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ICT 2010: A new platform is enhancing EU-US S&T cooperation within the EU FP7 projects BILAT-USA and Link2U

Sep 28, 2010

Brussels-Expo

On 28 September 2010 BILAT-USA and Link2US are organising a networking session within the framework of ICT 2010.

This awareness raising workshop on EU-US S&T cooperation shall introduce the two EU FP7 projects BILAT-USA and Link2US which aim at advancing EU and US S&T cooperation.

Analyses of US collaborative funding schemes and participation rules shall help European researchers in understanding the US funding system and foster EU and US S&T cooperation. 

The new Trans-Atlantic online platform shall be presented, giving researchers from the EU and Associated States access to EU-US S&T agreements, documents and publications, related S&T news and much more. 

In a panel discussion researchers from the EU and Associated States shall get insight information from representatives of the European Commission and a US government scientific unit regarding funding opportunities and obstacles to cooperation. Experiences made in EU-US partnerships shall be exchanged and ICT related questions shall be dealt with.

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/ict2010/item-display.cfm?id=3221


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BILAT-USA (Grant Agreement no: 244434) and Link2US (Grant Agreement no: 244371) Projects are co-funded by the European Union’s Capacities Programme on International Cooperation under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Cooperation.