SME Resource Centre

SME Resource Centre

FP7
Call 3 - Research and Development in ICT

An opportunity to participate in Collaborative ICT research and development will be announced by The European Commission In early December 2007. Applications for a share in the 265 M€ budget have to be submitted by the first week of April 2008. These will necessarily involve international partnerships.

This budget will be spent for the most part on three principal topics:

Digital Content and Technologically Enhanced Learning
Digital Libraries: Innovative access to European Scale resources, Solutions to long term preservation, storage and recovery. Enhanced learning: Intelligent, Self assessing, Learner responsive, adaptive, solutions for the individual.

Intelligent Content and Semantics
Expansion of semantic theory and reference implementations. supporting lifecycle management of content and the workflow of its creation and the processes to its consumption. Extraction of meaning and its use in selective delivery etc.

Cognition, Interaction and Robotics
Delivering reliable systems based upon theory and technology capable of autonomous response to a variety of changing surroundings, possibly involving collaboration with other entities – some of which might be human.

In addition three other foci for highly futuristic research (FET) are included within the call, being supported by smaller budgets:

SCIENCE OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS FOR SOCIALLY INTELLIGENT
ICT Understanding, characterising, modelling ICT systems which are strongly coupled with human social and business structures
EMBODIED INTELLIGENCE
Techniques for constructing intelligent agents and artefacts in various disciplines including robotics
ICT FOREVER YOURS
Systems with enhanced reliability and longevity.

The above summary is not intended to replace in any way the detailed description of the work objectives which can be found in the Commission’s work programme.
ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/ict/docs/ict-wp-2007-08_en.pdf

This opportunity is part of the European Seventh Research Framework programme. Free advice and support is available from the Government funded FP7UK service whose website can be found at http://www.fp7uk.dti.gov.uk

Those with interest in Framework and the ICT theme are encouraged to register through the FP7UK website so that they may receive further information as it becomes available, together with invitations to information and networking days being planned in the UK and others across Europe.

Should you require any information or have any questions, please contact the FP7UK support line
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