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What are technology platforms? Questions and answers by The European Commission

Technology platforms have been an innovation in EU research policy. They bring together all interested parties in a particular sector, or areas. These areas are chosen for their strategic importance or their potential contribution to the European Union’s goals of knowledge-based growth, competitiveness and employment. Continue reading ‘What are technology platforms? Questions and answers by The European Commission’

Opening of the Fourth IST call

The fourth Information Society call within the 6th framework programme has been published on 25 November 2004 and opened since the 1st of December 2004. The total allocation to this call is 1.12 billion euros.

The IST Call 4 funds five types of projects:

- Integrated projects (IPs),
- Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREPs),
- Networks of Excellence (NoEs),
- Coordination Actions (CAs),
- Specific Support Actions (SSAs). Continue reading ‘Opening of the Fourth IST call’