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Newsletter Volume 2, No 7 - November 2008|
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Successful SMEs go Health Information and Training Workshop at the EuroBIO in ParisSMEs go Health held its 3rd Information and Training Workshop in Paris, France, on 7 October 2008 at the occasion of EuroBiO – the life sciences event of the EU French presidency.
The successful training day attracted over 120 European and international representatives from academia, SMEs and other institutions, ranging from "FP7 new-comers" to experienced proposal writers. The audience was rewarded with an excellent one-day programme fully packed with high-quality information and first-hand tips provided by the European Commission and other experts in the field with real life experiences such as project coordinators, evaluators and National Contact Points.
 Reminder: Two calls in the area of Health currently open
OTHER PROJECTS The ERA-Net EUROTRANS-BIO’s 4th Transnational Call will be launched
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On 3rd September 2008, the European Commission has published a number calls for proposals under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). These include two calls addressing Health, FP7-Health-2009-single-stage (see Call fiche with topics 
Eurreca, a network for excellence on micronutrients - with special
attention to SMEs
Source : Eurreca SME group
Vitamins and minerals are familiar to most people in Europe. While the diet is generally adequate, some vulnerable groups may need extra steps to achieve adequate intakes. SMEs can help through the food they produce or the technical instruments they bring to the market.
EURRECA: providing the foundation of micronutrient recommendations
EURRECA is a Network of Excellence whose members are scientists, nutrition companies, consumer organisations, small & medium-sized enterprises and wider stakeholders, funded by the European Commission (EC) to work together to address the problem of national variations in micronutrient recommendations. The Network is made up of 34 partners based in 17 countries. The aim of EURRECA is to produce Europe-wide scientific consensus on the evidence on which micronutrient (vitamin and mineral) recommendations can be developed and applied – including applications by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
EURRECA’s SME group
EURRECA has created an almost unique dedicated SME group (composed of SMEs and academics) whose core business is transferring knowledge from EURRECA to European SMEs – through various activities including our SME Associate Network. As a consequence, European SMEs should receive from EURRECA insights that will give a global competitive advantage. The industry sectors that the EURRECA SME group targets are food producers, laboratories, companies with an interest in nutrigenomics and nutrition software producers.
NEW! SPOTLIGHT ON RESEARCH PROFILES
Health research excellence in the spotlight : Latvia
Latvia is in the focus of the first of a series of SMEs go Health newsletter articles presenting key research and innovation actors in the "Health" area of European Member States, Associated Countries and Candidate Countries. We invite you to learn more about the expertise of potential new partners for your FP7 projects!
TIPS & TRICKS TO TAKE PART IN FP7
What are the benefits of a two-stage submission?
Last September, the third Health call has been launched and for the first time the two-stage submission procedure will be applied on certain health topics. Only large-scale integrating projects are concerned. The procedure has been introduced to lower the administrative burden and related costs for potential participants.
A two-stage submission procedure means that a detailed application will not have to be submitted until a first assessment of the likely benefits has been made. This will be done on the basis of a limited set of information that has to be submitted only by the coordinator.
SUCCESS STORIES / QUOTES FROM CLIENTS
Large SME participation in the first two FP7 Calls in 2007
Preliminary figures from the output of the first two Calls for proposals published in 2007 (with deadlines in April and September 07) show a quite large and promising SME participation in the Framework Programme. Numbers on SME participation in the first two FP7 health calls presented in the table of the previous SGH newsletter were based on preliminary data. Updated numbers will be provided soon.
Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)
Outcome of the first stage of Call 1
The first call for Expressions of Interest (EoI) launched by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) in April 2008 was met with high response from the European research community: 138 Expressions of interest were submitted for 18 Topics, addressing 3 of the 4 IMI "pillars", namely Safety, Efficacy, and Education and Training. According to the IMI Joint Undertaking, all topics have been adequately covered by the EoIs received, rendering the first stage of the first IMI Call with a budget of around 294 Mio Euro a success.
Altogether, more than 1200 Teams were involved in the EoIs, 17 % thereof stemming from SMEs, 77 % from academic institutions, and the remaining percentages consisting of patient organisations, regulatory agencies, industry associations and large "non-EFPIA" companies.
“I would like to highlight once again the significance of the “SMEs go Health” database and thank you for your efforts, since this collaboration has been established due to this database”.
Proposal: NANOBIOS: "Nanochemistry for Bioseparation and Sensing"
Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN) proposal
Name: Dr. Antreas AFANTITIS
NovaMechanics Ltd - Cyprus
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