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Microsoft Research is pleased to announce a two new worldwide Requests for Proposals (RFP):
1. Cell Phones as a Platform for Healthcare.
For full details, guidelines, and instructions, please visit
http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/RFPs/CellPhoneAsPlatformForHealthcare_RFP.aspx
Important Dates
First date for proposal submissions: September 15, 2007
Deadline for proposal submissions: October 29, 2007, Noon, PDT
Awards
The total amount available under this request for proposals (RFP) is $1,000,000. Microsoft anticipates making approximately 20 awards averaging $50,000, with a maximum of $100,000 for any single award.
RFP highlights
This worldwide RFP seeks to incubate creative and novel healthcare solutions that are accessible, affordable, and relevant for ‘smart’ mobile phones. An additional focus is the creation of appropriate services, systems, and infrastructures to provide solutions to the global healthcare community. We feel that cell phones and inexpensive, commonly available sensor devices have an opportunity to reach people who until now have not previously had access to technology-based healthcare solutions. Along with the funding, awardees will receive cellphones and relevant software to help enable their research.
2. Beyond Search – Semantic Computing and Internet Economics.
For full details, guidelines, and instructions, please visit
http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/RFPs/BeyondSearch_RFP.aspx
This Request for Proposals is done in partnership with Microsoft adCenter in support of its collaboration with the academic research community.
Submission deadline
The RFP due date is November 1, 2007, 5pm PDT
Awards
The total amount available under this request for proposals (RFP) is $1,000,000. Microsoft anticipates making approximately 20 awards averaging $50,000, with a maximum of $100,000 for any single award.
RFP highlights
To advance academic research and publication in the area of Internet Research and, in particular in data mining, information finding, information supply, and internet economics, Microsoft intends to make available to the RFP awardees a Microsoft adCenter Search query log excerpt with 100 million search queries along with ad click logs sampled over a few months, and a Live Search query log excerpt with 15 million search queries with per-query search result click-throughs. In addition, Microsoft adCenter will provide advertiser accounts to all winners.
This RFP has two tracks:
Track 1 – Semantic Computing
Track 2 – Internet Economics
Microsoft encourages proposals for either track which describe innovative research using the adCenter, Live Search, and SDK assets in bold, novel, and unconventional approaches to further Internet Research and related technologies, including interdisciplinary research.
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Please do not hesitate to contact us at ukacinfo@microsoft.com if you have any questions about either of these RFPs or any other events or academic programs organised by Microsoft.
Claire
