EU FUNDS FOR COOPERATION IN THE ICT SECTOR

DEADLINE: APRIL 13 TH, 2010

 TOPICS:

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS AND ROBOTICS

• New approachers towards understanding and solving  key issues related to the engineering of artificial congnitive systems
• New ways of designing and implementing complete robotic systems A framework to facilitate cross-fertilization between academic and industrial research efforts in robotics
• Co-ordinated co-operation and communication within a multidisciplinary artificial cognitive systems research community in Europe, with concomitant outreach to potential industrial applications   

DIGITAL LIBRARIES AND DIGITAL PRESERVATION

• Scalable systems and services for preserving digital content 
• Advanced preservation scenarios:
  
  • Methods and tools for preserving complex objects
  • Intelligent digital curation and preservation systems. 
• Innovative solutions for assembling multimedia digital libraries 
• Adaptive cultural experiences 
• Interdisciplinary research networks - NoE 

Promoting the uptake of EC-funded research enabling the deployment of new ICT-based cultural and memory preservation services. 

VIRTUAL PHYSIOLOGICAL HUMAN

• Development of patient-specific computer based models and simulation of the physiology of human organs and pathologies
• Development of ICT tools, services and specialised infrastructure for the biomedical researchers
• Support action on evaluation and assessment of VPH projects
• Coordination/Support action to develop an observatory on the achievements and evolution of the broader Biomedical Informatics field.
  
  
  
  ICT FOR MOBILITY OF THE FUTURE 
  
• ICT-based systems and services for Smart Urban Mobility and new Mobility Concept
• Field Operational Tests for Integrated Safety Systems and Co-operative Systems  
• Coordination and support actions In the framework of the Intelligent Car initiative: research agendas, dissemination of results (user awareness campaigns), assessments of socio-economic impact and training
•  International cooperation in accordance with the specific cooperation agreements with Japan and the USA.

FUTURE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

• Brain-inspired ICT 
• Coordinating Communities, Plans and Actions in FET Proactive Initiatives  
• Identifying new research topics, Assessing emerging global S&T trends in ICT for future FET Proactive initiatives.
• Molecular Scale Devices and System:
  • Development of multi-scale models of information processing and communication in the brain and/or PNs 
  • Synthetic Hardware Implementations of Neural Circuits

HORIZONTAL AND SUPPORT ACTIONS

• International Cooperation : Support to the uptake of European ICT research results in developing economies

• Supplements to support International Cooperation between ongoing projects (Fields of Activity: Nanoelectronics Technology,  ICT for Safety and Energy Efficiency in Mobility).

     

For further information please contact IGC sas infonetwork@igcsas.it

 

FUNDS FOR PROJECTS IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR

DEADLINE: MARCH 12^TH, 2010. 

areas for funding: 

1)    Improve citizens’ health security

a.        Develop prevention and control of existing or emerging Communicable diseases

b.        Improve preparedness for and response to health emergencies, including climate change, issues related to pandemic influenza and interregional cooperation

c.        Enhance existing response capacity against threats from biological, chemical and radiological agents as well as emerging environmental burden of diseases

d.        Develop prevention in the field of patient safety

e.        Scientific advice and risk assessment

f.          Safety of blood, tissues, cells and organs

2)       Promote health

a.        Promoting health in all policies approach

b.        Public health capacity building

c.        Reduction of health inequalities

d.       Children and young people

e.        Health and work

f.       Nutrition and physical activity

g.      Sexual health and HIV-AIDS

h.       Mental health

i.       Addiction prevention

j.        Prevention of major and chronic diseases and rare diseases

k.       Healthy environments

l.        Injury prevention

3)    Generate and disseminate health information and knowledge

a.        Exchange knowledge and best practise

b.        Collect, analyse and disseminate health information

c.        European Health Information System

d.        Dissemination and application of health information

e.        Analysis and reporting

For further information please contact IGC sas: infonetwork@igcsas.it