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Call For Research Proposals 2007

The EMRS DTC will be opening its Annual Call for research proposals, open from Monday 8th October 2007 and closing on Friday 28th December 2007 for projects starting in April 2008.

The call is open to Universities, SMEs, Research Centres and Large Companies with relevant, low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) research capability in Electro-Magnetic Remote Sensing and it's enabling technologies.

Participating organisations gain full funding by the DTC for their research, while retaining ownership of their IPR. The sponsors of the DTC, UK MoD, gain rights of use for internal UK government purposes. The EMRS DTC consortium companies gain rights of use only for EMRS DTC purposes. This mechanism leaves science providers free to exploit their research in both military and civil domains. The framework has been created in this manner to attract the best researchers and most innovative ideas towards UK defence research.

The call for proposals will be supported by two Bidders' Conferences:

Monday 8th Oct 2007 - BAE Systems Farnborough
(Park Centre - click for directions).

Wednesday 10th October 2007 - Selex Sensors & Airborne Systems, Edinburgh
(Crewe Toll- click for directions).

Each of these Bidders' Conferences will start at 9:30am, and will conclude at 1:00pm.

It is necessary to register for these Bidders' Conferences. Please send a fax detailing your name, organisation, telephone number and e-mail address to us on:
+44 (0) 131 343 8110. Your fax should be marked FAO:
Neil Whitehall, EMRS DTC Operations Director.

To support the call for proposals the EMRS DTC has produced the following documents:

Bidders' Conference

Briefing Papers
2007 Technical Conference Materials
2006 Technical Conference Materials
2005 Technical Conference Materials
2004 Technical Conference Materials
Background Reading Material
EMRS DTC Projects List - May 2007

These documents describe:

Our Approach to the EMRS DTC

 

MoD "Specification" for Defence Technology Centres

Our Strategy for "Pull Through"

Our Response - Key Features of the EMRS DTC
The Structure of the EMRS DTC
The Research Theme Leader IPT Organisational Chart
Our Definition of the EMRS DTC Domain

Commercial, Contractual & IPR

 

Contractual Framework

Intellectual Property
Contractual Framework
Summary of IP Terms
Key Terms of Prime Contract

Technical Programme

 

2007 Research Priorities

Programme Construction
Key Drivers, Research Themes and Current Research Topics
Research Proposal Selection Criteria
"Precursor Studies"
Content of Current Programme Research Themes
Application Process & Research Proposal Proforma

Contact Details

 

DTC Office

Commercial & Procurement
Research Theme Leaders

Proposals must be submitted on the Proposals Proforma provided

Proposals must be submitted electronically to the EMRS DTC Operations
Director before close of business on Friday 28th December 2007.

For further information, please contact the EMRS DTC Research Director or EMRS DTC Operations Director

 

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