Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca participates extensively in EU funding programmes as: FP7, H2020, HEurope, LIFE+, JUSTICE PROGRAMME, ERASMUS+, COST, CREATIVE EUROPE, EuropeAid. Furthermore, it is member of the EIT Raw Material, support European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) and it is part of the European Universities Association (EUA). Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca participates in the plarform "ETPN- EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FOR NANOMEDICINE" which aims to define the panorama of the nanomedicine in Europe in order to identify new medical, pharmacological e diagnostic solutions. It participates also in EERA - EUROPEAN ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE that coordinates the research in the field of energy at the European level and in the association named INFORMATICS EUROPE. UNIMIB is member of EOSC - European Open Science Cloud, an environment for hosting and processing research data to support EU science. Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca is interested in the following EU initiatives and policies: the European Commission's priorities "Jobs, Growth and Investment", "Energy Union and Climate", " Justice and Fundamental human Right for EU citizens and worldwide", "Green Deal", "A Europe fit for the digital age", "Promoting our European way of life", "gender equality" and "coordinated prevention of and protection against gender-based discrimination or violence against women, including domestic violence – against women and other victims such as children". Academics are encouraged to act as Expert Evaluators for EU funding programmes, and to respond to the open public consultations from the Commission.

Communication Activities: In the European landscape, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca is very well placed, with an excellent track record of granted European projects, many as coordinator, and an active participation in several ESFRI Research Infrastructures. It is currently involved in 140 ongoing European granted projects (within the H2020 and HEurope programme including Erasmus+ programme, COST Actions, Justice, EIT-KIC Raw Materials among others). UNIMIB has a prominent role in what concerns European Research Infrastructures, being part in and collaborating with a total of 9 ESFRI RIs, offering services – at a European level – in the ESFRI areas of: Health & Food; Environment; Social & Cultural Innovation; Physical sciences & Engineering. UNIMIB coordinates two Europe-wide public event funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA): the European Researcher's Night. Furthermore, it participates in the project entitled "Widening and diversifying citizen engagement in science" aiming at the creation of new knowledge about how to transform potential citizen participation in science into actual engagement in scientific research and to unveil new ways to engage societal actors, including young citizens and groups that have traditionally been excluded from science.

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