Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are critical to improve the competitiveness of European industry and to meet the demands of its society and economy.

ICTs have a catalytic impact in three key areas:

• productivity and innovation, by facilitating creativity and management;
• modernisation of public services, such as health, education and transport;
• advances in science and technology, by supporting cooperation and access to information.

Researchers and research organisations in the field of ICT located outside Austria can find support by FFG in finding Austrian project partners. EU-Initiatives, databases and competence catalogues list profiles of Austrian researchers, research institutions and research-intensive SMEs.

In the field of ICT the following EU-Initiative is available for finding suitable Austrian research partners:

The EU-Initiative Ideal-ist offers a database for researchers in the field of ICT, searching for research project partners within FP7. 

All services offered to Austrian researchers and research organisations can be found in more detail in the German language version of this website!
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