Two new projects were launched in October 2009: “BILAT-USA” and “Link2US”. Supported by the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme (FP7), these complementary projects enhance EU-U.S. S&T cooperation through dialogues and information exchange activities between the EU and the United States and create greater awareness on both sides of the range of opportunities for S&T cooperation. The outcome of these activities will contribute to overcoming barriers to cooperation, developing cooperative research policies and topics, and formulating respective FP7 projects.
In more pragmatic terms, the BILAT-USA and Link2US projects will together serve as an information platform for identifying funding programmes for cooperative research projects and facilitator fostering trans-Atlantic EU-U.S. cooperation.
This web portal consists of three dedicated web-sites:
Home will provide you an overview of EU-U.S. S&T cooperation, which includes
- various cooperation schemes such as EU-U.S. S&T Agreements, bilateral S&T agreements between member states and the U.S as well as cooperation within the 7th Framework Programme;
- the most up-to-date S&T News from EU and U.S.;
- Quarterly E-Newsletter
- Access to relevant Documents & Publications
- Links
The BILAT-USA and Link2US web-sites provide more detailed information on the Project activities and deliverables.