Over the last months, people’s way of living has changed drastically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, stricter protection measures have had to be taken and maintained, such as social distancing and wearing face masks. However, to avoid the fear of contracting the virus, it could be really helpful to take our COVID-19 test results with us on our mobile phones. A Spanish SME, formed by doctors and software and business developers who are engaged in solutions for the digitalization of medical processes, is preparing a Eurostars proposal.

The French institute specialized in infectious diseases would like to coordinate a European Training Network with the following two main objectives: • include different intracellular pathogens previously linked to epigenetics (Leishmania, mycobacteria, maybe candida, HIV, influenza); • focus on human macrophages (to allow data comparison between teams and to create links to the clinics). The funded beneficiaries from different sectors will provide complementary expertise: • industry SMEs (chemical synthesis, drug profiling, pre-clinical testing, epigenetic analysis, etc.); • academics (c

A German SME and solution provider specialized on turn-key solutions for solar process heating and is planning to submit a proposal under the Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) call. Industrial process heat is responsible for around 10% of the total energy demand. A major share of that demand can be covered by solar process heating with concentrating solar thermal collectors. While the technology has already been successfully applied in relevant environments (TRL 6) the market develops slowly.

With the rapid growth of online/mobile shopping, the delivery of grocery and fresh food has been increasing in the world, resulting in high demand of 24-hours fast delivery service and productivity/performance in logistics. Thus, delivery drone and autonomous droid has been developed and commercialised by global IT companies around the world. However, there are several barriers. Autonomous droid for land delivery has a difficulty in long-distance delivery due to tough geographical condition or low mileage. High buildings in urban environments is also an obstacle to the delivery drone.