AERONAUTICS - AIRCRAFT- ECODESIGN

DEADLINE: MAY 3^rd, 2011.

BENEFICIARIES:
Any legal entities established in  EU Member states or Associated country.

ACTIVITIES:
The programme is arranged around the six following Integrated Technology Demonstrators (ITDs):

1. Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft,
2. Green Regional Aircraft,
3. Green Rotorcraft,
4. Systems for Green Operation,
5. Sustainable and Green Engines,
6. Eco-Design

The calls are published to support activities meeting the needs of the ITDs and in most cases, the RTD work will serve for one of the demonstrators

TOPICS CALLED:

ECODESIGN

• Environmental Data Models and Interface development
• Borate-free cleaners used in anodizing processes
• Chromate free and energy efficient sealing of TSA anodic films for corrosion protection.
• Industrialization set up of Thermoplastics «In situ» Consolidation Process
• Conductive thin skin heating (CSH) device for FRP repair applications
• To develop recycling technologies of aeronautical composite materials through mechano-physical approaches.
• Simplified LCA (Life cycle assessment) tool
• Production of yarns and fabric based on recycled carbon fibres
• Electrical Power Distribution System Model:*
• Alternator with active power rectification and health monitoring
• Development, Construction and Integration of Systems for Ground Thermal Test Bench
• Development, construction, integration, and progress toward to heat pipes monitoring and qualification on aircrafts

 *Functional and scalable model of the EDS Generic Architecture Electrical Power Distribution System, simulating system level issues such as power control and management, load dispatching and shedding, regeneration and protection mechanisms of the electrical distribution network.

For further information: infonetwork@igcsas.it   http://www.igcsas.com/contact.php

European grant funds in the ICT sector

Deadline: 1st June 2011

Topics

Open Innovation for Internetenabled Services

• Open Innovation for future Internetenabled Services in "smart" Cities

Participants:

Any legal entities (e.g.SME, University, research centre..) from EU Member States or Associated Countries.
 
For further information: infonetwork@igcsas.it or post a comment

EU grant funds in the ICT sector

DEADLINE:1st June 2011


ICT for health, ageing well and inclusion

• ICT Solutions for Fall prevention, and ICT and Ageing network
• Digital competences and social inclusion
• e-accessibility
• Empowering patients and supporting widespread deployment of telemedicine services

Participants:

Any legal entities (e.g.SME, University, research centre..) from EU Member States or Associated Countries.



For further information post a comment or email me at: infonetwork@igcsas.it

Partner search for EU funded project - SWITCH ASIA PROGRAMME

PROFILE:

• Not-for-profit intermediary (business) organisations and networks (e.g. chambers of commerce or industry associations)
• Not-for-profit organisations aiming at pursuing sustainable development
• Governmental institutions at the regional and local level

The project deals with new technologies for sustainable energy (e.g for buildings) or fuel production from organic compost/biological waste.


PARTNERS MUST BE FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:
Afganistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Chinese Taipei), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, DPR Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam
 
More information on the Switch Asia programme can be found here


Contacts: www.igcsas.com/contact
2 PROJECTS WERE SUBMITTED FOR THIS CALL!

EU grant funds in the ICT sector

DEADLINE:1st June 2011

Topics:

Digital content: 

•  Aggregating content in Europeana
•  Digitising content for Europeana
•  Raising awareness of Europeana and promoting its use  

For further information post a comment or email me at: infonetwork@igcsas.it

Participants:
Any legal entities (e.g.SME, University, research centre..) from EU Member States or Associated Countries.

EU grant funds in the ICT sector

DEADLINE:1st June 2011

ICT for a low carbon economy and smart mobility

• Innovative lighting systems based on Solid State Lighting
• ICT for Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings
• Smart Connected Electro-Mobility

For further information post a comment or email me at: infonetwork@igcsas.it

Participants:

Any  legal entities (e.g.SME, University, research centre..) from  EU Member States or Associated Countries.

CULTURE – COOPERATION PROJECTS WITH MEXICO

DEADLINE: MAY  3^RD, 2011.

The Programme aims to enhance the cultural area shared by Europeans, which is based on a common cultural heritage, through the development of cooperation activities among cultural operators from countries taking part in the Programme, with a view to encouraging the emergence of European citizenship.

BENEFICIARIES:

The only eligible applicants are public or private organisations with legal personality whose main activity is in the cultural field (areas of cultural or creative activity) and whose head office is in one of the following countries:

•  the Member States of the European Union,
• Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
• Croatia, Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro. 

