EPSRC have recently published an advance announcement for a call which they first trailed in their February review of research areas. Summary: The Cross-Disciplinarity and Co-Creation in ICT Research call “seeks to encourage active collaboration between researchers working in different disciplines and/or with users of research. The ICT landscape has rich opportunities for closer working between disciplines…
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has recently announced two two-day workshops for Early Career Researchers working in the area of Information and Communication Technologies. These are: Sheffield (16-17 Feb 2017) Cardiff (6-7 Mar 2017) The workshops will provide an update to EPSRC and ICT Theme strategies and policies, and guidance on applying for…
The European Commission’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Proposers’ Day 2016 was held on 26-27 September 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The event focused on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016-17 in the field of ICT. This work programme covers the calls launched this year and next, covering areas such as: A new generation of components…
Between October and December 2015, a series of ICT-themed events focusing on the new LEIT-ICT WP 2016-2017 will be held in the UK as detailed below. In addition, a Future and Emerging Technologies Workshop in November will cover the upcoming funding opportunities of the new Work Plan 2016-2017. The following events are organised by the KTN in…
The European Commission is planning an info day in Brussels on the 2nd February. It will focus on the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) dimension of the ICT-related Horizon 2020 calls with deadlines in 2015. Further info, including a draft programme and the EC’s background note on the RRI and SSH is available here.
On the following day, 3rd February, there will be a workshop on RRI and SSH in the ICT-related parts of the work programmes for 2016-17.
Both events will be web streamed. The link will be provided here in the next few weeks.
The Horizon 2020 Energy Efficient Buildings Call 2015 is making up to €62M available for research,development, and coordination activities to intensify the drive to energy neutral buildings by 2020: “By the end of 2020 (2018 for buildings occupied and owned by public authorities), all new buildings should comply with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive obligations and…
EPSRC is inviting outline proposals which will look at opportunities for how humans will interact with ICT technology in the future which will involve areas such as wearable devices, autonomous systems and an internet of things. The call is being run in parallel with the “Making Sense from Data” call, which is being issued simultaneously by…
