First Call for Projects in ITEA 2

Information Technology for European Advancement

ITEA 2is a strategic pan-European programme for advanced pre-competitive R&D in software for Software-intensive Systems and Services (SiS). With 554 partners from 25 countries, is one of the main EUREKA clusterprogramme and works closely together with other EUREKA projects and the Framework Programmes of the European Commission.

The Call

The call for projects is organised in a two-step procedure, with potential participants first submitting project outlines for approval before delivering full project proposals. If accepted, projects are given the ITEA2 label and participants are then free to apply for funding in their own countries.

Domains and technologies

The 5 application domains:

• Home
• Cyber Enterprise
• Nomadic
• Intermediation Services & Infrastructures
• Services & Software creation

The 11 categories of enabling technologies:

• Content Acquisition & Processing
• Content Representation
• Data & Content Management
• Network Transport
• Network Services
• Resource Management
• Security
• Human-System Interaction
• System Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Engineering Process Support

Deadline for submitting tender documents is 7.4.2006.

Official website: https://www.itea2.org/project_calls.