VISION Era-Net partners are pleased to announce the first joint research and funding actions. The network launches on 30 March 2007 two separate calls for research projects to address central issues in the European innovation policy.
With a combined budget of approximately 540.000,00€, VISION Era-Net launches a "Call for proposals" that will provide research grants for research consortiums, and a "Call for Tender" that will award a single research contract through a public procurement process.
VISION Era-Net research activities are launched on a pilot scale in order to improve the capabilities of different national research communities to participate in VISION Era-Net activities in the future, as well as to explore the possiblities for the expansion of the research programme and other initiatives.
These calls are an important step for the new international research and policy learning activities developed by the VISION Era-Net. The goal of these calls is to gain new European perspectives on the current transformation of innovation processes and national policies, as well as to allow research teams to build up their international networks. Furthermore, the pilot research program will guide the efforts of VISION Era-Net to expand the research program activities in the future, as well as our other initiatives for the development of shared innovation policy knowledge bases.