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FP7 Countdown to the New Calls for Proposals

The Commission are still on schedule for the publication of the latest round of calls on the 30th July

You should be able to access all the call information from the CORDIS call page

FP7 Information Day, Environment & FAFB Themes

Last Friday (17th July) saw the official UK launch of the 2010 Environment and Bio calls.

Presentations from the day are available to download off the FP7 page on the BetaEurope website under 'Latest Opportunities'

Emerging & Major Infectious Diseases of Livestock ERA-NET Call for Proposals

The animal health ERA-NET, EMIDA is managed by Defra and is preparing for a €20 million call for proposals

The call opens on the 7th September with a pre-proposal submission deadline of 16th November. For further information about EMIDA and the upcoming call for proposals, please visit the EMIDA ERA-NET website

New Financial Helpdesk Newsletter Now Available

The latest newsletter (#28) from the FP7 Finance Helpdesk is now available on their website.

European Commission 2010 Call Info Days, Brussels

The EC are organising a series of info days regarding the upcoming calls that are being published on the 30th July

Oceans: FP7-OCEANS-2010, 16th September

Environment (including climate change): FP7-ENV-2010, 17th September

Africa: FP7-AFRICA-2010), 18th September

Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology: FP7-KBBE-2010, 7th October - further information about this info day will be posted on the BetaEurope website when it is made available

FREE PLACES & TRAVEL to World Bio-Energy - Clean Vehicles & Fuels 2009, 16th -18th September, Sweden

Beta Technology is inviting companies to attend this conference and are offering to pay travel, accommodation and conference fee costs for a limited number of organisations on a first come, first served basis

For more information the Bio-Energy website

The 2009 Northwest Biomedical Awards competition is now open for entries

For further information on the award criteria and information on categories, please visit the Bionow website www.bionow.co.uk




NEW GUIDES FOR SME'S

SMEs in Marie Curie

http://ec.europa.eu/research/sme-techweb/pdf/smes_mcurie_en.pdf

Research for SMEs at a glance

http://ec.europa.eu/research/sme-techweb/pdf/sme_funding_en.pdf

SMEs in FP7: a hands on Guide

http://ec.europa.eu/research/sme-techweb/pdf/sme_handson_en.pdf