Horizon 2020 - European research funding

Horizon 2020 is the current European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. Started on 1 January 2014 as a powerful mean to drive economic growth and jobs creation, Horizon 2020 couples Research and Innovation in its structure. From the perspective of a potential applicant, being informed about all the aspects of Horizon 2020 is relevant for a better chance of success. The Participant Portal of the European Commission is still the main source of information: recently the 112020 Dashboard has been added allowing a deeper knowledge about the 'Framework Programme. In this paper the H2020 Dashboard is exploited as an instrument to point out some interesting figures starting from a comprehensive Horizon 2020 perspective, then focusing on the Excellent Science Pillar and finally analysing and comparing data from single countries.