EC JOULE AND THERMIE PROGRAMMES: CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The European Commission will issue a call for proposals under both the JOULE and THERMIE programmes on 15 September 1996. It is expected that nearly £200 million will be available to fund projects. The Institute of European Trade and Technology is running six seminars later this year on behalf of the DTI to provide fuller information and advice to help UK organisations access these funds.

The JOULE programme will be seeking proposals for R&D projects in a number of areas of the work programme relating to energy RTD strategy, rational use of energy and fossil fuels, as well as a few relating to renewable energies. It is expected that a further (and final) call will be made in the first part of 1997 which will concentrate on renewable energies.

The THERMIE programme will invite proposals for demonstration projects in rational use of energy in buildings, transport and industry; renewable energies, including photovoltaics, wind, biomass, small hydro and geothermal energy; clean production of electricity from solid fuels (conventional and advanced cycles); and hydrocarbons (exploration, production, transport of oil & gas and natural gas technologies). The final call under the THERMIE programme will be made in September 1997.

The seminars will take place in:

London 30 September

Bristol 7 October

Birmingham 8 October

Manchester 9 October

Newcastle-on-Tyne 14 October

Glasgow 15 October

Click here to see an outline programme for the event. Among the speakers will be representatives of the Commission (DGXII/DGXVII), the DTI and ETSU.

For further information please contact:

Mary Marshall

IETT

29 Throgmorton Street

LONDON

EC2N 2AT

Tel: 0171 628 9770/0171 628 1647

Fax: 0171 628 7692/0171 628 5155