Update on the second call under FP7

The call was closed on 31 March 2009. We received a total of 104 proposals from 486 companies and institutions based in 40 countries. In total, €108m in grants was requested, which is about four times the call’s €28.5m budget. Almost 70% of the proposals were above threshold. Compared to the first call more proposals were submitted and they were of higher quality, a testimony to the continued interest in GNSS R&D.

Currently, evaluations of the proposals have been completed and feedback was sent to consortium coordinators. Based on these evaluations, the GSA has made a proposal specifying the consortia that will be invited for negotiations and the suggested Community contribution to each of the proposed projects. Pending approval of the GSA’s proposal by the European Commission and the Transport Programme Committee, we expect to start negotiations with the selected consortia in September.

Activity/ Area	Topics	Funding Scheme	Maximum Duration in Months
7.4.1 Exploiting the Full Potential
7.4.1.1 Mass Market Applications	Galileo.2008.1.1.1b: Use of EGNOS services for mass market: road telematics	CP	24
7.4.1.1 Mass Market Applications	Galileo.2008.1.1.1a:Use of EGNOS services for mass market: Innovative applications targeted to SMEs	CP	24
7.4.1.2 Professional Applications	Galileo.2008.1.2.1: Use of EGNOS for professional applications: Fleet management and logistics applications and High precision applications including agriculture	CP	24
7.4.1.3 Scientific applications	Galileo.2008.1.3.1: Galileo and EGNOS for scientific applications	CP	24
7.4.1.4 Safety-of-Life Applications	Galileo.2008.1.4.1a: Use of EGNOS for Safety of Life applications : Accelerating EGNOS adoption in aviation	CP	24
7.4.1.4 Safety-of-Life Applications	Galileo.2008.1.4.1b: Use of EGNOS for Safety of Life applications : EGNOS in rail and maritime applications	CP	24
7.4.1.7 New and innovative applications and services	Galileo.2008.1.7.1: LBS : Applications with social/public dimension	CP	24
7.4.1.8 Search and Rescue Applications	Galileo.2008.1.8.1: SAR service	CP	24
7.4.3 Adapting receivers to requirements and upgrading core technologies
7.4.3.1 Receivers	Galileo.2008.3.1.4: Advanced Receivers (professional receivers)	CP	30
7.4.4 Supporting infrastructure evolution
7.4.4.3 International co-operation and awareness	2008 - 4.3.1 and 2008 – 4.3.4 International activities and EGNOS service extension	CP	24
7.4.4.3 International co-operation and awareness	2008 - 4.3.2 and 2008 – 4.3.3 Support to Education in GNSS, Support to Research and innovation in GNSS	CP	36

CP: Collaborative project

More detailed information can be found on the following links:

Note: The Call for Tenders funded under FP7 can be found in the procurement section of the GSA website and Commission website. Not all tenders have been published yet.

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