NoC 31/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 90 
Invitation to submit proposals to the research and development programme on applied 
metrology and chemical analysis for coordinated activities on sub-micron and nano-metre 
metrology and metrology for automated manufacturing processes 
(90/C 31/03) 
On 29 June 1988 the Council of Ministers approved the 
research and development programme in the field of 
applied metrology and chemical analysis for the period 
1988 to 1992. The object of this programme is to 
improve accuracy in methods of measurement and 
chemical analysis and thereby assist in the harmonization 
of results obtained the Community. 
An initial general call for proposals for the programme 
was published in the Official Journal on the 3 June 1988 
(see 88/C 146/07). 
The preesnt call for proposals is related to the same 
programme but is specifically aimed at the development 
of separate activities on: 
1. sub-micron and nano-metre metrology as applied in 
manufacturing industries such as electronics, optics, 
precision machining, etc; 
2. metrology for automated manufacturing processes as 
required to verify the measurements carried out in 
process for the control of both the production process 
and the final quality of the products. 
NB: Proposals in the field of metrology for automated 
manufacturing processes can cover all types and 
ranges of measurement required by industry and do 
not have to include measurements at the 
sub-micron level. 
The aims of projects on metrology selected for inclusion 
in the programme under each of these headings will be: 
— to promote the development of appropriate cali­
bration methods which ensure traceability to national 
and international standards of SI units, 
— where necessary, to improve accuracy by the devel­
opment of improved measurement procedures and 
practices, 
— to examine physical phenomena which could poten­
tially be used for measurement purposes in the field, 
— to improve methods of metrological data collection 
and evaluation due regard being paid to problems of integration of the measurement system into manufac­
turing processes. 
The Community funds allocated to each of the activities 
will depend upon the level and quality of the proposals 
received but will in any event be limited to a total of 
ECU 12 million. This implies in each case the need for a 
high degree of coordination between a limitred number 
of projects at the precompetitive level. 
Participation is open to all industrial enterprises, research 
institutes, universities and other interested organizations 
established within the European Community and those 
EFTA States which have signed a specific agreement 
with the Community for participation in the research and 
development programme on applied metrology and 
chemical analysis. 
Proposals must be based upon active and genuine colla­
boration between participants in at least two countries. 
Such collaboration should be established in advance of 
the submission of the proposal. To facilitate this 
potential proposers may wish to register expressions of 
interest in particular subjects within one or both of the 
fields with the Commission up to the 30 April 1990. 
Attempts will then be made to put laboratories with 
similar interest in contact. 
The closing date for proposals is 30 June 1990. Projects 
selected for funding should be of two to three years 
duration. 
Detail of the priorites defined for each of these activities 
within the applied metrology and chemical analysis 
programme, requirements in respect to collaboration, etc 
and the format for the submission of proposals are 
available from: 
Community Bureau of Reference — BCR, 
Directorate-General for Science Research and Devel­
opment, 
rue de la Loi, 200, 
B-1049 Brussels. 
(Tel.: Brussels 235 93 13, Telefax: Brussels 235 80 72, 
Telex: 21877 COMEU B).