EU research funding - Horizon 2020 and Free Software

FOSDEM 2014

This talk introduces EU research funding for Free Software.

The new EU research funding scheme "Horizon 2020" starts in 2014. For the first time research groups can choose open access licenses for all project results. This allows Free Software and research projects to explicitly set "open intellectual property" rules and require publication of all outcomes from EU funding.

This talk

shows how to apply for Horizon 2020 funding
shows how to position Free Software within an EU research project
highlights prospective funding areas for Free Software
explains the required project organization / legal status to get funding
gives an informal impression on what to expect from a project submission

Speakers: Marc Hoffmann