Commission websites devoted to research projects
The European Commission sponsors two websites, which are aimed at organisations wishing to enquire about, and potentially exploit, the results of previously funded and on-going research projects. PROSOMA, the self-styled 'virtual trade fair of new Information Society technologies for business adopters', is a multimedia information service on the results of European research projects sponsored by the IST programme. It plans to provide an Internet and DVD-ROM/CD-ROM service, and features a discussion forum on its homepage that also has links to the sites of research project partners. ERGO is a pilot CORDIS service linking national research and development information providers with the aim of promoting awareness about R&D projects from European Union states and other associated countries. The current project catalogue currently holds 90687 project records from 21 information providers.