Il bando, dotato di un budget di 583 milioni di euro, rientra nel programma di lavoro 2014-2015 per il comparto ICT, che, all’interno di Horizon 2020, rappresenta un settore trasversale alle tre priorità strategiche del nuovo programma europeo per la ricerca:

1. excellent science,
2. industrial leadership,
3. societal challenges.

L’avviso, la cui apertura è prevista per il 15 ottobre 2014, finanzierà i seguenti temi (topic):

• ICT 4 – 2015: Customised and low power computing
• ICT 8 – 2015: Boosting public sector productivity and innovation through cloud computing services
• ICT 10 – 2015: Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation
• ICT 12 – 2015: Integrating experiments and facilities in FIRE+
• ICT 16 – 2015: Big data – research
• ICT 19 – 2015: Technologies for creative industries, social media and convergence
• ICT 20 – 2015: Technologies for better human learning and teaching
• ICT 24 – 2015: Robotics
• ICT 25 – 2015: Generic micro- and nano-electronic technologies
• ICT 27 – 2015: Photonics KET
• ICT 28 – 2015: Cross-cutting ICT KETs
• ICT 30 – 2015: Internet of Things and Platforms for Connected Smart Objects
• ICT 34 – 2015: ICT contribution to pilot for co–investments by business angels in innovative ICT firms
• ICT 36 – 2015: Pre-commercial procurement open to all areas of public interest requiring new ICT solutions
• ICT 38 – 2015: International partnership building and support to dialogues with high income countries
• ICT 39 – 2015: International partnership building in low and middle income countries

Le domande dovranno essere presentate entro il 14 aprile 2015.

Photo credit: Kingsway School / Foter / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)