[PDF] Top 20 RTD INFO September 1999 No. 23

... HUMAN POTENTIAL www.cordis.lu/improving OPEN CALLS'" Research training network Marie Curie individual fellowships ,2 Marie Curie industry host fellowships Marie Curie development host fe[r] ... See full document

... Feature Key Fifth Framework Retions Programme Budget of the Fifth Framework Programme in millions of euros Budget luality of life and management of living resources Generic research and [r] ... See full document

... Closely monitored for the past decade, the uncertain opinions of Europeans on biotechnology were polled, in 2002, for the fifth time. Although overall distrust of the life sciences had increased continu- ously until 1996 ... See full document

... In 1999, a new line of inquiry opened up. Researchers from Duke University in the USA studied the hypoglossal canal which encases the nerve controlling tongue movements. They believed that the power of speech ... See full document

... Five years ago and in the space of just three months (17 August and 12 November 1999), western Turkey was hit by two major earth- quakes, with a magnitude of 7.4 (epicentre near the city of Izmit) and 7.1 (Sea of ... See full document

... and 23 March, this Commission-backed event aimed to promote dialogue between biologists, philosophers, sociologists and artists on the contemporary implications of ... See full document

... This programme, christened "INCO", backs numerous research projects, bringing European and foreign partners together in a variety of fields; ■ by making it possible for scientific and te[r] ... See full document

... News in brief TheJRC-the Union's scientific arm 'The Joint Research Centre should transform to become an instrument of the European Union, providing services requested by the Commission,[r] ... See full document

... The conference programme includes: ■ a presentation of the seven, new European research programmes which make up the Fifth Framework programme; ■ a presentation of some particularly succ[r] ... See full document

... The nature of the three major avenues of support for the participation of SMEs in European research projects exploratory awards, CRAFT cooperative research, and collaborative participati[r] ... See full document

... The age of the pioneers 'Inspired by what was happening in the field of physics at the time with the CERN project European laboratory for particle physics, set up eight years before ESO,[r] ... See full document

... Publication ■ Innovation in the service of Agriculture and fis h in q Nuclear Fission Safety Targeted growth and employment ­ FAIR Socio-Economie ResearchImplementation of the First Fax:[r] ... See full document

... CONTENTS 4th Framework Programme An initial assessment 2 In Focus: BRITE­EURAM 3­7 RESTPOR '96 Regional RTD strategies 8 European RTD Update 9­15 11 Ongoing/Upcoming calls The new "Marie[r] ... See full document

... Another important aspect of this meeting will be the many symposiums, workshops and round tables ­ not forgetting the stands and posters ­ giv­ ing all the interested players university [r] ... See full document

... l : Pharmaceuticals research; 2: Research on biomedical technology and engineering; 3: Brain research; 4: Research on diseases with major social economic impact from basic research into [r] ... See full document

... TELEMATICS Language Engineering A total of 58 project proposals involving 514 participants from 20 countries were received following the third call for proposals for RTD actions under th[r] ... See full document

... Fifth F ramework Pro­ gramme: preparations are going well ­ On 5 November the Commission submitted a detailed proposal to the Coun­ cil of Ministers and European Parliament for the scien[r] ... See full document

... The ways forward Among the recommendations for 'flexible, decentralised and non­bureaucratic' actions to promote a new European research area, the Lisbon E uropean Council of March 2000 [r] ... See full document

... ment of the Union will only increase this need." Strengthening the European research area in this way will require a policy aimed at promoting: ■ the emergence of centres of excellence w[r] ... See full document

... The Commission never­ following types: tures of European significance; • the networking of national research pro­ • increased and diversified mobility grants theless cites, by way of exa[r] ... See full document