The Baltic Research Programme shall strengthen research cooperation with the aim of stimulating strong and sustainable collaboration, complementarity, capacity and competence-building and provide a step for future collaborative research projects on EU and regional level.
For the call in 2020, applications have to address the challenges of the Baltic region in the following areas:
- Technologies and innovation development. This thematic area tackles global issues of climate change, fostering energy efficiency, decarbonization and more responsible using of resources by creating new technologies and innovations.
- Cyber security. This thematic area contributes towards exploring possibilities of using artificial intelligence for developing new technologies in the fields of digital security, infrastructure security and the public safety.
- Preventive and personalized medicine. This thematic area aims to obtain knowledge and develop new approaches about chronic diseases prevention and personalized patient care.
- Culture, migration and inclusive society. This thematic area addresses various aspects of change of cultural-social environment in the Baltic region and Scandinavia tackling challenges that raises from globalization, migration, inequalities and segregation.
- Economic, social challenges and innovative society. This thematic area contributes towards exploring processes of social and economic development and tackling challenges to sustainable growth, social inclusion and public services.
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