Commission launches IST call

The European Commission has announced a call for proposals for indirect research and technological development (RTD) actions under the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a user friendly information society (1998 to 2002). Proposals...

The European Commission has announced a call for proposals for indirect research and technological development (RTD) actions under the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a user friendly information society (1998 to 2002).

Proposals specified under parts 1(a) and 1(b) are called by a fixed deadline, following which evaluation will take place. Proposals specified under parts 2(a) and 2(b) are called under a continuous submission scheme, under which proposals may be submitted at any time.

The indicative total budget available for this call is 450 million euro.

1(a)
Key Action I
- intelligent environment for public sector employees at all levels;
- intelligent transport systems;
- integrated vehicle infrastructure systems;
- ambient intelligence application systems for mobile users and travel/tourism business.

Key Action II
- socio-economic analysis;
- exploratory high risk/long term research;
- large scale demonstrators.

Key Action III
- publishing digital content;
- multilingual web;
- semantic web technologies;
- x-content futures.

Key Action IV
- design of networked embedded systems;
- real time distributed systems;
- terabit optical networks;
- software architecture;
- functionality models and building blocks for end user services;
- simulation and visualisation;
- mixed realities and new imaging frontiers;
- reconfigurable radio systems and networks;
- satellite systems and services;
- advanced displays and sensors;
- interfaces and buffers for seamless end to end services;
- subsystems;
- microsystems
- microelectronics design and test and application specific microelectronics;
- microelectronics technologies: processes, equipment and devices;
- optical and opto-electronic technologies

Others
- multimodal and multisensorial dialogue modes;
- use of geographic information;
- next generation networks;
- eLearning for European youth in a digital age;
- next generation micro and nanotechnologies for highly integrated miniature applications;
- application services provision;
- advanced signal processing systems and applications;
-lifelike perception systems.

1(b)
Key Action I
- best practice and trials in environment management;
- best practice and trials in transport and tourism.

Key Action II
- socio-economic analysis;
- high impact take up, dissemination and training.

Key Action III
- publishing digital content;
- semantic web technologies;
- competence building;
- KA III specific support measures.

Key Action IV
- development of skills in micro and opto electronics;
- real time distributed systems;
- terabit optical networks;
- functionality models and building blocks for end user services;
- free software development: towards critical mall;
- subsystems and microsystems - take up measures;
- microelectronics design and test and application specific microelectronics;
- microelectronics technologies: processes, equipment and devices;
- optical and opto electronic technologies;
- industrial microelectronics technologies - take up measures.

Others
- use of geographic information;
- next generation networks;
- next generation micro and nanotechnologies for highly integrated miniature applications;
- application services provision;
- advanced signal processing systems and applications;
- lifelike perception systems.

2(a)
- FET open domain;
- enabling RTD cooperation with newly associated States.

2(b)
- clustering of projects;
- network of excellence and working groups;
- channelling of standardisation and interoperability initiatives;
- improving human capital in IT by competence building (IHC);
- bridging the IT skills gap through development of training infrastructures:
- enabling RTD cooperation with newly associated States;
- enabling RTD cooperation with third countries;
- dissemination and awareness of IST programme results;
- studies.For further information, please contact:

European Commission
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Directorate-General Information Society
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