On 2 Oct 2007 a new programme supporting research-performing SMEs was launched by EU and Eureka.
The Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support programme to be specifically dedicated to SMEs. Eurostars is intended to stimulate them to lead international collaborative research and innovation projects by easing access to support and funding.
A Eurostars project is a European research and development project. It can address any technological area, but must have a civilian purpose and be aimed at the development of a new product, process or service. A Eurostars project is collaborative, meaning it must involve at least two SME participants (legal entities) from two different Eurostars participating countries.
First application cut-off date is Friday 8 February 2008 1700 CET.
For more information please refer to the eurostars web site.
Thursday, 4 October 2007
Sunday, 23 September 2007
NEF online communication tool for FP7 negotiations
NEF (Negotiation Forms) is the new FP7 communication tool between the coordinators and the EC project officers. It is the application supporting the negotiation process, used for collecting legal and financial data as well as other background information about the participants to a proposal.
With this new tool, data may be collected and submitted online. The use of a specific software offline as in FP6 ("CPF editor") is not anymore necessary - good news indeed!
With this new tool, data may be collected and submitted online. The use of a specific software offline as in FP6 ("CPF editor") is not anymore necessary - good news indeed!
45 minutes free e-training module on FP7 launched by HYPERION
Sean McCarthy and his colleagues from HYPERION prepared a 45minutes free eTraining Module entitled "The Fundamentals of Framework 7" which can be found on the HYPERION web site.
The module is designed to provide beginners with a quick overview of the following:
- Key sources of information on Framework 7
- The Structure and Terminology used in Framework 7
- Overview of the Research Priorities
- The different grants (Funding Schemes)
- Which countries can participate?
- How proposals are evaluated
- How to start and how to proceed.
The module is designed to provide beginners with a quick overview of the following:
- Key sources of information on Framework 7
- The Structure and Terminology used in Framework 7
- Overview of the Research Priorities
- The different grants (Funding Schemes)
- Which countries can participate?
- How proposals are evaluated
- How to start and how to proceed.
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Award for PERPLEXUS project
Congratulations! The project "PERPLEXUS - Pervasive computing framework for modeling complex virtually unbound systems" managed by SCIPROM won the prize in the Future and Emerging Technologies category at the NASA/ASE AHS conference (Edinburgh 5-8 Aug 2007).
The PERPLEXUS "ubidules", little collaborative robots, and their award even made the news: The Swiss newspaper "24 heures" imagines them in outer space soon ...
Go and get to know them on the project web site.
The PERPLEXUS "ubidules", little collaborative robots, and their award even made the news: The Swiss newspaper "24 heures" imagines them in outer space soon ...
Go and get to know them on the project web site.
Sunday, 5 August 2007
Joint Call between ICT and Security Themes open now
A Joint Call between ICT and Security Themes on Critical Infrastructure Protection has been published on 3 August 2007.
Identifier: FP7-ICT-SEC-2007-1,
Publication date: 03 August 2007,
Budget: € 40 000 000,
Deadline: 29 November 2007 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time).
The cordis information package for this call can be found on Cordis.
An ICT & Security Information Event will be organised on 12 Sep 2007 by Euresearch. For information and registration please refer to the Euresearch site.
Identifier: FP7-ICT-SEC-2007-1,
Publication date: 03 August 2007,
Budget: € 40 000 000,
Deadline: 29 November 2007 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time).
The cordis information package for this call can be found on Cordis.
An ICT & Security Information Event will be organised on 12 Sep 2007 by Euresearch. For information and registration please refer to the Euresearch site.
Negotiation guidance notes
You have been invited for negotiation of an FP7 project? Congratulations!
The negotiation guidance notes of the EC have just been published (31 July 2007) and may be downloaded from the Cordis ftp site.
The negotiation guidance notes of the EC have just been published (31 July 2007) and may be downloaded from the Cordis ftp site.
FP7 guidelines for audit certification of financial statements and - new - on the methodology
On 23 July 2007, FP7 guidelines for audit certification were published.
These guidance notes have been compiled to guide research beneficiaries and certifying entities in the preparation of certificates on the financial statements and on the methodology for calculating personnel costs/indirect costs under the European Community's 7th RTD Framework Programme (FP7).
The objective of these guidance notes is to give an overview of the requirements and provisions which are of importance in claiming costs for reimbursement and hence in the certification of financial statements and - new in FP7 - on the methodology.
The document may be downloaded on the Cordis ftp site.
These guidance notes have been compiled to guide research beneficiaries and certifying entities in the preparation of certificates on the financial statements and on the methodology for calculating personnel costs/indirect costs under the European Community's 7th RTD Framework Programme (FP7).
The objective of these guidance notes is to give an overview of the requirements and provisions which are of importance in claiming costs for reimbursement and hence in the certification of financial statements and - new in FP7 - on the methodology.
The document may be downloaded on the Cordis ftp site.
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