Some 103 proposals were submitted in response to the first Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways Fellowships (IAPP) call of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), which closed on 31 May. Having passed the first phase of evaluation, 41 project proposals will now be put forward for a second round of evaluation. The projects most eligible for funding will be those that involve the transfer of technology and know-how between industry and the academia.

With a total budget of €38.5 million, the call seeks to open and foster dynamic pathways between public research organisations and private commercial enterprises, including in particular small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

COST finança accions de “networking” entre activitats finançades per programes estatals, com per exemple reunions, conferències, congressos, intercanvis científics a curt termini, etc. El finançament típic d’una acció COST és d’uns 100.000 € l’any, durant quatre anys. Els sol·licitants d’una acció COST cal que participin en un programa de recerca d’una institució d’un estat membre de COST.

COST està gestionat per la European Science Foundation (ESF) i rep finançament de la Comissió Europea per mitjà dels programes marc de recerca.

Per a més informació, vegeu la convocatòria oberta de COST.

La convocatòria és oberta als següents temes i topics:

ICT Theme: Pervasive and trusted network and service infrastructures / Critical infrastructure protection
Topic called:
- Technology building blocks for creating, monitoring and managing secure, resilient and always available information infrastructures that link critical infrastructures.

Security Theme: Security systems integration, interconnectivity and interoperability
Topics called:
- Risk assessment and contingency planning for interconnected transport or energy networks
- Modelling and simulation for training
- Optimised situational awareness through intelligent surveillance of interconnected transport or energy infrastructures
- ICT support for first responders in crises occurring in critical infrastructures

Pel que fa als esquemes de finançament, la convocatòria és oberta a projectes col·laboratius i accions de coordinació i suport.

Per a obtenir més informació, podeu consultar la convocatòria a CORDIS.

A conference entitled ‘Berlin 5 Open Access: From Practice to Impact: Consequences on Knowledge Dissemination’ will be held in Padova, Italy, from 19 to 21 September.

The aim of the conference is to bring together the various initiatives and key players within the Open Access movement in order to:

- maintain the enthusiasm of all people involved in the Open Access field;
- provide an overview of the developing tools that sustain Open Access in scientific data and cultural heritage dissemination;
- develop effective strategies that can contribute to the construction and implementation of this new paradigm of the scholarly communication world.

More information here.

Podeu trobar més informació aquí.

A conference entitled “Communities building knowledge: innovation through citizens’ science and university engagement” will take place from 30 August to 1 September in Paris, France.

The conference will provide a forum to discuss and share information on community-based research, carried out in both community and academic settings.

The conference will address the following themes:
- university engagement with communities;
- citizens’ science and social movements;
- research policy – from local to global;
- innovation and citizens – added value for communities;
- participatory processes in science and technology;

More information at the Living knowledge and the conference websites.

An international symposium entitled ‘The University in the Market‘ will take place from 1 to 3 November in Stockholm, Sweden.

The symposium will address the challenges and opportunities arising from the increased pressures on universities to develop open interfaces with the business world, and increased competition between the universities themselves as a market for students.

The participants will debate such questions as: Are the old values now outdated? If not, how can they be reconciled with these new ‘values’? How can university ‘business’ reconcile a real need for income with concepts of academic freedom, productivity, and the pressure for the institution to contribute to economic growth of society?

The symposium is organised by the Academia Europaea.

Kaleidoscope, a European research network in the field of technology-enhanced learning (TEL), will hold its 2007 symposium in Berlin, Germany on 26 and 27 November.

The event will bring together Europe’s leading scientists in the field of technology-enhanced learning with a diverse set of stakeholders including policy makers, industry representatives, and end-users. At the two-day event participants will discuss the latest developments and future research priorities relating to the use of technology in learning. The symposium serves to demonstrate the impact, excellence, key synergies, and value of research in the field.

Més informació a la notícia completa a CORDIS.