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	14 December 2020 	


  Research and Innovation


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News Alerts
European Innovation Council awards €74 million to cutting-edge 
technologies for the green and digital transitions
The European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder Pilot has selected 18 
new projects that aim to support the EU green and digital transitions. 
They are set to receive a total of €74 million following the latest 
round of applications for funding. The successful projects were selected 
from the 236 submissions, with the highest number of selected applicants 
coming from Spain, United Kingdom, Germany and Italy.

Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, 
Education and Youth said:
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The EIC Pathfinder translates game-changing technology research projects 
into innovative businesses focused on sustainability, digitalisation and 
deep technology. Investments through Horizon Europe mean that we can 
back many more of these yet-to-be-discovered technologies and support 
visionary researchers and entrepreneurs/./

	
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Success stories
How our brains share emotions, such as intense fear

Although being stuck in a brain scanner while being exposed to a horror 
film may not be everyone's idea of fun, monitoring volunteers' grey 
cells throughout this process can tell scientists a lot. EU-funded 
research using this and other memorable techniques has generated new 
knowledge on the way we process and transmit social information.

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Horizon magazine
Q&A: Why some people’s wellbeing has improved during the pandemic

As the social isolation compelled by the pandemic swept many of us into 
a flurry of panic, grief and mental funk, a section of people actually 
reported improved levels of wellbeing, found biological psychologist 
Meike Bartels, a professor of genetics and wellbeing at VU Amsterdam, 
the Netherlands. .

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