EU research and innovation programmes in the fight against coronavirus
At a Glance
08-05-2020
As part of the common European response to the coronavirus outbreak, the European Commission has mobilised €1 billion under Horizon 2020, and launched several special actions to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in Europe and abroad. These actions address, inter alia, the development of diagnostics, treatments and vaccines, and the enhancement of infrastructures and resources that enable research. The European Research Area’s action plan prioritises mainly better cooperation, data-sharing, and funding efforts.
At a Glance
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- Asia and Oceania
- China
- coronavirus disease
- distribution of EU funding
- economic geography
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EIB loan
- epidemic
- EU finance
- EUROPEAN UNION
- exchange of information
- Framework Programme for Research and Development
- GEOGRAPHY
- health
- information and information processing
- medical research
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- research and intellectual property
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- therapeutics
- vaccine