Cooperation

Food-Agriculture-Fisheries-Biotechnology

FP7-KBBE-2007-2A: The currently open call in the field does not specifically target the region of the Western Balkan countries, but specific sections concern International Cooperation partner countries.
Deadline: September 11, 2007
More information: http://see-science.eu/news/1954.html

Health

FP7-HEALTH-2007-B: “Childhood and adolescent mental disorders” is a topic for Specific International Cooperation Action (SICA) with the target region Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Western Balkans. Another topic addresses Health care intervention research - optimising hospital care and calls for small or medium-scale focused research projects with the target region of the Western Balkans. Some topics, in the same call, address all International Cooperation Partner Countries. HEALTH-2007-4.1-8: promotion and facilitation of international cooperation in areas relevant to the objectives of this theme is particularly interesting for stakeholders active in international cooperation in the field.
Deadline: September 18, 2007.
More information: http://see-science.eu/news/755.html

Information and Communication Technologies - ICT

FP7-ICT-2007-2: The second call has three specific activity lines for the Western Balkan countries: ICT-2007.3.7: Networked Embedded and Control Systems, ICT-2007.5.3: Virtual Physiological Human and ICT-2007.6.3: Environmental Management and Energy Efficiency.
Deadline: October 9, 2007
More information: http://see-science.eu/news/1940.html

FP7-ICT-2007-C - FET Open scheme: The call is constantly open until December 31, 2008, with several cut off dates for first stage proposals (short, strictly anonymous proposal of maximum five pages). Research will target radical interdisciplinary explorations of new and alternative approaches towards future and emerging ICT-related technologies.

FP7-ICT-SEC-2007-1: Joint Call with the Secuirty Theme, see below.

Security (and ICT)

FP7-ICT-SEC-2007-1: In the Joint Call between ICT and Security with themes on Critical Infrastructure Protection, international co-ordination is envisaged in the first focus (ICT). A part of the Security themes budget is also available for international cooperation.
Deadline: November 29, 2007
More information: http://see-science.eu/news/2078.html

Socio-economic sciences and Humanities

FP7-SSH-2007-1: There are several topics which generally call for participation of international partners e.g.: SSH-2007-1.2.1 Globalisation and its interaction with the European economy (aspects of EU enlargements are explicitly included); SSH-2007-1.3.1 Macroeconomic policy, its interaction and cooperation with other policies (the context for the research are recent and future EU enlargements); SSH-2007-2.1.1 Analysing, comparing and evaluating the various societal models in a medium- to long-term perspective (research shall compare different European countries or groups of those countries, other developed countries and relevant developing or emerging countries); SSH-2007-2.2.1. Regional development challenges in an evolving international context (European enlargement and integration is a key regional development challenge to be addressed); SSH-2007-4.1.2. Development paths in a historical and comparative perspective and their impact on Europe; SSH-2007-4.3.1. Europe seen from outside; SSH-2007-4.3.2. Multilateralism and the new external relations of the European Union (EU integration and other regional integration processes are of relevance, as well as multilateralism and bilateral relations including enlargement and neighbourhood policy).
Deadline: November 29, 2007
More information: http://see-science.eu/news/770.html

Currently Open Calls for Tenders in FP7 Cooperation

In addition to the “Calls for Proposals” also “Calls for Tenders” are published within the Cooperation Programme of FP7. Currently seven such tenders are open - dealing with the fields of nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies, Monitoring and Control markets, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in healthcare, future and past of the European Research Area, scale and scope as drivers of ERA, and S&T specialisation and lead markets.
Deadlines are all mid/end of September 2007.
More information: http://see-science.eu/news/2169.html

Articles published in eJournal summer 07.

Capacities

Activities of International Cooperation

FP7-INCO-2007-2 - Activities of International Cooperation BILAT: Bilateral coordination for the enhancement and development of S&T partnerships shall improve the provision of information on programmes and funding designed: to promote cooperation; to better identify and demonstrate mutual interest and benefit in S&T cooperation between the EU and specific third countries; and to share best practices via joint forums such as workshops and presenting the state of the art and the prospects for cooperation in particular fields. The WBC’s are not a specific target region.
Deadline: September 11, 2007

Research for the benefit of SMEs

FP7-SME-2007-1 - Research for SMEs Call 1: The aim of the programme is to strengthen the ‘innovation capacity’ of SMEs and their contribution to the development of new technology-based products and markets.
Deadline: September 4, 2007

Research Infrastructures

FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-2: topic INFRA-2007-3.3 is open for proposals in the field of “Studies, conferences and coordination actions supporting policy development, including international cooperation for infrastructures”. A further topic addressed in this Call: eScience Grid infrastructures.
Deadline: September 20, 2007
More information: http://see-science.eu/news/1948.html

People

FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-2-ERG - European Reintegration Grants (ERG)
FP7-PEOPLE-2007-4-2-IIF - International Incoming Fellowships
FP7-PEOPLE-2007-4-1-IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development
FP7-PEOPLE-2007-4-3-IRG - International Reintegration Grants (IRG)
FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-1-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development
PEOPLE-2007-5-4-NCP - People NCP
FP7-PEOPLE-2007-5-3-ERA-MORE - Trans-National collaboration among ERA-MORE Members (ERA-MORE)
More information: http://see-science.eu/news/598.html