ONGOING CALLS:

FET Open scheme: is always open ! FET-Open is a 'roots-up' approach for exploring promising visionary ideas that can contribute to challenges of long term importance for Europe. The scheme stimulates non-conventional targeted exploratory research cutting across all disciplines and acts as a harbour for exploring and nurturing new research trends and helping them mature in emerging research communities.

Additional Information: ICT web Home Page

Additional funding is expected to be added to this call from the 2010 budget

Note: FET-Open operates a continuous proposal submission scheme for short STREP proposals. Proposers are therefore asked to submit their short STREP proposals as soon as they are ready, and not to wait for a specific date before submitting.

NEXT STEPS: UPCOMING CALLS

ICT Call 5, expected to be published on 30 July 2009, will close on 26th Oct. 2009 Total amount 732 M Euro 

A short overview about the Objectives:

• Challenge 1:
  Network of the future
  Internet of services, software and virtualisation
  Internet of things and enterprise environments
  Trustworthy ICT
  Future internet experimental facility and experimentallydriven research
• Challenge 3:
  Nanoelectronic technology
  Engineering of networked monitoring and control systems
  Photonics
  Microsystems and smart miniaturised systems
• Challenge 4:
  Digital libraries and digital preservation
  technlogy-enhanced learning
• Challenge 8: FET proactive
  Human-computer confluence
  Self-awareness in autonomic systems
  Toward zero-power ICT
  Coordinating communities, plans & actions in FET proactive initiatives
  Identifying new research topics assessing emerging global S&T trends in ICT for future proactive initiatives
• Challenge 9
  Supplements to support international cooperation between ongoing projects

Additional: Objective 9.5: Supplements to Strenghten Cooperation in ICT R&D in an Enlarged European Union

Three Cross Thematic calls: expected to be published on 30 July 2009, will close on 3 Nov. 2009 Total amount 35+15+20 M Euro

As part of the European Economic Recovery Plan, the Commission is launching three Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). The three PPPs represent a powerful means of boosting research efforts in three large industrial sectors - automotive, construction and manufacturing - which have been particularly affected by the economic downturn and where innovation can significantly contribute towards a more green and sustainable economy.

1. "Factories of the Future" initiative for the manufacturing sector (€1.2 billion for R&D);
2. "Energy-efficient Buildings" initiative for the construction sector (€1 billion for R&D); and
3. "Green Cars" initiative for the automotive sector worth a total of €5 billion, of which €1 billion is for research activities.

The Commission foresees to provide a contribution of 50% to the total R&D budget from the budget of the 7th Framework Programme, with matching investment coming from the private sector.