Box 6 - European Cooperative Projects

Eureka Projects:
  • 646 projects in 9 areas: medical and biotechnology, communications, energy, environment, information technology, lasers, materials, robotics and production automation, transport;
  • EU 95: High Definition Television 1986-93, Budget: $750.
  • EU 127: Joint European Submicron Silicon Programme, 1989-1996. Budget: $4.6 billion.
European Community Projects:
  • Framework III Programme, 1990-1994, 12 member countries, Precompetitive Research. Total budget, $7.99 billion.
  • DGXII: Science, Research and Development. Brite/EURAM: Industrial and materials technologies, plus other research programs
  • DGXIII: Information Technology and Communications. RACE, communication technologies; TELEMATICS, information exchange.
  • DGIII: Industry. ESPRIT (moved from DGXIII).

Science, 1993.