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The Commission has just finalised the evaluation of proposals submitted to the first call for proposals to the IST priority.
With the help of external experts, 236 projects were selected out of 1400 submitted. These will receive above 1 B€ of funding and are expected to start the work in the coming 2-3 months.
A key feature of the selection is the unprecedented concentration of efforts and building up of critical mass to address the target objectives.
The projects will bring together private and public organisations, and industry and research around shared goals and roadmaps
with substantially increased contributions and partnerships. Each project is now integrating five times as many resources as did
projects under previous Framework Programmes. Now, in a typical integrated project, more than 25 partners receive almost 10 M€
for a period of 2-4 years to which they add an equivalent amount as the Community funds only 50% of the costs.
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