CORNET is an ERANET project and stands for COllective Research NETworking. It is a network for information exchange and collaboration between national and regional programmes and schemes for collective research across Europe.
The objective is to promote close cooperation between the responsible national/regional ministries and agencies and to create opportunities to set up transnational collective research with national/regional funding. This means that CORNET partners in the 17 participating countries and regions are working together to align programme conditions and procedures.
All CORNET coordination activities are financially supported till the end of December 2010 by the European Commission through the ERA-NET scheme of the Seventh Framework Programme.
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Are you an SME and in need for acquiring research and knowledge generation for your innovative products from research-centres or universities?
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If yes, you may benefit from the transnational funding opportunities EraSME can offer.
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EraSME networks national and regional programmes to promote cooperation between individual SMEs and research organisations across Europe.
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About CORNET
What does CORNET for you?
Twice a year CORNET issues calls for proposals for transnational cooperation projects in the field of collective research and technological development. The calls follow a bottom-up approach, i.e. research topics are not pre-defined and can be decided by applicants themselves. Funding will be made available through national or regional programmes.
CORNET thus enables consortia of SME associations, SMEs and research institutes all over Europe to work together in transnational projects to perform research for the benefit of SMEs.
CORNET thus enables consortia of SME associations, SMEs and research institutes all over Europe to work together in transnational projects to perform research for the benefit of SMEs.
What is collective research?
Collective research is R&D performed for the benefit of a broad target group of firms, especially of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Collective research is typically initiated by groupings of enterprises with common interests, such as associations, professional federations, clusters, and trade associations. It is frequently carried out by specialised research institutes or technological centres which work on behalf of a particular industrial sector.
The objectives of collective research are often pre-competitive and pre-normative, related for example to the development and preparation of (technical) norms and standards. Collective research may also involve the search for improved processes or materials of wide application in an industry.
Collective research results are actively promoted and disseminated across the sector for exploitation.
The objectives of collective research are often pre-competitive and pre-normative, related for example to the development and preparation of (technical) norms and standards. Collective research may also involve the search for improved processes or materials of wide application in an industry.
Collective research results are actively promoted and disseminated across the sector for exploitation.
CORNET is funded by the Seventh European Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development