[A2k] FYI: Open Access call for proposals under the new EU "Competitiveness and Innovation Framework"

[Manon Ress]

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Thanks to Patrick for pointer:

 From the  rtd-scientific-publication@ec.europa.eu mailing list.

Dear list members,

This message is to inform you of a forthcoming call for proposals (CIP-
ICT PSP-2009-3) containing a topic on "Open access to scientific
information" (Objective 2.4).

Complete information can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/information_societ=
y/activities/ict_psp/index_en.htm
.


This call will be published in the context of the Competitiveness and
Innovation Framework programme (CIP), ICT Policy Support Programme
(PSP). The DRAFT 2009 ICT PSP Work programme can be consulted here: http://=
ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/documents/ICT%20PSP%20W=
P2009%20-%20v21nov08.pdf
.


This DRAFT Work Programme 2009 is expected to be formally approved in
January 2009, and Call for Proposals CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 should open
from 29 January till 2 June 2009 (to be confirmed).

The Information Day for this Call will be held on Monday 26 January
2009 in Brussels from 11:00 to 17:30.

Draft agenda: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/do=
cuments/ict_psp_info_day_2009_call3_draft_agenda_v1.pdf

Registration: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/re=
gister_to_attend_event/index_en.htm


Best regards,

RTD Scientific Publications

European Commission, Research Directorate-General
Science, Economy and Society Directorate - Governance and Ethics Unit
rtd-scientific-publication@ec.europa.eu

http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/scientific_information



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Relevant excerpt from the DRAFT 2009 ICT PSP Work programme:

"Objective 2.4: Open access to scientific information

Funding instrument: Pilot B =96 It is intended to support several actions.

Focus and outcomes: Within the framework of the actions on scientific
information initiated by the Communication on scientific information
in the digital age the objective is to improve the spread of European
research results. This objective is sought not only in the context of
the Digital Libraries Initiative, but also within the 7th Framework
Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7).


The term "scientific/scholarly content" refers to the results of
scientists' or scholars' research work in the EU Member States or
other countries participating in the programme, which in the
traditional publishing paradigm have been published as articles in
learned journals, papers, conference proceedings, monographs or books.


In this context pilot B actions will be funded to carry out conclusive
experiments with open access to digital libraries of scientific/
scholarly content, including experiments exploring new paradigms for
peer reviewing, rendering, querying and linking scientific/scholarly
content and (optionally) the related underlying datasets.


Conditions and characteristics:

- The quality and quantity of the digital content (and related
metadata) to be effectively contributed to the pilot by each content
provider, as well as the criteria for its selection, must be clearly
identified. The consortium and its members must ensure the necessary
availability of the content to be contributed to the pilot. In
particular, the input content should not depend on proprietary third-
party rights or any other constraints, which would limit its use for
the execution of the pilot.


- The consortium and its members must agree on the necessary licensing
or clearing arrangements for any Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
arising from the pilot to ensure wider use and dissemination of the
project output.


- The actual content should be accessible and retrievable at item
level. Projects dealing only with catalogues of content will not be
funded. The results of the pilot must be accessible by the target
users beyond the end of the pilot.


- The consortium must include content providers. It should also
include or involve explicitly in the project different types of
relevant stakeholders, i.e. academic community, libraries,
institutional repositories, scientific publishers and the funding
bodies.


- The users, i.e. researchers, and their needs, also beyond the
consortium participants, must be clearly identified. Proposers must
present an analysis of demand based as much as possible on quantified
evidence. The users and their needs should also be at the centre of
the proposed approach.


- The issues addressed and the way to tackle them should have a
European dimension, i.e. they should impact on a large number of users
in the largest possible number of EU countries.

- Proposers should demonstrate that the underlying content constitutes
the critical mass necessary to make a significant impact in terms of
increasing access and use in the concerned area or that the
experiments exploring new paradigms can have a considerable impact on
the future development of the scientific information area.


- Specific and realistic quantified indicators should be provided to
measure the envisaged improvements in availability, access and use =97
at different stages in the pilot lifetime.

- A clear exploitation plan should be presented to ensure the
sustainability of the proposed solutions, i.e. their capability of
developing and surviving without Community funding after the end of
the project. Sustainability comprises both economic and organisational
aspects.


- A clear dissemination plan should be established to ensure optimal
use of the pilot results, also beyond the participants in the pilot.

Expected impact:  Open access to more scientific/scholarly content and/
or the development of new ways to

review, render, query and link scientific/scholarly content.

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