world: How FunGlass is shaping the future of materials science
Science knows no borders. The EU-funded FunGlass project demonstrates how the expertise of top European partners can breathe new life into a young, aspiring institute. An upgrade of the Centre of Excellence for Ceramics, Glass and Silicate Materials in Trenčín, Slovakia, is delivering not only advanced science, but improved economic and social development in the region.
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Building a cloud-based hub for all things research
The EU is developing a dedicated cloud repository for all the scientific research happening in Europe. To ensure easy access to and reuse of this information, the EU-funded EOSC-hub project developed an intuitive user interface and other tools. Researchers can now take advantage of the wealth of information already stored on the cloud, ultimately benefiting citizens as science becomes more open.
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OpenAIRE-Advance helps move Europe further down the open science path
The easier knowledge can be spread, the faster science can move forward. The OpenAIRE initiative has been spearheading this vision since 2008 with the goal of setting European science free. Most recently, the EU-funded OpenAIRE-Advance project went a step further by making open access to research the default option across Europe, bringing science truly closer to citizens.
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Accelerating vaccine development for the fight against COVID-19
Developing a vaccine is a time-consuming and complex process. But as the current global pandemic has made abundantly clear, time is of the essence. That is why a group of EU-funded researchers launched a platform that provides services, support, networking, and training to help accelerate the development of important vaccines, including one for COVID-19.
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Solving shared problems in environmental research
For years, environmental scientists across different disciplines have struggled with the same technical challenges. In response, EU-funded researchers have created a community where scientists can pool their resources to find joint solutions to common problems.
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Sensing module keeps watch beneath the waves
EU-funded researchers have designed a standard instrument module to monitor conditions in the deep sea. As part of a Europe-wide marine-sensing infrastructure, the modules will supply reliable long-term data on the state of our seas and oceans.

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