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Upcoming funding opportunities related to COVID-19
Following the last edition focusing on "Europe fights back against COVID-19", we would like to provide you with early intelligence about upcoming funding opportunities to manage the crisis
and limit the impact of the pandemic.
The "ERAvsCOVID"
Action Plan outlines 10 specific actions, two of the action lines are particularly of interest to the EIP on AHA community in terms of upcoming funding opportunities:
- Action 3 (New funding for innovative and rapid health-related approaches to respond to coronavirus), the European Commission is releasing
€50 million from the Horizon 2020 research budget to help the manufacturing sector repurpose production lines faster, and is preparing a call worth €20 million dedicated exclusively to switching existing lines over to the
manufacture of medical equipment, vaccines and diagnostics. A further €30 million will be dedicated to
digital innovation hubs and artificial intelligence for manufacturing, to speed up the digitisation of industrial production. The calls are expected to be launched this week.
- Action 4 (Increasing support to innovative companies), The European Innovation Council (EIC) will fund up to €150M the best start-ups
and SMEs with Coronavirus relevant innovations. The Commission will also award special Seals
of Excellence to high quality coronavirus relevant applications that cannot be funded with this €150 million in order to support their financing from other sources. Companies selected for EIC support will be announced in late May.
The European
Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) will launch support in the form of financing and technical assistance to help highly innovative ventures and accelerate their growth. A second strand of the initiative in pandemic response projects will
provide backing for the development of new products and services that help the management and control of COVID-19. The
EIT's eight Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) will be issuing calls in the coming weeks.
EUREKA is
also publishing a new call on "Solutions for the Next Human High-Impact Pandemic" in the coming days.
Are you interested in any of these initiatives? Why not use the
EIP on AHA LinkedIn group to send your partner search?
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The EIP on AHA 2020 Twinning programme will close on the 22nd May. Jointly promoted together with the DigitalHealthEurope project, the twinning scheme aims to provide stronger support
to scale-up innovative ICT solutions by financing the exchange of knowledge/partial adoption or full adoption of digital health solutions.
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The Czech Republic (CR) and Catalonia (ES) join efforts to get ready for deployment of a Joint Action on the Implementation of Digitally Enabled Integrated Person-Centred Care in 2020.
The partnership between the two areas under the umbrella of a collaboration of Reference Sites of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) contributes to define the good practice transfer plans.
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In last month's edition of the newsletter, we highlighted the ongoing initiatives that have been launched in response to the pandemic. This month we continue to add to these initiatives
with even more projects and activities that are helping to fight against COVID-19.
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Parliament approved €3.08 billion in EU aid. The EU funds should directly support healthcare systems in EU member states in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic. This will allow
the EU to buy urgent medical supplies, transport medical equipment and patients in cross-border regions, finance the recruitment of additional healthcare professionals, as well as helping member states to construct mobile field hospitals.
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Cáritas Coimbra, together with other organisations, has been investing in projects that involve the whole community in the ageing process. In the last few months, it has started several
projects that involve not only direct/primary beneficiaries - older people - but also their formal and informal caregivers and other stakeholders.
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Healthcare professionals may find it difficult to deal with problems of nonadherence and polypharmacy in the elderly. In order to find solutions to these problems, the Skills4Adherence
project was developed through the collaboration of three EIP on AHA Action Group A1 partners. Right now, Skills4Adherence has released Online Educational Course on Patient Adherence and Polytherapy in the Elderly.
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Have a chance at receiving free legal and technical assistance for your PCP / PPI procurement of high impact ICT solutions (e.g. Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity,
Big Data and virtual/augmented reality) or ICT solutions contributing to the European Green Deal! Due to the situation regarding COVID-19 the focus of the call has been widened.
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EASPD is looking for a Researcher/Research team to carry out a study and produce a report on 'The short-term impact of COVID-19 on the social support services sector'. This study should
cover several EU countries in order to provide quantitative and qualitative data on the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Don't miss the 34 million euro of EU funding for innovation procurements in the areas of digital health and care (deadline 18 June) and integrated care (deadline 4 June). These calls
are welcoming also proposals that help fight Covid-type viruses, bacteria, infectious diseases, chronic diseases, rare diseases.
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 Deadline extensions on a number
of key European funding programmes:
New deadline 17/06/2020:
New deadline 18/06/2020:
New deadline 24/08/2020:
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Do you publish content on a public sector website? Are you responsible for digital services in the public sector? In that case, we would like to hear from you! Funka is currently performing
a survey on how web authoring tools can support you to publish accessible content without previous knowledge.
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The 100 Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC) is a unique opportunity for evolving EU cities to join a community that leverages advanced technologies, to tackle the pandemic crisis and
reconstruct their economies while steering them in the direction of green smart sustainable growth. This will help cities to improve the quality of life and create new opportunities for their business communities.
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The Commission would like to hear the views on its European strategy for data. The results of this survey will feed into possible Commission initiatives on access to and re-use of data
in the coming months. The aim of the European strategy for data is to create a single European data space - a genuine single market for data, open to data from across the world.
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We invite you to submit your workshop proposal to create discussions and promote new ways of approaching either of the four tracks of the upcoming AAL Forum in Trieste. Workshops should
be interactive and motivational sessions and follow the described thematic areas dedicated to the upcoming Decade of Healthy Ageing.
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The submission deadline for the EU Health Award has been extended until 16 September 2020. The 2020 EU Health Award honours cities and schools that positively impact their communities
by promoting healthy lifestyle among children (6-18 years old) and NGOs, schools and kindergartens promoting vaccination in children (0-18 years old).
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The European Commission will hold a webinar focusing on the role of Digital Innovation Hubs and Reference Sites (EIP on AHA) in the Digital transformation of Health and Care in the
EU. This Webinar aims to present Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) in the Health sector and Reference Sites of the EIP-AHA demonstrating their activities in relation to trustworthy digital solutions in support of local and regional health facilities, needs and
challenges.
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In response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, EHMA is now launching a new webinar series, "COVID-19: From viral to containment", on health management and the COVID-19 emergency. With
this series, EHMA wants to bring together all stakeholders involved in health management to tackle some of the most important issues related to this global crisis.
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Funka Accessibility Days is northern Europe's largest conference on accessible ICT. We are
proud to welcome some of the world?s leading experts on web accessibility to the beautiful city of Stockholm, Sweden, 1st - 2nd September.
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The European Commission - DG Connect, together with the German Presidency and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is proud to bring you ICT 2020: Leading the Digital Age
in Cologne. Along with Conference and Networking sessions, the event will host a huge exhibition space. 8000 m² will be allocated to more than 100 exhibitors to showcase the very best of the last 7 years of EU funded Research and Innovation in the field of
ICT.
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This is a joint initiative of the AAL Programme, EIP on AHA & JPI MYBL whose overall objective is to foster a more comprehensive European vision on active and healthy ageing while bringing
forward the contributions of AAL, EIP on AHA and JPI MYBL for a continued R&D agenda on active & healthy ageing.
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