Please note that a large number of calls are currently open for research proposals under the European Union Fifth Framework Program. The following are examples, meant to give you a quick overview. Hopefully you will find one or two topics which are close to your research field.

EESD-Environment (255MEUR) Proposal deadline: 15.10.2001
call date: 15.11.2000
Main themes:
· Sustainable management an quality of water
· Global change
· Marine ecosystems
· City of tomorrow and cultural heritage
· Earth observaion
· Natural Hazards (earthquakes, floods, forest fires)

EESD-Energy (125MEUR) Proposal deadline: 15.12.2001
call date: 24.10.2000
Main themes:
· Fuel cells
· Bioenergy
· Distributed energy generation
· Cleaner fuels for transport
· Storage of energy
· Photovoltaics
· Cleaner and Efficient Energy
· Renewable Energy Systems

Quality of LIFE (428MEUR) Proposal deadline: 18.10.2001
call date: 15.11.2000
Main themes:
· Infectious Diseases (vaccines, identification of diseases, control of diseases)
· Cell Factory (therapeutic strategies, bioassays, biosensors, safe use of biomolecules, cellular nanotechnologies, genetic diversity)
· Sustainable agriculture, fisheries and forestry (121 MEUR)
· Chronic and degenerative diseases
· Genomes and diseases of genetic origin
· Neurosciences
· Public Health
· Disabilities
· Bioethics

INCO-DEVA4 (68.5 MEUR) Proposal deadline: 17.9.2001
call date: 15.3.2001
Main themes:
· Policy on the conditions for sustainable development
· Systems research on human environment and health (health systems, water management, land use, management of urban water resources, urban water recycling, sustainable systems in cities, sanitary risks)
· Sustainable tools for health improvement (vaccines, new drug combinations)
· Agro-food (processing technologies, biotechnologies, quality standards)
· Water management

EESD-Environment (3MEUR) Proposal deadline: 28.9.2001
call date: 31.5.2001
Main themes:
· European Network of Biodiversity Information

GROWTH (143MEUR) Proposal deadline: 17.8.2001
call date: 1.6.2001
Main themes:
· Single market for rail transport services (39MEUR)
· Land transport and marine technologies, including new land transport vehicle concepts and efficient interoperability (98MEUR)
· New perspectives in aeronautics (4MEUR)

Quality of LIFE (25MEUR) Proposal deadline: 18.10.2001
call date: 31.5.2001
Main themes:
· Transmissible spongiform encephalopathis

Quality of LIFE (20MEUR) Proposal deadline: 14.9.2001
call date: 31.5.2001
Main themes:
· Endocrine disrupters

Synergy
for information only - this is not part of the Framework Programme (3MEUR) Proposal deadline: 31.7.2001
call date: 8.6.2001
Main themes:
· Kyoto implementation:
· capacity building
· energy efficiency
· clean technologies
· renewables
· household energy use
· clean coal technologies

If you are interested to join a project, we suggest the following:
1. Look for project partners in the EU to write a joint proposal. You can also try to jump on a consortium who is already preparing a proposal.
2. You can get more information about the research call on the web site: http://www.cordis.lu . (look at: European Union Funded Research - Calls for proposals - follow the call date and download the call text and the workprogramme).

You can also use the partner search facility in this website or find partner addresses from existing projects which are near your research field.

I wish you much success in forming EU projects and we will be pleased to provide more information.

Jurgen Sanders
Counsellor for Science and Technology
Delegation of the European Commission
15 Dongzhimenwai Dajie
Sanlitun
100600 Beijing, China
Tel.: +86-10-6532 4443 ext. 214
Fax: +86-10-6532 4342
Mobile: +86-13910821314
email: jurgen.sanders@delchn.cec.eu.int

or

Zhang Hai Hua
Assistant for Science and Technology
Delegation of the European Commission
15 Dongzhimenwai Dajie
Sanlitun
100600 Beijing, China
Tel.: +86-10-6532 4443 ext. 278
Fax: +86-10-6532 4342
Mobile: +86-13901243263
email: zhang.haihua@delchn.cec.eu.int