Bio-inspired Engineering of Sensors, Actuators & Systems (EuroBioSAS)

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The Calls for Outline Proposals and Full Proposals are now CLOSED

Deadline for Outline Proposals was 29th March 2010 (noon CET).

For further details click here.

The 10 successful outline proposals have been invited to submit a full proposal by the 22nd June 2010 (noon CET)

For further details on Full proposal submission click here

Background and Objectives

Nature’s richness and variety, evolved through millions of years of natural selection, holds the key to a treasure trove of innovative design principles. Biological systems occupy a domain of parameter space which manmade systems have only just begun to touch upon. Entering this domain will transform the face of modern engineering. Whereas today's technological devices are synthesized from discrete and often pre-existing components, Nature produces fully integrated biological systems whose function drives the evolution of form at all levels simultaneously. The resulting integration of biological systems over many hierarchical levels is the key to understanding their exquisite performance, and is also the key to emulating their functionality in an engineered system. Bio-inspired Engineering therefore necessitates nothing less than a radical rethinking of the underlying principles of synthetic design, which can be achieved only by elucidating the most fundamental principles by which biological systems are structured. EuroBioSAS aims to uncover those fundamental organizational principles which underpin the performance of biological sensors, actuators and systems, and will use them as the inspiration for developing new technologies that push beyond the frontiers of today’s engineered systems in their capability and performance.

Special National Funding Organisation eligibility and requirements for participation in EUROCORES

A list (sorted by country) containing information on special National Funding Organisation eligibility and requirements for participation in EUROCORES can be downloaded here

Please note that this list may not be complete, since it is updated only as information becomes available to the ESF office from the participating EUROCORES Funding Organisations (EFOs). It remains your responsibility to check with your national funding organisation for the most recent requirements. The contact persons for all participating organisations are provided on the last page of the Call for Proposals.

E-Alert

If  you would like to receive an e-mail alert on the status of the Call after the 18th December please send an e-mail to eurobiosas[at]esf.org with "EuroCORES Status Alert" as the subject.

For further information about the EuroBioSAS Programme please contact Dr. Ana Helman at the previously mentioned e-mail address.