Objective
Every year 22,000 European citizens are killed as a result of slips, trips and falls outside the home and in the vast majority of cases impact on a hard surface causes the injuries that lead to death. The surfaces in question are invariably laid by SME building contractors, of which there are in excess of 200,000 throughout Europe. At the same time, there is an increasing problem of disposal of used car and other vehicle tyres, and by the end on 2006 it will be illegal to landfill even shredded tyres.
The material in used tyres has for some time been used to produce impact-absorbing surfaces in sports and playground applications, but its use requires chemicals to be mixed on site. These chemicals are potentially dangerous, and so special handling procedures have to be employed, and the mixing ratios are difficult to control in such situations, leading to variability of the final surface and lack of control over the cost of the surface.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology mechanical engineering manufacturing engineering
- natural sciences chemical sciences polymer sciences polyurethane
- natural sciences mathematics pure mathematics geometry
- engineering and technology environmental engineering waste management waste treatment processes
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Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
FP6-2002-SME-1
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Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
LITTLEPORT, ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
United Kingdom
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.