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FP7 Funding – Objective ICT-2011 9.6: FET Proactive: Unconventional Computation (UCOMP)

 Open promotes the exploration of radically new ideas and trends for future research and innovation and provides sustained support to emerging areas that require long-term fundamental research. FET-Open welcomes submission of proposal ideas for long-term visionary research related to ICT, … Continue reading

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FP7 Funding – New ERC Initiative

Innovation is high on the EU agenda, and the European Research Council (ERC) is helping secure this target by introducing a new funding initiative called ‘Proof of Concept’. Under this new initiative, funded under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), researchers … Continue reading

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Can US companies apply for European Commission Funding (FP7)?

What types of projects receive funding? The European Union provides substantial funds to help EU Member States comply with strict EU environmental regulations, improve communications and transportation, Information Communication Technologies (ICT), improve public administration, and promote economic convergence. If your … Continue reading

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What is Innovation according to the European Commission?

It is one of those questions that if you ask 100 people, you will probably get 100 different answers. According to Oxford Dictionary, Innovation is a new method, idea, product. But is that so? For me, innovation in its simplest … Continue reading

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Framework Programme 7 (FP7) ICT Call 8 – Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering

This call focuses on technologies for the networked, distributed dimension of software and access to services and data. It will support long-term research that enables software developers to easily create interoperable services based on open standards, with sufficient flexibility and at a … Continue reading

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