RESEARCH & INNOVATION .............................................................................. 66 EXCELLENT SCIENCE INNOVATION LEADER

EXCELLENT SCIENCE INNOVATION LEADER

more than 160 research & innovation projects received €78 million European funding since launch of Horizon 2020 in 2014

European H2020 Projects

· PILLAR I:

Excellent Sciences · PILLAR II:

Industrial Leadership · PILLAR III:

Societal Challenges · OTHER

VUB worked on Horizon 2020 projects

· with 1,468 partners · from 64 countries

PILLAR III - TPT - Smart, green and integrated transport PILLAR I - MSCA - Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions PILLAR II - LEIT-ICT - Information and Communication Technologies PILLAR III - HEALTH - Health, demographic change and wellbeing PILLAR III - SECURITY - Secure societies - protecting freedom PILLAR I - ERC - European Research Council (ERC) PILLAR I - FET - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) PILLAR III - ENV - Climate action, environment, resource efficiency PILLAR III - SOCIETY - Europe in a changing world - inclusive OTHER - TWINING - Twining of research institutions PILLAR III - ENERGY - Secure, clean and efficient energy PILLAR III - FOOD - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry PILLAR II - EURATOM - Euratom PILLAR I - INFRA - Research Infrastructures PILLAR III - GOV - Develop the governance for the advancement of ... PILLAR II - LEIT-ADVMAT - Advanced materials PILLAR II - LEIT-ADVMANU - Advanced manufacturing and processing OTHER - GENDEREQ - Promote gender equality in research OTHER - CAREER - Make scientific and technological careers

Number of granted projects in Horizon 2020 per thematic priority

Scoring well on · Transport · Societal challenge · ICT industrial leadership

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 67

VUB IS THE ONLY FLEMISH UNIVERSITY THAT HAS REGISTERED ‘FREE RESEARCH’ IN ITS STATUTES. IT DELIVERS PIONEERING RESEARCH WITH AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION: PHOTONICS, ROBOTICS, MOBILITY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, DIABETES, FERTILITY...

Karin Vanderkerken, Vice-rector Research VUB