Hi,<div><br><div>This is great Ari, all. Maybe if you EU folks can figure out who might take the lead on this and document who all is interested in being listed as a participant. Then we can turn to a collaborative writing on the 3 page brilliantly written document and what the scope of the project is. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I may have missed it in an email, but can someone send the link to the COST RFP? </div><div><br></div><div>I'm working with Phil to get a virtual meeting set up for sometime in early November hopefully.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Charlie</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Ari Jolma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ari.jolma@gmail.com">ari.jolma@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Here's some information about COST actions.<br>
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Only collaboration (includes student exchange) is funded. An action typically lasts 4 years and gets 400 kEUR.<br>
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At least 5 European countries are needed, non-European countries are ok, perhaps they are plus.<br>
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COST actions are popular, thus highly competitive and typically only < 1/10 proposals gets funded.<br>
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The initial proposal (due well before March 30) needs to be 3 pages and brilliantly written.<br>
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If funded, the action could start in spring 2013. An action is an open and country points of contact will look for eligible participants. My own eligibility is dubious since my current contract with my university ends 2014.<br>
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The proposal needs a right scope and domain. Domain could be "Earth System Science and Environmental Management" (I could find one GIS related action) or "Information and Communication Technologies" (I could not find any actions directly related to FOSS - which may tell something or not). The proposal needs a main objective. The objective could be for example "enhance academic relevance/use/usability of existing free and open source geospatial (FOSS4G) software and develop methods and workflows for increasing the impact and exploitation of FOSS4G emerging from academia". That could perhaps have the right span.<br>
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The action needs subobjectives, scientific content (as tasks), and a timetable. These need to link to activities and research that are carried out with other funds.<br>
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I have expressions of interest from 3-4 parties plus me. I assume we could get 3-4 more. Then we have good contacts to academia in U.S., OSGeo foundation, and FOSS4G companies. If we decide to submit, the European partners need to contact their national COST points of contact.<br>
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I'd say it's worth a try. But I also say that due to the shortness of my current contract I may not be the best person to be the key named person.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Ari<br>
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