1. TÜBİTAK FP6 PROPOSAL FOR A MULTIANNUAL FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME 2002-2006

2. TÜBİTAK FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME 2002-2006 IS OPEN TO THE PARTICIPATION OF  MEMBER STATES  CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN CANDIDATE COUNTRIES (CEEC)  CYPRUS, MALTA AND TURKEY, on the basis of bilateral agreements to be concluded with these countries  SWITZERLAND and ISRAEL, on the basis of bilateral agreements to be concluded with these countries

3. TÜBİTAK SEVEN THEMATIC AREAS & THREE MAJOR INSTRUMENTS

4. TÜBİTAK INSTRUMENTS  INTEGRATING EUROPEAN RESEARCH (12770MEURO)  STRUCTRING THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA (3050MEURO)  STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA(450MEURO)  TOTAL 16270 MEURO

5. TÜBİTAK INSTRUMENTS TO INTEGRATE EUROPEAN RESEARCH  NETWORKS OF EXCELLENCE  INTEGRATED PROJECTS  THE EU’s PARTICIPATION IN THE RESEARCH PROGRAMMES OF THE MEMEMBER STATES CARRIED OUT JOINTLY(ESF, CERN, EMBL, ESO, EUREKA, COST)

6. TÜBİTAK PRIORITY THEMATIC AREAS OF RESEARCH (the aim is to allocate “at least”15% of financial resources to SME’s)  GENOMICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTH (2000 MEUROS)  INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGIES, e-Europe (3600MEUROS)  NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INTELLIGENT MATERIALS, AND NEW PRODUCTION PROCESSES (1300 MEUROS)

7. TÜBİTAK PRIORITY THEMATIC AREAS OF RESEARCH (the aim is to allocate “at least”15% of financial resources to SME’s)  AERONAUTICS AND SPACE (1000MEUROS)  FOOD SAFETY AND HEALTH RISKS (600 MEUROS)  SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL CHANGE (1700 MEUROS)  CITIZENS AND GOVERNANCE IN THE EUROPEAN KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY (225 MEUROS)

8. TÜBİTAK NETWORKS OF EXCELLENCE  SUPPORT TO THESE NETWORKS IS INTENDED TO CREATE  “ VIRTUAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE”  THE ENTITIES WILL NEED TO HAVE OR ACQUIRE THE OPERATIONAL AUTONOMY TO GRADUALLY INTEGRATE THEIR ACTIVITIES WITH THOSE OF OTHER ENTITIES

9. TÜBİTAK NETWORKS OF EXCELLENCE  PRECISE RESEARCH TEAMS AND TOPICS BUT NOT ON THE BASIS OF PRE-DEFINED OBJECTIVES OR RESULTS.

10. TÜBİTAK INTEGRATED PROJECTS  THE PROJECTS REPRESENTING AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF UP TO SEVERAL TENS OF MILLIONS OF EUROS, WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY CONSORTIA OFTEN INVOLVING INTENSE UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY COLLABORATION

11. TÜBİTAK INTEGRATED PROJECTS  THE PROJECTS MAY COVER RISKY RESEARCH AND WILL HAVE CLEARLY DEFINED OBJECTIVES’ OR PRODUCTS’ PROCESSES OR SERVICES  SIGNIFICANT MOBILISATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING

12. TÜBİTAK Greek Contribution to the discussions on the European Research Area (ERA) Implementation and the 6 th Framework Programme

13. TÜBİTAK Greece does not believe that the ERA and the new F.P. should refer only to large-scale projects (with budgets of several tens to several hundreds of millions of euros). We must always bear in mind that many times important breakthroughs (like science incubators) come out from small teams in the frame of small and eligible projects. Referring to the integrated projects with a very high budget, the case of “genomics & human health” should be pursued as a pilot experiment. This model could be applied to specific scientific areas, but it must not be adopted for all the thematic areas of the new F.P.

14. TÜBİTAK PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL PROGRAMMES CARRIED OUT JOINTLY  CLEARLY IDENTIFIED PROGRAMMES IMPLEMENTED BY GOVERNMENTS OR NATIONAL RESERCH ORGANISATIONS  COMMUNITY MAY CONRTIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO THE PROGRAMMES CARRIED OUT JOINTLY

15. TÜBİTAK DETAILED RULES FOR FINANCIAL PERTICIPATION BY THE COMMUNITY

16. TÜBİTAK NETWORKS OF EXCELLENCE EC MAY AWARD AN OVERALL GRANT ON THE BASIS OF RESULTS FROM IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMON PROGRAMMES OF ACTIVITIES

17. TÜBİTAK INTEGRATED PROJECTS  EC MAY AWARD A GRANT TO THE BUDGET OF THESE PROJECTS CORRESPONDING TO A MAXIMUM 50% OF THEIR TOTAL COST.

