Dear all, we are writing to highlight a great funding opportunity for standards specialists that we trust would be relevant for many of you. With a total funding of €1.4 million, the StandICT.eu Open Calls offer a unique opportunity to EU standards specialists to apply for grants to support various types of contributions to ICT international and national standardisation activities. The initiative aims to ensure that the EU plays a key role in making ICT services and technologies interoperable, secure and benchmarked. The 1st of 10 Open Calls targets standards specialists working on key ICT standardisation priorities is open until the 29th May, midnight CEST. . To view the full list of topics addressed, the call evaluation criteria and how to apply, please visit https://www.standict.eu/OpenCalls/1st-Open-Call. Mini-grants of up to EUR 8000 are offered to support activities such as participation to workshops or events (e.g., participant, observer, presentation) or longer term commitments such as contribution to standards documentation (e.g. liaison to WG, comments on standards drafts, membership fees). For more details you can also consult the Open Call FAQs https://www.standict.eu/faqs-open-calls Running in parallel with the Open Calls, StandICT.eu has also launched a call for external evaluators. For more details visit https://www.standict.eu/call- evaluators. This call is open for applications of both European and non-European experts. For any questions, please feel free to get in touch with us at contact@standict.eu Best regards Wolfgang -- Dr. Wolfgang Ziegler Fraunhofer-Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) Schloss Birlinghoven, D-53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany https://www.scai.fraunhofer.de/en/about-us/staff/ziegler.html Tel: +49 2241 14 2258; Fax: +49 2241 14 42258 Public key available at pki.fraunhofer.de/Web-CA?operation=directory-search&name=wolfgang+ziegler StandICT - Supporting European Experts Presence in International Standardisation Activities in ICT www.standict.eu, www.linkedin.com/in/standict, twitter: @Stand_ICT elasticLM - Software License Technology for Grids, Clouds, SOA www.elasticlm.com Fortissimo - Enabling Manufacturing SMEs to benefit from High Performance, Computer-based Simulations: www.fortissimo-project.eu