research*eu focus
Research*eu focus is a magazine where each issue covers a specific topic of research interest. It features articles on EU policies, initiatives, programmes and projects related to research and technological development and their exploitation. It is published by CORDIS at irregular intervals up to six times a year in English. Exceptionally, it may be available in other European languages as well.
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2011
Title: The Danube: A river of innovation
Date: October 2011 (Issue 11)
Languages: de, en, fr (1,5 MB)
Read about innovation and the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. The region hosts the most international river basin in the world, linking 14 countries and 115 million people. the Strategy provides specific opportunities. Work is already being done to make full use of the Danube's considerable research and innovation prospects, including smarter transport links, cheaper and more secure energy through better connections, and co-operation to minimise environmental risks and disasters. This issue also highlights food-related initiatives, coverage of the Western Balkan's research and development links to the Innovation Union and e-infrastructures for South East Europe."
Title: Risk-Sharing Finance Facility
Date: June 2011 (Issue 10)
Languages: de, en, fr (1,3 MB)
One of the ways to support Europe's innovation capacity is by providing adequate access to finance. The European Commission (EC) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have worked closely together to create, fund and manage the Risk Sharing Financing Facility (RSFF). The RSFF combines EU budgetary resources and EIB funding to share the risk associated with research, development and innovation projects. This issue looks at how the RSFF works, its place in the wider funding landscape and what the future may hold. A series of project case studies show the positive effects of the RSFF in practice.
Title: Future and Emerging Technologies: Science beyond fiction
Date: May 2011 (Issue 9)
Languages: de, en, fr (3,0 MB)
Read about early stage and groundbreaking research in the area of information and communication technologies (ICT). Future and emerging technologies (FET) go beyond the conventional uses of ICT and into uncharted areas. This issue features projects which are not just evidence of new ideas, new technologies, and skilled people, but also the pursuit of ambitious goals at the frontiers of scientific knowledge. Schemes which support young researchers and high-tech, research-intensive small- to medium-sized enterprises are also featured.
Last Updated: 2012-01-18