Healthy soils fulfil important functions, for which they are considered to provide ecosystem services, a concept introduced to raise awareness of nature’s role in sustaining human activities and ensuring our well-being. These functions include life support for biodiversity, including bacteria, plants, fungi, animals and people; the provision of water, nutrients, building materials, etc. through activities…
Programme: Horizon Europe (GA 101136516) Date: 2023-2026 NCDs, especially diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, accounting for 17.9 million deaths per year. Diabetes, on the other hand, accounts for 2 million deaths annually. These diseases have a greater impact on vulnerable populations. This increased prevalence among this…
Programme: Horizon Europe Date: 2023-2028 PALLIAKID is an interdisciplinary project aimed at evaluating the feasibility, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of novel interventions for children, adolescents and young people with palliative and end-of-life care needs in different European healthcare systems, focusing on those factors valued by patients and their caregivers. The project is based on three fundamental…
Programme: Horizon Europe Date: 2023-2026 The protection as a fundamental right and a key priority for the European Union is manifested in the aspiration to achieve safe urban environments and crowd events, aligned with Goal 11 of the European Agenda 2030. This goal requires a participatory and comprehensive approach to ensure urban security by addressing…
Almost until now, when we talked about “air pollution”, we associated this term with outdoor contamination because vehicle emissions, stationary power generation and other industrial and agricultural emissions. However, in the last years and largely due to the global impact of COVID-19 pandemic, we are more aware that the air we breathe indoors can also…
The hot summer of 2023 has made us reflect on its impact on the Spanish Mediterranean and its key economic activities, on the environment and on our health, underlining the urgent need to take measures to adapt to changing climatic conditions. Human influence on the earth’s climate has been a constant since the Industrial Revolution.…
Co-CAPTAIN Project Addresses Cancer Prevention in People with Mental Illnesses In a decisive step towards improving public health in Europe, the kick-off meeting of the Co-CAPTAIN project was held in Vienna in June 2023, launching the three-year project that is expected to run until 2026. Its main goal, within the framework of the Horizon Europe…
Programme: Horizon Europe (GA 101081931) Date: 2023-2027 European plastics policy highlights bio-based plastics as a key to solving the negative impact of fossil-based plastics on the environment. One of the most promising biodegradable biopolymers is the family of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), which can replace these fossil plastics in many applications. They are synthesised by microorganisms from…
📢September is full of good news… Let’s start with the ERC Starting Grants 2023 results 🌟 First of all, we would like to congratulate the Spanish researchers who have received an ERC StG 2023, especially the five researchers we have helped through our proposal review or interview preparation services 👏👏👏 We would like to…
Programme: Horizon Europe (GA 101104784) Date: 2023-2026 Cancer and mental illness are major public health problems in Europe. More than 80 million people suffer from mental health problems, and around 4 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed each year. There is a link between mental health and cancer, with people with mental health problems…
