[Battlemesh] Confine Open Call for participation: experiments and extension

[Isaac Wilder]

Great!

Thanks very much, Leandro.


imw

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:59:32AM +0200, Leandro Navarro wrote:
>    On 9/12/13 1:37 AM, Isaac Wilder wrote:
> 
>  Tried to looks in the docs and couldn't quickly find out whether this is open to
>  groups outside of the EU?
> 
>    Yes, There's this in the FAQ (http://confine-project.eu/faq-open-call-2/)
> 
>    11. Can I participate from country X? The short answer is `yes'.
>    Organisations and researchers from more than 100 countries all over the
>    world are already involved in EU research programmes.
> 
>    Clearly so for organisations from EU countries, also for International
>    Cooperation Partner Countries. Organisations from high-income countries
>    (in particular the United States of America, Canada, Japan, the Republic
>    of Korea, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong,
>    Macao, Vatican, San Marino, Monaco and Andorra) can also participate and
>    receive funding subject to negotiation. Our impression is that
>    participation of non-profit organisations selected for his unique
>    contribution can be duly justified. All the details here.
> 
> 
>  It says that groups must be qualified to participate in EC FP7, but I'm not
>  sure what that means.
> 
>    My impression is that a for-profit organisation from rich countries like
>    the USA may not get funding from the EC, but not-for-profit orgs it can be
>    possible. However we don't have a generic rule as each case should be
>    discussed with the EC. For instance I heard about USA universities being
>    funded (kind of not-for-profit).
> 
>    Best regards, Leandro.
> 
>  This page *seems* to indicate that US groups may apply,
>  but I just want to make sure:
>  http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/who_en.html#provisions
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  thanks,
> 
> 
>  imw
> 
> 
> 
>  On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:46:15AM +0200, Leandro Navarro wrote:
> 
>  Hi, we presented our ongoing work in v6. Now we have a mechanism to
>  bring in new ideas and networks to the project. Funding is available for
>  participation through this competitive open call. You're welcome to
>  apply. Best regards, Leandro.
> 
> 
>  Open Call 2: Connected communities: A future internet, built by the
>  people for the people
> 
>  CONFINE - Community Networks Testbed for the Future Internet
>  http://confine-project.eu
>  The CONFINE FP7 Integrated Project is designing, building and operating
>  a distributed testbed to support experimental research in community
>  networking: http://community-lab.net/.
> 
>  Open call for participation:
> 
>  Funding is available for
>  i) experiments relevant to community networks that make use of the
>  existing Community-Lab testbed.
>  ii) expansion of the Community-Lab testbed over other community networks
>  that bring added value to the testbed.
> 
>  The deadline for applications is Saturday October 19, 2013, at 17:00h
>  Brussels time.
>  Details at: http://confine-project.eu/open-call-2/
> 
>  Topics of interest for this open call are around community networking,
>  on aspects such as but not limited to:
>  * Wireless mesh networks
>  * Wireless MAC and routing protocols
>  * Services and applications for community networks
>  * Cross-layer designs
>  * Hybrid networks with wireless and optical fibre links
>  * Tools for bootstrapping and running community networks
>  * Performance modelling and evaluation
>  * Quality of service provisioning
>  * Quality of experience in community networks
>  * Community network security and privacy
>  * Large-scale management and data collection infrastructures
>  * Incentive models for encouraging users and businesses to participate
>  in community networks
>  * Socio-technical-economic experiments for community networks
>  * Legal aspects of community networks
>  * Increasing public awareness about the potential of community networks
>  * Engaging citizens and local administrations in community network
>  developments
> 
>  Summary of the call:
>  * Budget available: up to EUR 750 KEUR Commission funding. The requested
>  funding per proposal should normally be in the order of EUR 50 to 100 KEUR.
> 
>  * Total number of proposals: up to 8-15 proposals.
> 
>  * Number of partners per proposal: usually 1 but can be up to 2.
> 
>  * Duration of the participation: minimum duration is 12 months from
>  February 2014, and the maximum duration
>  is 20 months, until end of the project in September 30, 2015.
> 
>  * Submissions: Proposals should be submitted in English and the
>  submission is accepted only electronically, in a
>  single PDF file, to the following email address:
>  confine-oc-submission at ac.upc.edu.
> 
>  * Deadline: Saturday October 19, 2013, at 17:00h Brussels time.
> 
>  * Contact: Felix Freitag, UPC, phone: +34 934011609, Email (preferably)
>  for information (not submissions): opencall2 at confine-project.eu
> 
>  --
>  Leandro Navarro
>  http://people.ac.upc.edu/leandro http://dsg.ac.upc.edu
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