18. TÜBİTAK NATIONAL PROGRAMMES  EC MAY AWARD A GRANT TO THE BUDGET OF JOINTLY-EXECUTED ACTIVITIES CORRESPONDING TO A MAX 50 % OF THEIR TOTAL COST.

19. TÜBİTAK JRC ACTIVITIES JRC WILL FOCUS ON PRIORITY THEMES RELATING TO FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTORAL POLICIES IN CLOSE COOPEARTION AND NETWORKING WITH SCIENTIFIC CIRCLES, NATIONAL RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS AND BUSSINESSES IN EUROPE

20. TÜBİTAK STRUCTURING THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA  RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (300 MEUROS) THESE ACTIVITIES ARE INTENDED TO SIMULATE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, UTILISATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS, TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE AND STETTING UP OF TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALL ITS REGIONS

21. TÜBİTAK STRUCTURING THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA  HUMAN RESORCES AND MOBILITY (1800 MEUROS) TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD CLASS HUMAN RESOURCES TO MAKE EUROPE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO THIRD COUNTRY RESEARCHERS

22. TÜBİTAK STRUCTURING THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA  RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES (900 MEUROS) TO HELP ESTABLISH FABRIC OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN EUROPE AND TO PROMOTE THEIR OPTIMUM USE (HIGH CAPACITY AND HIGH SPEED COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE (GRID TYPE ARCHITECTURES), e-PUBLISHING SERVICES WILL IN PARTICULAR RECEIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION.THESE ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL BE DEFINED AND CARRIED OUT USING THE SCIENTIFIC ADVICE OF THE ESF IN PARTICULAR)

23. TÜBİTAK STRUCTURING THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA  SCIENCE/SOCIETY (50 MEUROS) TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HARMONIOUS RELATIONS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY INFORMED DIALOGUE BETWEEN RESEARCHERS’ INDUSTRIALISTS, POLITICAL DESICION MAKERS AND CITIZENS.

24. TÜBİTAK STRENGHTENING THE FOUNDATIONS OF EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA  TO STEP UP THE COORDINATION AND SUPPORT OF THE COHERENT DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION-STIMULATION POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES (450 MEUROS)

25. TÜBİTAK STRENGHTENING THE FOUNDATIONS OF EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA  MAKING THE REALITY OF ERA DEPENDS ON IMPROVING THE COHERENCE AND COORDINATION OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES AND POLICIES CONDUCTED AT NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND EUROPEAN LEVEL  FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR;  THE MUTUAL OPENING OF NATIONAL PROGRAMMES  NETWORKING OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT NATIONAL LEVEL  SCI. AND TECH. COOPERATION ACTIVITIES OF COST AND ESF  COLLABORATION AND JOINT INITIATIVES OF CERN, EMBL, ESO, AND ESA

26. TÜBİTAK ANTICIPATING THE EU’S SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS (2345 MEUROS)  RESPOND TO SCI. AND TECH. NEEDS OF THE POLICIES OF THE EU IN ALL AREAS CORRESPONDING TO THOSE POLICIES, INCLUDING THE PRIORITY THEMATIC AREAS WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE RECOURSE TO THE THREE MAJOR INSTRUMENTS BUT WHICH REQUIRE SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND METHODS OF INTERVENTION.

27. TÜBİTAK RESEARCH THAT RESPONDS TO COPE WITH UNEXPECTED MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING IN AREAS LINKED TO THE PRIORITY FIELDS THE CHOICE OF RESEARCH TOPICS, AREAS AND SUBJECTS WILL BE MADE BY THE COMISSION ON THE BASIS OF ASSESSMENT BY AN INTERNAL GROUP OF USERS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF THE OPINION OF AN INEDEPENDENT CONSULTATIVE BODY MADE UP OF HIGH LEVEL SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL EXPERTS

28. TÜBİTAK CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTERESTS OPEN TO ANY ENTITY OR ORGANISATION IN THE EU TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS PRECISELY AND TO EVALUATE THEM; CALLS FOR PROPOSALS ON THEMES SELECTED ON THIS BASIS OF THE PROJECTS JUDGES TO BE SUFFICIENTLY SCEIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL QUALITY BY PEER REVIEW, THE COMMISSION WILL SELECT THOSE MOST LIKELY TO HELP SUPPORT THE POLICIES IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRIT AND OBJECTIVE, THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT UNDER THIS HEADING WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON THE BASIS OF ANNUAL Decisions

29. TÜBİTAK RESPOND FLEXIBILY AND RAPIDLY TO EMERGING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS AND MAJOR UNFORESSEABLE DEVELEOPMENTS AS WELL AS NEED APPEARING IN THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE IN MULTITHEMATIC AND INETDICIPLINARY AREAS RESAERCH IN SUPPORT OF THE OBJECTIVES SET FOR THE EU BY THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL e.g e- EUROPE