1. National Contact Points 2 nd Call for Proposals EUROpean network of TRANSnational collaborative RTD for SME projects in the field of BIOtechnology Contact EUROTRANS-BIO www.eurotransbio.net Austria : Birgit Mayer, birgit.mayer@ffg.at Tel. : +43 5 7755 1305 Christian Listabarth, Christian.listabarth@ffg.at Tel. : +43 5 7755 1701 Basque Country (Spain) : Garbine Larrauri, glarrauri@eurobulegoa.com Tel. : +34 9449 13097 Maria Aguirre, biobask@spri.es Tel. : +34 9465 55155 Finland : Raimo Pakkanen, raimo.pakkanen@tekes.fi Tel. : +358 9 106 055 829 Flanders (Belgium) : Dirk Veelaert, dv@iwt.be Tel. : +32 2 788 15 65 France : Aude Sirven, aude.sirven@agencerecherche.fr Tel. : + 33 1 78 09 80 25 Edith Petitet, edith.petitet@oseo.fr Tel. : +33 1 41 79 89 07 Germany : Stefan Lampel, s.lampel@fz-juelich.de Tel. : +49 2461 614817 Italy : Vincenzo Zezza, Valentina Milazzo, info-etb@riditt.it Tel. : +39 06 809 72 537 / 517 Vanda Ridolfi, bandi.legge46@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it Tel. : +39 06 54927728 The Netherlands : Rolf R. van de Pavert, r.van.de.pavert@senternovem.nl Tel. : +31 70 3735 554 Spain : Carolina Carrasco Cuevas, carrasco_carolina@cdti.es Tel. : +34 91 581 55 40 ETB Office (Helpdesk) : etboffice@innomedica.fi ; Tel.: +358 9 56373208 EUROTRANS-BIO 2 nd Call Key-data The 2nd joint call for international projects of the EUROTRANS-BIO ERA-NET initiative will open on March 15 th 2007. The deadline for submitting pre-proposals is May 7 th 2007. Funding will be offered to excellent innovative industrial R&D and applied research projects in all fields of biotechnology. Consortia consisting of at least two SMEs from two different participating countries can apply for ETB funding. The overall budget of the call is up to 35 million euros. Each applicant should have contacted his/her national funding agency before submitting. February 2007

2. The EUROTRANS-BIO Initiative EUROTRANS-BIO (ETB) is a four year project founded in October 2004 which is funded under the European Commissions ERA-NET scheme. EUROTRANS-BIO is an initiative between government research and development funding bodies in Austria, Basque Country (Spain), Finland, Flanders (Belgium), France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and Spain. EUROTRANS-BIO’s objective is to foster economic and academic players in sharing risks, costs and skills related to innovation in order to develop new products, technologies or supply services that could reach the market more efficiently. EUROTRANS-BIO’s goal is to establish cross-border partnerships between SMEs, improve and accelerate technology transfer, strengthen European efforts to achieve sustainable industrial development in the field of biotechnology. EUROTRANS-BIO launches common calls for industry-driven trans-national R&D projects to create an integrated funding programme for biotech SMEs. EUROTRANS-BIO 2 nd Call 2 Step Application Procedure 15 March 2007Opening of call Start of submission of pre-proposals 07 May 2007Deadline submission of pre-proposals 22 June 2007 (tentative) Letters of invitation/Rejection to submit a full-proposal are sent 27 Aug 2007Deadline submission of full-proposals 30 Oct 2007Evaluation Meeting (tentative) 06 Nov 2007 (tentative) ETB-Recommendation for Funding Timeline Deadline: 07 May 2007 Deadline: 27. Aug 2007 The EUROTRANS-BIO Members