13 MEuro Joint research projects and networks related to condensed matter, plasma, radio and material physics, optics and quantum electronics, life sciences and earth sciences. 1.5 MEuro Joint research projects related to all aspects of the food chain from production to consumption. 1 MEuro Joint research projects related to specific aspects of the physics and engineering of the Large Hadron Collider Detectors. Powerful, user-friendly Internet databases have made these a thing of the past. Whilst scientists construct their proposals in an online database, experts work online in a parallel one.
Potential experts receive a log-in and password.
They no longer have to send extensive CVs by fax or post. They can simply submit all the necessary information in a matter of minutes, at any time of the day or night. Shortly before the close of the Calls, the Scientific Officers shortlist the experts to be used and send their details to the Council of Scientists for approval. This simplest of tasks is handled electronically. At 12.01 CET on 29 September 2000 the sealed proposal database will be opened.