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Hi Mike and others Coming back from holidays, I am able to discover quickly the first wave of about 40 initial FP7 Calls, issued as foreseen just before Xmas; http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm at a first glance, I see no major difference in the possible subjects we are interested in, only the deadline which appears to be rather far (May, June 2007); you have to discover the many documents attached to each one, starting with the short "fiche", the work programme, etc; please also pay attention to the list of your own NCP (national contact points) in each topic; * about "infrastructures" : * Capacities*: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1 <http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.CapacitiesDetailsCallPage&call_id=15>, *Budget:* EUR 106 400 000 *, Deadline: *02 May 2007 after the Brussels meeting, we could consider first : INFRA-2007-2.1.1: Design studies for research infrastructures in all S&T fields INFRA-2007-2.2.1.x: Preparatory phase for research infrastructures in the 2006 ESFRI Roadmap * about "space" *Cooperation*: Space FP7-SPACE -2007-1 <http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.CooperationDetailsCallPage&call_id=38> Deadline: 19 June 2007, . Indicative budget1: 34.5 million EUR from 2007 budget the terms "space weather " appear 3 times, page 13, in paragraph 2. Action areas strengthening of foundations of Space science and technology 2.3 Research into reducing the vulnerability of space assets * in addition , here is once more some NASA "information", showing the general interest for SW /Evidence is mounting: the next solar cycle is going to be a big one./ FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/21dec_cycle24.htm?list94828 once more, happy new year to everyone ! PG -- ************************************************************** * Paul GILLE * CNRS - LPCE - Relations extérieures * * Laboratoire de Physique & Chimie de l'Environnement * 3A, avenue de la Recherche Scientifique * 45071 Orléans cedex 2 * France * * Tel: +33/0 - 2 38 25 52 06 * Fax: +33/0 - 2 38 63 12 34 * <[log in to unmask]> * http://lpce.cnrs-orleans.fr/ **************************************************************