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Call For Research Proposals 2008

The EMRS DTC will be opening its Annual Call for research proposals, open from Friday 10th October 2008 and closing on Wednesday 31st December 2008 for projects starting in April 2009.

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 3rd November 2008 -  Selex Sensors & Airborne Systems, Edinburgh
(Crewe Toll- click for directions)
Thursday 6th November 2008 - QinetiQ, Farnborough
(Cody Technology Park - 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 an email detailing your name, organisation, telephone number and e-mail address to Caroline Harvey.

Your registration needs to be with us one week in advance of the appropriate bidders' conference.

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

Bidders' Conference
MOD Performance Assessment Framework (PAF)
Briefing Papers
2008 Technical Conference Materials
2007 Technical Conference Materials
2006 Technical Conference Materials
2005 Technical Conference Materials
2004 Technical Conference Materials
Background Reading Material
EMRS DTC Projects List - Sept 2008

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
 
2008 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 Wednesday 31st December 2008.
For further information, please contact the EMRS DTC Research Director or EMRS DTC Operations Director.
 

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