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The Celtic Call 4 has officially been launched by 23rd January. The deadline for the submission of proposal outlines is 4 May 2006. For further information please check the Celtic website (http://www.celtic-initiative.org/ ). Please note also that there will be a Call 4 Information Day held on 22 February 2006 in Dublin.

 
Celtic - 4th Call for Project Proposals

Celtic, a EUREKA cluster project, is a European R&D programme designed to strengthen Europe's competitiveness in telecommunications through short and medium term collaborative projects. Celtic is the only European R&D programme fully dedicated to end-to-end telecommunication solutions. Currently, after 3 calls, the project volume is in the region of 300 M€ with an annual effort of about 1000 person-years. 
 
Celtic is open to telecoms network operators and  telecoms industry,  both large companies and SMEs , as well as , research institutes and universities from all EUREKA countries. The focus of Celtic projects is on pre-competitive development of comprehensive, integrated communication system solutions, including platforms and test vehicles.
The start of the successful projects is envisaged for early 2007. The costs for Celtic projects are shared between governments, who contribute, depending on the national rules, up to 50 % of the project budget, and private investment.

The proposal submission is split in two phases:

Phase 1
Submission of Proposal Outlines (PO): 23 January to 4 May 2006. The proposals will be evaluated until mid June 2006.

Phase 2
Full Project Proposals (FPP) for those project outlines that have passed the assessment and were recommended and invited to submit a full proposal. The FPP submission period will be from 26 June to 10 October 2006.

Technical Focus
 

Proposals shall contribute to the Celtic "Integrated Telecommunications Systems" approach and shall contribute to promoting the Celtic "Pan-European laboratory" (Panlab) with suitable platforms and test vehicles.

Call 4 proposal shall focus on the technology issues laid down in the Celtic Purple Book, in particular, on the new challenges described in the purple book annex (version 2). In addition to the objectives of the Purple Book proposals may also focus on particular issues mentioned in the Strategic Research Agendas (SRA) of the European Technology Platforms of the EU Framework 7 programme  with which Celtic plans to coordinate its work activities:

Celtic Information Day

On 22 February 2006 Celtic will organise  the "Celtic Call 4 Information Day", which is open to all people interested in the Celtic objectives. This events is a platform to present new proposals or project ideas and to discuss them with interested experts or potential project partners. The information day is free of charge and will be held in Dublin/ Ireland. Further information is available at: http://www.celtic-initiative.org/Events/events-2006/celtic_information_day_call_4.asp.

Interested partners who would like to get into touch with consortia looking for additional companies or experts should consult the Celtic partner search page and may also use our partner contact form at http://www.celtic-initiative.org/Contacts/find-a-partner.asp 

For further information please check our website at http://www.celtic-initiative.org or contact the Celtic Programme Coordinator, Dr. Peter Herrmann (herrmann@celtic-initiative.org).