 Projects must involve cultural cooperation with at least one partner from Mexico

Cultural organisations are given support for projects to work together across borders and to create and implement cultural and artistic activities.

The aim is to help organisations, such as theatres, museums, professional associations, research centres, universities, cultural institutes and public authorities from different countries participating in the Programme to cooperate so that different sectors can work together and extend their cultural and artistic reach across borders.

Objectives:

• promotion of the trans-national mobility of people working in the cultural sector;
• support for the trans-national circulation of cultural and artistic works and products;
• promotion of inter-cultural dialogue.

 For further information:

http://www.igcsas.com/

infonetwork@igcsas.it

FUNDING IN THE ENERGY SECTOR

DEADLINE: APRIL 7^Th, 2011.

 ACTIVITIES:

Photovoltaics

• Productivity and cost optimization issues for the manufacturing of photovoltaic systems based on concentration
• Development and demonstration of standardized building components

 Wind

• Demonstration of innovative off-shore wind electricity generation structure

 Low/medium temperature solar thermal energy

• Low/Medium temperature solar thermal systems for industrial process heat
• Materials for thermal storage systems
• Advanced compact storage systems

 Crosscutting and regulatory issues

• Optimising the integration of CO2 capture into power plants
• Improving efficiencies and reducing GHG emissions through CO2 capture in industrial applications other than power generation
• Support to the European CCS Demonstration Project Network

 Cross-cutting issues and technologies

• Storage and balancing variable electricity supply and demand

 Efficient energy use in the manufacturing industry and building sector

• Energy efficiency demonstration in manufacturing industry
• Energy efficiency in low-carbon industrial parks

 BENEFICIARIES:

Any legal entity established in a EU Member State or Associated country.

INTELLINGENT ENERGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

DEADLINE: MAY 12^Th, 2011

BENEFICIARIES:

• All applicants must be legal entities, whether public or private, established in the territory of the EU Member States, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Croatia.
• Applications must be submitted by a team of at least three independent legal entities, each established in a different eligible country

ACTIVITIES:

Energy efficiency

• Energy-efficient products: transforming the market towards more energy-efficient products and systems, supporting and complementing the legislation in this area.
• Industrial excellence in energy: increasing the competitiveness of European industries, in particular of SMEs, by empowering them to save energy.

New and renewable energy resources (we are looking for possible partners for this call) 

• Electricity from renewable energy sources:  increasing the share of renewable electricity in Europe’s final energy consumption.
• Renewable heating/cooling: for heating and cooling applications.
• Bioenergy: increased production and use of biomass, bio-liquids and biogas in energy markets.

Energy in transport

• Energy-efficient transport:  reducing the demand for travel by car and transport by road freight, and to shift travel and transport to more efficient transport modes.
• Clean and energy-efficient vehicles: helping the transformation of the market towards more energy-efficient vehicles, supporting and complementing the recent legislation in this area.

Integrated Initiatives

• integrating energy efficiency and renewable energy sources in several sectors of the economy;
• combining various instruments, tools and actors within the same action or project

Further information: infonetwork@igcsas.it 

http://www.igcsas.it/

SME Initiative on Digital Content and Languages

DEADLINE: First stage (short proposals) 28 April 2011

TARGET OUTCOMES

a) Bootstrapping a data economy:

• To maximise reuse of digital content resources by making them easy to find, evaluate and integrate.
• To foster reuse of digital content resources by providing guarantees and fair incentives for their creators and maintainers.
• To develop robust and highly usable new services demanded by citizens and businesses (especially SMEs) and create value by correlating independently produced datasets or extracting valuable information not foreseen by the original data producer.

b) Community building and best practices: Produce rigorous studies on the actual or projected economic impact of digital resources pooling as a function of well defined parameters such as the size of resources, user populations, socio-economic sectors, and software stacks adopted.

c) Sharing language resources:

• To make more effective the acquisition of language resources exploiting automated and/or collaborative means
• To contribute to an open exchange place based upon the concerted pooling of resources having a significant potential for reuse
• To show the concrete impact of using, combining or repurposing the above resources in a given use context, in terms of improved functionality, maintainability, scalability and portability of new systems and technologies.

d) Building consensus and common services: Actions under this heading must help establish mechanisms, forums and support services to (i) coordinate efforts, reach consensus, mobilise the community at large, and (ii) set up and manage the planned electronic trading facilities.