Argentina supports national participants in FP5
Argentina's National Agency for the promotion of science and technology has recently launched a call for proposals to allocate subsidies to research groups looking to participate in the European Union's Fifth RTD Framework programme (FP5). The Agency will finance non-profit public or private institutions established in Argentina through its fund for scientific and technological research (FONCYT). The funds are meant to cover the Argentine co-financing of projects previously selected by the EU. The call for proposals was launched on 21 May 2000. A first selection of the projects has already been made in Argentina and a second selection will be carried out before 30 September 2000. The Fund was established towards the end of 1999 after the signing of a Science and Technology cooperation agreement between Argentina and the European Community on 20 September 1999, aimed to promote Argentine participation in FP5.