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

[Leandro Navarro]

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
<ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/icpc-list.pdf>. 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
<http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/public_en.html?Public=Outside+the+EU>.

>
> 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
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> thanks,
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> imw
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> 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 K€ Commission funding. The requested
>> funding per proposal should normally be in the order of EUR 50 to 100 K€.
>>
>> * 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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