The Board of the Information Society Institute will accept new projects
based on proposals submitted by different university units. The
Institute may participate in the financing of the projects within
the resources allocated to it. The requirements are, however, that
the units housing the projects provide a share of their funding and
that the main funding comes from other sources.
The deadline for the first call for proposals intended to form
the first generation of ISI projects was in October 2001. Based on
the proposals received, the institute accepted a total of 35
projects as a part of its programme, and the decision was taken
allocate EUR 546 000 to these projects between 2001 and 2003. In the
future, the Institute will accept new proposals through a continuous
application process, which means that new projects will be financed
as resources become available. When submitting proposals, the
applicants are asked to use the forms available in
the Web.
In 2003 to 2005, the financing provided by the Institute will
concentrate more strongly on spearhead projects. As to the flagship
projects, the Institute is particularly interested in supporting
projects aimed to develop socially and economically beneficial ICT
applications and usages and to acquire new insight into problems
related to the development in information technology. Application
forms and instructions for completing them are available on the
Institute's website.
