Commission seeks feedback on Digital4Science platform
Three of the Commission’s Digital4Science platform topics are up for public consultation in an attempt to identify which areas could make a huge difference to the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Work Programme.
The three topics for which feedback is requested are the research directions for the FET Proactive scheme; the research directions for the FET Flagships scheme; and Mathematics for Excellence in Science in Horizon 2020.
The Commission’s website states: ‘The essence of FET is to stimulate the technological breakthroughs that will bring about radical change in the future. By providing flexible support to goal-oriented and interdisciplinary collaborative research, and by adopting innovative research practices, FET research seizes the opportunities that will deliver long-term benefit for our society and economy.’
Director for excellence in science Thierry Van der Pyl (right of image) says: “We are looking for the big picture. We expect new ideas for grand challenges in science and technology requiring large scale collaboration and multidisciplinary exploration.”
Asking for public opinion in these fields maintains the Commission’s open agenda by allowing its citizens to have a say in which areas they would prefer to see expansion and investment.
Contributors are invited to share their views by 30 April, for which further information is available here.
Representing treble the amount of finance its predecessor the Seventh Framework Programme had, the Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme is investing €2.7bn in FET.
