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Community Research and Development Information Service

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CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, is an information resource dedicated to European research and development activities. CORDIS is the official information source for publication of all calls for proposals regarding the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7). CORDIS is provided by the Publications Office of the European Union on behalf of the research Directorates-General of the European Commission.

Aims

CORDIS’s principal aims are:

  1. To facilitate participation in Community research activities.
  2. To improve exploitation of research results, whilst focusing on sectors essential to Europe’s competitiveness.
  3. To promote the sharing of know-how in order to boost companies’ innovation capacities, in particular by publishing the results of EU-financed research conducted under successive framework programmes, and the espousal of new technologies by society.

CORDIS offers access to a wide range of information on EU research, including:

  • The primary repository of EU-funded research projects and their results since 1990
  • Daily news, events, funding opportunities and research showcases, provided by both the European Commission and by user contributions
  • An interactive environment to find research partners and to support discussion forums
  • Over 180 thematic services, national contact points, extensive user guidance, a large library of documents and a range of search facilities, including custom email alerts and RSS feeds.
  • Further databases and services to support EU research activities

CORDIS was created in 1990 following a Communication of the Commission for the implementation of an RTD information service (SEC(1988)1831). It has been online since 1994.

The current legal basis of CORDIS is Decision No. 1982/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework Programme.

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