Le lundi 26 février 2007 à 18:09 +0100, Robert Michel a écrit : [...] > http://www.cordis.lu or http://cordis.europa.eu gives information > about the EU Research Funding - the FP7 fits great to OpenMoko: > ftp://ftp.cordis.lu/pub/fp7/ict/docs/ict-wp-2007-08_en.pdf > > Does anybody here on the list does have > - experiances with EU research fundings? > - good contacts to university institutes inside the EU?
Several years ago during my Ph.D. thesis preparation (94-98), I participated in a research project (of FP4 IIRC) involving several european research institutions (several universities, and CNRS on the french side). EU projects profiles have changed a lot in the meantime (they got bigger and less numerous, with an increasing role of "major contractors" so maybe you can look after existing projects for some intermediate funding). A constant over time seems to be that for successful application one needs to combine a good research/academic "backline" with an innovative industrial technology initiative "frontline" (it seems we already have this one). I kept a few contacts in this field (some of them are aging), with a focus on security and dependability. If it may help... > - does know people from AGNULA? Actually no, though the RedHat Division involved is from my home country. > So maybe with some financial help we could have a pure > OpenMoko confernece or hacking event somewhere in Europe? > The FOSDEM was great, but a full weekend only focussing on > OpenMoko, maybe with some extrem programming... would be > great to start new things with OpenMoko, help to become > active with OpenMoko and would be a great fun ;) > When such could be supported with some fundings like AGNULA > has had - that would be :))))))) In the mid/long term (2-3 years), there is something relevant to OpenMoko the EU would certainly like to support financially: GALLILEO integration (an alternative to GPS, see http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/index_en.htm and possibly the Green paper from december for FP7 on that page). Could be yet another challenge though... Rodolphe
