Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme 5th EU RTD Framework Programme Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme

Programme Structure & Indicative Budget Distribution

IST Programme 1st call proposals Total number of Proposals submitted 2488 Total funding requested 5.1BEURO Proposals for which negotiations started 475 Total funding proposed 818MEURO Success Ratio 1:5.2

Participation By Organisation & Action Line

1st call participation & Retainment EU Countries

1st call participation & Retainment EFTA-EEA & Pre-adhesion Countries

Cypriot Proposals

Evaluation Criteria 1. Scientific/technological quality and innovation 2. Community added value and contribution of EC policies 3. Contribution to Community social objectives 4. Economic development and S&T prospects 5. Resources, partnership and management

Successful Proposals with Cypriot Participation

Successful Cypriot Companies

Newly Associated Countries Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus All 11 countries were associated at the time of selection

NAC participations

Success rates per country

Type of retained participations from EU

Type of retained participations from NAC

Analysis of “non retained” Few rejections on formal grounds - formal mechanism is well understood Weak on innovation - proposals have little new Weak on consortium structure -consortia are unbalanced Weak exploitation plan - low or no information on exploitation or dissemination Weak end user involvement - little involvement of e.g. larger industry

Recommended to support Capacity building Partnersearch and consortium building Technology brokerage Networking SME involvement ; SME awards