CORDIS Partners Service extended to security research
CORDIS, the European Community's Research and Development Information Service, is extending its coverage of partnership requests to include security research. As outlined in a new communication, presented on 3 February by Philippe Busquin, EU Commissioner for Research, a new Preparatory Action will aim at bridging the gap between civil research, which is supported by the EU's Framework Programmes, and nationally funded defence research. To achieve this objective and prepare the ground for an EU Security Research Programme from 2007, a budget of 64 million euro is foreseen for three years for projects and other activities. The funding will support and reinforce Member States' individual defence activities, according to the subsidiarity principle. Organisations and individuals interested in participating in the EU Preparatory Action may promote their partnership requests on the CORDIS Partners service. Users are invited to submit or update their profiles by selecting the programme 'SECURITY' in the 'type A' list of profiles. The CORDIS Partners Service is a key tool presenting partnership requests from companies, research institutions and universities across Europe and internationally. Currently, almost 5,000 users are looking for collaboration.