Commission announces calls for Human Potential
The European Commission has announced eight calls for proposals under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (RTD) activities for the period 1998 to 2002. The calls invite proposals for indirect RTD actions under the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration relating to "Improving the Human Research Potential and the Socio-Economic Knowledge Base". The call texts, together with all the documentation necessary to make a proposal, are accessible from: URL: http://cordis.europa.eu/improving(opens in new window) The following parts of the specific programme are opened by the eight calls on 16 March 1996: - Research Training Networks; - Marie Curie Individual and Experienced Researcher Fellowships; - Marie Curie Industry Host Fellowships; - Access to Research Infrastructures; - Socio-Economic Research; - Science and Technology Policies - Strategic Analysis; - High-Level Scientific Conferences; - Raising Public Awareness of Science & Technology. The calls relate to proposals with a fixed deadline, following which evaluation will take place. Only proposals submitted before this deadline will be considered under the call notice. The latest deadlines for submission of proposals for these calls are as follows: - Research Training Networks: 2 June 1999; - Marie Curie Individual and Experienced Researcher Fellowships: 13 March 2002 (NB. This call is subdivided with some areas of the call closing earlier than others. The date given here is the last possible date to submit proposals under this call.); - Marie Curie Industry Host Fellowships: 16 June 1999; - Access to Research Infrastructures; 4 May 1999; - Socio-Economic Research: 2 June 1999; - Science and Technology Policies - Strategic Analysis: 2 June 1999. (thematic networks), 2 June 2000. (accompanying measures); - High-Level Scientific Conferences: 1 February 2002 ((Please note this call is subdivided with some areas of the call closing earlier than others. The date given here is the last possible date to submit proposals under this call.); - Raising Public Awareness: 2 June 1999. More detailed information about each call is also available on the CORDIS News on-line service(opens in new window). Information on the rules for participation in the Programme and how to prepare and submit proposals is given in the European Commission's Guide for Proposers, which can be obtained, along with the work programme and other information relating to the call, from the address below. For more information, please contact: European Commission Directorate General XII Science, Research, and Development Unit XII Rue de la Loi 200 B-1049 Brussels E-mail: research@ec.europa.eu URL: http://cordis.europa.eu/news/en/home.html(opens in new window)