The European Technology Platform Food for Life will:
■ Support a sustainable, successful and competitive pan-European agro-food industry;
■ Provide increased employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for all of Europe;
■ Ensure that the healthy choice becomes the easy choice;
■ Underpin regulation and support policy making at national and regional level;
■ Contribute to sustainable development in Europe;
■ Enhance the ability of the European agro-food industries to create and exploit market opportunities that are less sensitive to price competition; and
■ Promote the 'fork to farm' approach to add value to food chains.
FP7 is the short name for the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development.
This is the EU's main instrument for funding research in Europe and it will run from 2007 to 2013. The EC budget for the next seven years is EURO 50.5 billion and the Euratom budget for the next five years is EURO 2.7 billion1. Overall, this represents a 41% increase from FP6 at 2004 prices and 63% at current prices. FP7 is also designed to respond to Europe's employment needs and competitiveness. FP7 supports research in selected priority areas - the aim being to make, or keep, the EU as a world leader in those sectors.FP7 is the short name for the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. This is the EU's main instrument for funding research in Europe and it will run from 2007 to 2013. The EC budget for the next seven years is EURO 50.5 billion and the Euratom budget for the next five years is EURO 2.7 billion1. Overall, this represents a 41% increase from FP6 at 2004 prices and 63% at current prices. FP7 is also designed to respond to Europe's employment needs and competitiveness. FP7 supports research in selected priority areas - the aim being to make, or keep, the EU as a world leader in those sectors
The EPSS (Electronic Proposal Submission Service) allows Proposers to create their proposal completely on-line without downloading or saving anything on their local personal computer. The EPSS service is available via the Internet as a Web based application.
The Research Park at Uzhhorod National University A Research Park is created to develop the scientific, technical and innovative activity in a higher educational establishment and/or scientific institution, ensure efficient and rational use of the existing scientific potential and the material and technical base for the commercialization of research results and their implementation on the domestic and foreign markets. Functions of the Research Park are the following: * creation of new kinds of innovative product; * promotion of development and support of small innovative business; * support of high-technology production; * development of international and domestic cooperation in science, technology and innovation, promoting of foreign investment.