Don’t miss 2012 EU funding opportunities: contact your NCP Brussels now!

Calls for proposals from the European Commission will be published throughout the year and there will be many funding opportunities for research and innovation projects. If you want to be sure to detect the right call for your project idea, now is the time to contact your NCP Brussels!

NCP Brussels helps you anticipate future EU funding opportunities for research and innovation

Anticipation is key for a successful project proposal and the NCP Brussels team helps you to do so thanks to its good and precise overview of all the research and innovation calls that will be published in 2012 under the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) and Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP).

NCP Brussels can give you access to privileged information on future calls to be published in 2012 and therefore, we strongly advise any Brussels-based SME, research institutes, spin-offs or associations to contact the NCP Brussels team NOW to start preparing this year’s funding opportunities.

NCP Brussels team is especially well aware of all the calls targeting the following sectors: ICT, life technologies, Green technologies, sustainable buildings. But it can provide tailor-made advice to any sector interested in EU funding for research and innovation.

On request and for free, your NCP Brussels will pinpoint the most relevant EU funding opportunity matching your project idea. This is the first step to access EU funding for research and innovation.

Now is the time. Don’t miss it: contact your NCP Brussels!

Check who the NCP for your sector is and do not hesitate to call or email for a first contact:

o Alexandre Bonnyns ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ): NCP Brussels coordination
+ NCP Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials, & New Production technologies - NMP / Transport / Space / Research Infrastructures / Regions of knowledge / International Cooperation

o Mathilde Vivot ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ): NCP for Health / Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology

o Sabine Léger ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ): NCP for Energy / Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities / Research for the benefit of SMEs / Science in society

o Camille Le Borgne ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ): NCP for Environment and CIP Eco-innovation

o Sarah Van Haelst ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ): NCP for ICT and Security

Once you know which call for proposals fits your project idea, your NCP Brussels will also provide you the following services:
- guidance through administrative, legal and financial constraints
- training and individualized support on project and budget drafting
- support throughout the project lifetime: during negotiation process, project implementation and dissemination efforts

For regular updates on EU funding for R&D and innovation, join the NCP Brussels group on LinkedIn and follow-us on twitter !

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