The StandICT project is now on its 5th round of calls for applications for financial support for individuals to participate in the standards-setting process through meetings and related relevant activities as described below. If you are based in the EU, please review the program at the link below and consider applying. Note activities could include exploration of promotion of an OGF standard to international status through our existing liaison relationships with ISO/IEC, ITU-T, etc. or participation in ongoing work of these or other standard-setting organizations. Please feel free to contact the project or ask questions regarding this project. Alan Sill, Ph.D Managing Director, High Performance Computing Center Co-Director, NSF Center for Cloud and Autonomic Computing Adjunct Professor of Physics, Texas Tech University President, Open Grid Forum Begin forwarded message: From: Silvana Muscella <s.muscella@trust-itservices.com<mailto:s.muscella@trust-itservices.com>> Subject: Apply to the StandICT.eu<http://StandICT.eu> 5th Call today & support ICT Standardisation efforts globally - Deadline 4th March 2019 Date: February 12, 2019 at 1:51:04 AM CST To: "EAG@standict.eu<mailto:EAG@standict.eu>" <EAG@standict.eu<mailto:EAG@standict.eu>> Dear EAG members, we would be extremely useful if you could send below the text message to your networks along the following lines to send to your networks as we really need to get applications in & especially to the following networks, as indicated in the minutes yesterday- we would be grateful if you could help us on this warm wishes silvana BVDA , ECSO, 5G PPP, AIOTI, Subject: Apply for financial support to your ICT Standards activities & help contribute to the international ICT Standardisation arena Dear XX, We are delighted to offer you or members from your networked community an opportunity to contribute, through a financial grant, offered by the H2020 StandICT.eu<http://StandICT.eu> project “Supporting European Experts Presence in International Standardisation Activities in ICT” which addresses the need for ICT Standardisation and defines a pragmatic approach and streamlined process to reinforce EU expert presence in the international ICT standardisation scene. StandICT.eu<http://StandICT.eu> is currently running its 5th Open Call, with submission deadline on 4th March 2019 @17:00 CET. If you are an active European expert in ICT standards and wish to be financially supported in your activities consider applying through StandICT.eu<http://StandICT.eu>’s series of Open Calls support European specialists to contribute to ongoing standards development activities, and to attend SDO & SSO meetings. Successful applicants can receive funding between €1.000 and €8.000, depending on the submitted proposal type (One-Shot, Short-Term or Long-Term contributions). Further details and how to apply may be found here: https://www.standict.eu/OpenCalls/5th-Open-Call<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.standict.eu%2FOpenCalls%2F5th-Open-Call&data=02%7C01%7Calan.sill%40ttu.edu%7Cded8cdd3d6e648b24a4808d690bedbb2%7C178a51bf8b2049ffb65556245d5c173c%7C0%7C0%7C636855546778046409&sdata=8B8160jABz2DHNEmAuA8UTfVMk0yO%2B94WvmeGWJSXuw%3D&reserved=0> [cid:part1.27DDC927.3F2DF0D9@trust-itservices.com] -- Download the European Commission Expert Group Report on ' Prompting an EOSC in Practice<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.europa.eu%2Fen%2Fweb%2Feu-law-and-publications%2Fpublication-detail%2F-%2Fpublication%2F5253a1af-ee10-11e8-b690-01aa75ed71a1&data=02%7C01%7Calan.sill%40ttu.edu%7Cded8cdd3d6e648b24a4808d690bedbb2%7C178a51bf8b2049ffb65556245d5c173c%7C0%7C0%7C636855546778056418&sdata=GSj4CkDRX2XpZMFoDcwtZWypVmP1evgSAdR4nBuD2WM%3D&reserved=0> ' launched on Friday 23 November 2018 as part of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Commission. Final Report: ISBN 978-92-79-94835-0 doi: 10.2777/620195 Silvana Muscella | CEO & Founder Trust-IT Services.com<http://Services.com> M + 39 346 2233822 Twitter: @silvanamuscella<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fsilvanamuscella&data=02%7C01%7Calan.sill%40ttu.edu%7Cded8cdd3d6e648b24a4808d690bedbb2%7C178a51bf8b2049ffb65556245d5c173c%7C0%7C0%7C636855546778056418&sdata=5BB7S0zDC2zszt1kv6bs5nJIG4hGDirJsZBq6jGz5kM%3D&reserved=0>