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From: Evelyne Viegas [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Subject: Call for Proposals
CALL for PROPOSALS Accelerating Search in Academic Research
Microsoft Research External Research and Programs is pleased to
announce a new worldwide Request for Proposals (RFP): Accelerating
Search in Academic Research. For full details, guidelines, and
instructions, please visit
http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/RFPs/
Search_2006_RFP.aspx
Submission deadline
The RFP due date is March 24, 2006, 5pm PST (-8 UTC/GMT)
Awards
The total amount available under this request for proposals (RFP) is US
$500,000. Microsoft anticipates making approximately 10-14 awards
averaging $35,000, with a maximum of $50,000 for any single award.
RFP highlights
To advance academic research and publication in the area of Internet
Search and, more generally, in data mining, discovery and analysis,
Microsoft intends to make available to RFP awardees an MSN Search query
log excerpt, with 15 million queries sampled over several weeks.
This RFP invites submission of research proposals for projects which
focus on the Internet Search research area and describe innovative
research using the query/click log and MSN SDK assets in bold, novel,
and unconventional approaches to explore Internet Search and related
technologies, including interdisciplinary research.
This Request for Proposals is in support of Live Labs collaboration
with the academic research community. Live Labs is a partnership
between MSN and Microsoft Research (MSR) focused on applied research
for Internet-enabled products and services at Microsoft. More
information on Live Labs is available at http://labs.live.com
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