New SCRATCH website for SMEs in aeronautics research
The European project SCRATCH, which helps SMEs working on research in the aeronautics field to access European funds for technology acquisition, has set up a new website. Funded by the EU, SCRATCH brings together partners from France, Germany, Greece, Italy and the United Kingdom, and is specifically aimed at helping SMEs access funding from the EU's specific SME measures within the Fifth Framework Programme, in particular the CRAFT scheme. It contains information on SCRATCH and CRAFT services as well as descriptions of 18 project proposals for which partners are currently being sought. The SCRATCH team are looking for partners in the fields of aeronautical software manufacturing and engineering tools, aeronautical systems, aeronautical composite materials, and aeronautical metallic materials.