CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR DESCARTES PRIZE.

• Position: European Commission - Government Activity

The European Commission is inviting calls for proposals for distinctions for high-level research work, as part of its Descartes Prize, under the "Improving Human Potential" programme, part of the EU's Fifth RTD Framework Programme. This award is intended to identify and give public recognition and visibility to European researchers who have successfully produced outstanding scientific or technological results through European collaborative research. Individual candidates for the Descartes Prize must be nationals of a Member State or an associated state, or must have lived in the EU for at least the last five years. Proposals must have a minimum of two mutually independent entities from two different Member States or from a Member State and an associated state. The...