[Ipoa_forum_archiv] [IP-OA_Forum] EU Call OA Fw: Forthcoming call for proposals CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 (topic on "Open access to scientific information")

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Subject: Forthcoming call for proposals CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 (topic on "Open access to
scientific information")

Dear list members,

This message is to inform you of a forthcoming call for proposals (CIP-ICT
PSP-2009-3) containing a topic on "Open access to scientific information" (Objective
2.4).

Complete information can be found at
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/index_en.htm.

This call will be published in the context of the Competitiveness and Innovation
Framework programme (CIP), ICT Policy Support Programme (PSP). The DRAFT 2009 ICT
PSP Work programme can be consulted here:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/documents/ICT%20PSP%20WP2009%20-%20v21nov08.pdf.

This DRAFT Work Programme 2009 is expected to be formally approved in January 2009,
and Call for Proposals CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 should open from 29 January till 2 June
2009 (to be confirmed).

The Information Day for this Call will be held on Monday 26 January 2009 in Brussels
from 11:00 to 17:30.
Draft agenda:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/documents/ict_psp_info_day_2009_call3_draft_agenda_v1.pdf
Registration:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/register_to_attend_event/index_en.htm

Best regards,

RTD Scientific Publications

European Commission, Research Directorate-General 
Science, Economy and Society Directorate - Governance and Ethics Unit 
rtd-scientific-publication@ec.europa.eu 
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/scientific_information

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Relevant excerpt from the DRAFT 2009 ICT PSP Work programme:

"Objective 2.4: Open access to scientific information

Funding instrument: Pilot B [UTF-8?]â?? It is intended to support several actions.

Focus and outcomes: Within the framework of the actions on scientific information
initiated by the Communication on scientific information in the digital age the
objective is to improve the spread of European research results. This objective is
sought not only in the context of the Digital Libraries Initiative, but also within
the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7).

The term "scientific/scholarly content" refers to the results of
[UTF-8?]scientistsâ?? or [UTF-8?]scholarsâ?? research work in the EU Member States
or other countries participating in the programme, which in the traditional
publishing paradigm have been published as articles in learned journals, papers,
conference proceedings, monographs or books.

In this context pilot B actions will be funded to carry out conclusive experiments
with open access to digital libraries of scientific/scholarly content, including
experiments exploring new paradigms for peer reviewing, rendering, querying and
linking scientific/scholarly content and (optionally) the related underlying datasets.

Conditions and characteristics:

- The quality and quantity of the digital content (and related metadata) to be
effectively contributed to the pilot by each content provider, as well as the
criteria for its selection, must be clearly identified. The consortium and its
members must ensure the necessary availability of the content to be contributed to
the pilot. In particular, the input content should not depend on proprietary
third-party rights or any other constraints, which would limit its use for the
execution of the pilot.

- The consortium and its members must agree on the necessary licensing or clearing
arrangements for any Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) arising from the pilot to
ensure wider use and dissemination of the project output.

- The actual content should be accessible and retrievable at item level. Projects
dealing only with catalogues of content will not be funded. The results of the pilot
must be accessible by the target users beyond the end of the pilot.

- The consortium must include content providers. It should also include or involve
explicitly in the project different types of relevant stakeholders, i.e. academic
community, libraries, institutional repositories, scientific publishers and the
funding bodies.

- The users, i.e. researchers, and their needs, also beyond the consortium
participants, must be clearly identified. Proposers must present an analysis of
demand based as much as possible on quantified evidence. The users and their needs
should also be at the centre of the proposed approach.

- The issues addressed and the way to tackle them should have a European dimension,
i.e. they should impact on a large number of users in the largest possible number of
EU countries.

- Proposers should demonstrate that the underlying content constitutes the critical
mass necessary to make a significant impact in terms of increasing access and use in
the concerned area or that the experiments exploring new paradigms can have a
considerable impact on the future development of the scientific information area.

- Specific and realistic quantified indicators should be provided to measure the
envisaged improvements in availability, access and use [UTF-8?]â?? at different
stages in the pilot lifetime.

- A clear exploitation plan should be presented to ensure the sustainability of the
proposed solutions, i.e. their capability of developing and surviving without
Community funding after the end of the project. Sustainability comprises both
economic and organisational aspects.

- A clear dissemination plan should be established to ensure optimal use of the
pilot results, also beyond the participants in the pilot.

Expected impact:  Open access to more scientific/scholarly content and/or the
development of new ways to
review, render, query and link scientific/scholarly content.

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