EU waves through â¬54bn science funding package
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Lots for IT in there As anticipated, technology research is the major beneficiary of a massive research funding plan approved yesterday by the European Parliament. The funding, released under Framework Programme 7 (FP7), is supposed to support several priority areas in science until 2013. It will be formally adopted by the EU on December 5.â¦
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A European laboratory that was the birthplace of the World Wide Web and home of Nobel prize-winning developments in the quest to understand the makeup of matter wished itself a happy 50th birthday Tuesday.
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The European Central Bank on Tuesday pumped 348 billion euros ($500 billion) into the financial system, easing conditions in credit markets.
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The European Union approved on Wednesday the first biotech seeds for planting and sale across EU territory, flying in the face of widespread consumer resistance to genetically modified (GMO) crops and foods.
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The government said Tuesday it has earmarked 50 million Singapore dollars (34.5 million US) to fund research on clean energy, such as solar power, over the next five years.
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(InfoWorld) - A new strategy for funding technology research in the European Union calls for the E.U. to pool its vast resources with those from private industry and individual member states in a public-private partnership. Under the plan announced Tuesday, technology companies and research institutes will be able to marry their own research and development (R&D) investments with additional funds from the member states and the E.U. through new Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs). With the JTIs, which can be established as independent legal entities and accept funding from any source, the E.U. hopes to unite -- and focus -- the region's widely fragmented R&D efforts and make more efficient use of research funding. The first JTI, called Artemis, will focus on embedded systems, an area signaled by European ministers as being of strategic importance for Europe's economy. European industry's own research investment in this area is estimated at around â¬15 billion ($19 billion) to â¬20 billion per year, according to the E.U. Artemis is expected to be operational by 2008, and will have a budget of â¬3 billion over seven years, more than half of it from industry. Several European companies have expressed interested in joining the initiative, including car marker DaimlerChrysler, mobile phone manufacturer Nokia and consumer electronics manufacturer Koninklijke Philips Electronics. Another JTI in the pipeline is Eniac, which will focus on nanoelectronics. The JTIs will benefit from the â¬9 billion the E.U. has approved for its ICT (information and communications technologies) budget, to run until 2013. The money will go to fundamental and applied R&D projects in areas where Europe has competitive advantages and established strengths, such as communications, electronics, photonics and software systems. "With the â¬9 billion, we're challenging member states, industry and academia to join us in the fight for a more competitive Europe," said European Commission for Information Society and Media Viviane Reding in a statement. "But we don't just need more research; we need better focussed research, too."
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The EU is backing a project that would let viewers personalise shows and films to suit their tastes.
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Legislation requiring safety testing of tens of thousands of chemicals comes into effect across the EU.
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A European judge's comments raise the prospect of EU students getting student loans in the UK.
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EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen is to launch a new plan to boost growth across the European Union next month.
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Europe's Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) in Geneva celebrates 50 years of its work.
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Europe must deliver on plans to set up an independent funding body for science or face an unprecedented brain drain, a leading scientist warns.
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The move brings the European Union's total promises of support to 1.5bn once contributions from the 25 national governments are included.
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A new strategy for funding technology research in the European Union calls for the E.U. to pool its vast resources with those from private industry and individual member states in a public-private partnership.
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Universities in England welcome plans for a new charity funding scheme to be announced by the prime minister.
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Europe must make good on plans to set up an independent funding body for science or face an unprecedented brain drain, a leading scientist has warned.
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(InfoWorld) - The European Union will provide a sizeable amount of money to research groups this year as part of a multiyear program to spur research in new information and communications technologies. More than 2,000 ICT researchers met Thursday in Cologne, Germany, to learn how they can participate in the E.U.'s 7th Framework Program for research and development, with a budget of â¬50 billion ($65 billion) through 2013. ICT research accounts for the lion's share of the framework budget at â¬9.1 billion, with â¬1.2 billion to be allocated this year. The E.U. is keen to fund research in areas where the region has a technological edge, including communications, software systems, networked media, and embedded systems. The European government also hopes to speed innovation in areas where companies in the region could gain a competitive edge, such as next-generation Internet technology. Early E.U. investment in digital mobile communications, the Brussels government is quick to point out, led to the development and worldwide adoption of the GSM standard, the most widely used mobile phone system in the world. Research organizations across Europe are encouraged to establish a research priority, form a consortium, and apply for funding. The E.U., which launched a call for proposals on Dec. 22, will accept proposals through May 8. While researchers team up in Cologne, other partnerships are already taking shape in the ICT area. Under aÂ new strategy for funding technology research announced in November, the E.U. has agreed to pool its vast resources with those from private industry and individual member states in a public-private partnership. The plan calls for technology companies and research institutes to marry their own R&DÂ investments with additional funds from the member states and the E.U. through new Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI). The first JTI, called Artemis, is focused on embedded systems, an area signaled by European ministers as being of strategic importance for Europe's economy. European industry's own research investment in this area is estimated at around â¬15 billion to â¬20 billion per year. Â