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A typical project for getting EU funding - A million partners, indicating that noone can or will take any decisions leading to design by committee. - A flashy
by mixmax 19y ago
A typical project for getting EU funding
- A million partners, indicating that noone can or will take any decisions leading to design by committee.
- A flashy site that looks good to EU auditors, but where basic functionality, such as the back button, is broken
- Fluffy language and biz-speak that doesn't amount to anything on their homepage.
- "a consortium consisting of high-profile academic and industrial players with proven track records in innovation and commercial success." - which basically guarantees that it will involve no innovation at all.
I predict it will fail...
- musiciangames 19y agoI have a bad reaction to all flash home pages. And doesn't the lack of any text say 'we don't care whether search engines find us or not'?
- dizz 19y agoFlashy site yes (-1 point for dissemination tasks) but that's a periphal concern of EU project officers and auditors especially when you consider the bulk of deliverables and milestones an integrated large scale project will have. I think you're correct but on a macro level - what I find useful with anything EU FP is at the micro level... universities get students funded - they and academic staff push out good research in the general area of original project. It's here where you'll find the innovation. Also within the SME (micro-ISV) participation in such research activities can produce promising technology.