Commission announces call for proposals for growth programme RTD
The European Commission has announced a call for proposals for indirect RTD actions under the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration on competitive and sustainable growth. Those eligible to participate in indirect RTD actions under the specific programme are hereby invited to submit proposals that address the following parts of the work programme: Generic activities, measurements and testing: - Methodologies to support standardisation and Community policies - Measurements and testing anti-fraud methodologies - Support for the development of certified reference materials (CRMs) Support for research infrastructures: - Setting-up of virtual institutes - Reference databases - Measurement and quality management infrastructures This call for proposals is restricted to the following RTD (research and technological development) topics: I. MEASUREMENTS AND TESTING (indicative budget 11 million euro) i) - Methodologies to support standardisation and Community policies Machinery and electromagnetic compatibility: - hand-held vibrating tools (topic V.1) - medium and large industrial machines (topic V.2) - functional safety of integrated electronics in large mobile machines (topic V.3) - risk assessment methodology for incorporation into EN 1050 (topic V.4) Protective clothing and textiles: - testing of performance of clothing and gloves against heat and fire (topic V.5) - assessment of thermal properties of protective clothing and their use (topic V.6) - organic flame retardant components on textile materials (topic V.7) - antibacterial and anti-fungi properties of textile materials (topic V.8) Building and construction: - seismic behaviour of pre-cast concrete structures with respect to Eurocode 8 (topic V.9) - freeze/thaw test for natural stones (topic V.10) - roadside barriers (topic V.11) - resistance of concrete to chloride ingress (topic V.12) Pre-normative topics: - adhesion and fracture properties of coatings determined by tensile testing (topic V.13) - hydro-treating reactors and disbonding testing (topic V.14) - optical techniques for strain measurement (topic V.15) - supercritical fluids technology (topic V.16) - migration of non-phthalate plasticisers in toys (topic V.17) ii) - Measurements and testing anti-fraud methodologies Forensic science and criminal prosecution: - determination of the origin of illicit substances (topic V.18) - chemical discrimination of forensic automotive paint coating samples (topic V.19) - identification of persons based on the genetic analysis of single nucleotide polymorphism (topic V.20) Protecting European economic interests: - infringement of patents or proprietary processes of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals (topic V.21) - detection of animal species in raw material and cooked or heat-treated food products (topic V.22) Protecting the health and the safety of European citizens: - anabolic substances and related compounds in cattle (topic V.23) - detection of the presence of specified risk material in processed meat products (topic V.24) iii - Support for the development of certified reference materials (CRMs) Technical support for health and safety protection: - determination of mineral oil hydrocarbons in water, soil and waste (topic V.25) - monitoring of mycotoxins in cereal, food and feed (topic V.26) - organic components in sludge (topic V.27) - polyaromatic hydrocarbons in urban dust (topic V.28) Protecting European economic interests: - calibration of energy dispersive X-ray spectrometers (topic V.29) II. NEEDS IN SUPPORT OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES (indicative budget 20 million euro) Thematic networks related to: v - Setting-up of virtual institutes - micromechatronics for biomedical industry (topic v.30) - composite materials (topic V.31) - sustainable and durable building products (topic V.32) - reference materials (topic V.33) - wireless technologies for the industry (topic V.34) - thermal metrology (topic V.35) - plastic processing (topic V.36) - microencapsulation (topic V.37) - speciation measurements (topic V.38) - supercritical fluid process technology (topic V.39) vi - Reference databases - the European reference database for composite materials (topic V.40) vii - Measurement and quality management infrastructures Measurement infrastructure: - implementation of the EU Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive in the single market (topic V.41) - quality and comparability of European proficiency testing schemes (topic V.42) Support to laboratories in newly associated States: - implementation of the Low-voltage Directive in the candidate countries (topic V.43) - improving the infrastructure of metrology in chemistry in the candidate countries (topic V.44) - testing of new chemical substances - adapting good laboratory practice in the candidate countries (topic V.45). When submitting a dedicated call for proposal for an RTD project, proposers may include an application for a 'Bursary for young researcher from developing countries.' Further information on this scheme is given in the guide for proposers.Proposals must be submitted in the following way: - made with ProTool and printed out by the coordinator, or prepared on the paper forms distributed with the guide for proposers. - To be receivable, proposals submitted on paper must be received by the Commission at the following address on or before the applicable deadline: The Growth Programme (GROW/DC5 MTI) The Research Proposal Office Square Frère Orban/Frère Orbanplein 8 B-1040 Brussels For further information, please contact: European Commission DG RTD - H - Growth 2001 Fax: +32-2-296 6757 or 295 8072 E-mail: growth@ec.europa.eu http://cordis.europa.eu/growth/calls/200103.htm(opens in new window)