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EU’s latest annual call for Security Research proposals now closed |
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Strong stakeholder response to explore uses of social media for civil security!
The European Commission’s fifth annual Security Research call for proposals closed on 23 November. As with previous Security Research calls Europe’s stakeholder community had four months to respond to the research topics in the call.
One of the items in the societal security category that sparked keen interest across Europe’s research community, for example, was topic SEC-2012.6.1-3, which sought proposals on the “use of new communication/social media in crisis situations”.
Interest in this topic was already strong at the EU’s annual Security Research Conference during 20-21 September in Warsaw and its pre-event “brokerage” sessions where stakeholders presented their research skills and ideas. A number of presentations focused on the interplay between social media and civil security response.
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On November 30th the European Commission has adopted its proposal for the next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation “Horizon 2020” that will run from 2014 to 2020 with a proposed total budget of €80 billion.
Horizon 2020 shall have the three mutually reinforcing strategic objectives described below, supporting the whole spectrum of activities of research, technological development, demonstration and innovation, including the dissemination and optimisation of results.
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