EUROPEAN NEWS

EU Research Programs for Dummies

Despite the Commission’s best efforts to explain its Sixth Framework Programme – the EU’s main research funding mechanism – newcomers to the programme argue it is still confusing. Two new publications should help sharpen the focus of future funding applications.

 

REWERSE – 6 th Framework Program

In the framework of its "6th Framework Programme" the EU Commission has decided to launch a research "Network of Excellence" on "Reasoning on the Web" entitled REWERSE (for REasoning on the WEb with
Rules and SEmantics).

 

Giving a voice to science in Europe

Following much deliberation, Euroscience – an association of science stakeholders – has announced the scientific themes for its 2004 Open Forum, from which many parallels can be drawn with the research
priorities under FP6.