GÉANT picks up 1st prize for ‘Driving technology across the digital divide’
Cambridge, UK | 08 March 2013
GÉANT has received first prize in the Excellent Science category for its entry ‘Driving technology across the digital divide’.
Winners were announced at the 10th e-Infrastructure Concertation Meeting, held this week in Brussels. The meeting was organised by the European Commission Services with the support of the e-ScienceTalk project. Its aim was to bring projects together to discuss issues related to the completion of the 7th Framework Programme and the start of an e-infrastructures activity during Horizon 2020 (2014-2020).
The objective of the FP7 Success Story Competition was to highlight the three best success stories from the FP7 Capacities funding programme in e-Infrastructures.
Excellent Science
The Excellent Science category showcased how the project has raised the level of excellence in Europe's science base, making it an attractive location for the world’s best researchers. Success stories were used to highlight examples of how the project supported the best ideas, developed talent within Europe, or provided researchers with access to priority research infrastructure.
Dorte Olesen receiving the award from Kostas Glinos
Prestigious award
Dorte Olesen, Chair of GÉANT’s policy committee and recipient of the award on behalf of GÉANT, said;
"It’s very pleasing to receive recognition for the project. It is a result of the collaboration of so many talented and dedicated people all over Europe, all with a shared vision of providing the most advanced network and associated services. Being selected as a winner of such a prestigious award is testament to that shared vision and effort."
"GÉANT has brought together all of Europe’s NRENs working towards a common goal, which continues to be an impressive achievement," adds Olesen. "GÉANT will also continue its efforts to ensure Europe remains at the heart of the global research village."
Catherine Gater, project coordinator of e-ScienceTalk said:
“The quality of all the entries was extremely high, and the jury was delighted to award the prizes to the winning projects after some tough decisions.”
About GÉANT
GÉANT is the high speed European communication network dedicated to research and education. In combination with its NREN partners, GÉANT creates a secure, high-speed research infrastructure that serves 40 million users in over 8,000 institutions across 40 European countries. Building on the success of its predecessors, GÉANT has been created around the needs of users, providing flexible, end-to-end services that transform the way that researchers collaborate. GÉANT is at the heart of global research networking through wide ranging connections with other world regions, underpinning vital projects that bridge the digital divide and benefit society as a whole.
Co-funded by the European Commission under the EU’s 7th Research and Development Framework Programme, GÉANT is the e-Infrastructure at the heart of the EU’s European Research Area and contributes to the development of emerging Internet technologies. The project partners are 32 European National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), TERENA and DANTE. GÉANT is operated by DANTE on behalf of Europe’s NRENs.
About DANTE
DANTE is a non-profit organisation, coordinator of large-scale projects co-funded by the European Commission, and working in partnership with European National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) to plan, build and operate advanced networks for research and education. Established in 1993, DANTE has been fundamental to the success of pan-European research and education networking. DANTE has built and operates GÉANT, which provides the data communications infrastructure essential to the success of many research projects in Europe. DANTE is involved in worldwide initiatives to interconnect countries in the other regions to one another and to GÉANT.
DANTE currently manages projects focussed on the Mediterranean, Asia-Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia regions through the EUMEDCONNECT, TEIN, ORIENTplus, AfricaConnect and CAREN projects respectively. For more information, visit www.dante.net
Cambridge, UK | 08 March 2013
GÉANT has received first prize in the Excellent Science category for its entry ‘Driving technology across the digital divide’.
Winners were announced at the 10th e-Infrastructure Concertation Meeting, held this week in Brussels. The meeting was organised by the European Commission Services with the support of the e-ScienceTalk project. Its aim was to bring projects together to discuss issues related to the completion of the 7th Framework Programme and the start of an e-infrastructures activity during Horizon 2020 (2014-2020).The objective of the FP7 Success Story Competition was to highlight the three best success stories from the FP7 Capacities funding programme in e-Infrastructures.
Excellent Science
The Excellent Science category showcased how the project has raised the level of excellence in Europe's science base, making it an attractive location for the world’s best researchers. Success stories were used to highlight examples of how the project supported the best ideas, developed talent within Europe, or provided researchers with access to priority research infrastructure.
Dorte Olesen receiving the award from Kostas Glinos
Prestigious award
Dorte Olesen, Chair of GÉANT’s policy committee and recipient of the award on behalf of GÉANT, said;
"It’s very pleasing to receive recognition for the project. It is a result of the collaboration of so many talented and dedicated people all over Europe, all with a shared vision of providing the most advanced network and associated services. Being selected as a winner of such a prestigious award is testament to that shared vision and effort."
"GÉANT has brought together all of Europe’s NRENs working towards a common goal, which continues to be an impressive achievement," adds Olesen. "GÉANT will also continue its efforts to ensure Europe remains at the heart of the global research village."
Catherine Gater, project coordinator of e-ScienceTalk said:
“The quality of all the entries was extremely high, and the jury was delighted to award the prizes to the winning projects after some tough decisions.”
About GÉANT
GÉANT is the high speed European communication network dedicated to research and education. In combination with its NREN partners, GÉANT creates a secure, high-speed research infrastructure that serves 40 million users in over 8,000 institutions across 40 European countries. Building on the success of its predecessors, GÉANT has been created around the needs of users, providing flexible, end-to-end services that transform the way that researchers collaborate. GÉANT is at the heart of global research networking through wide ranging connections with other world regions, underpinning vital projects that bridge the digital divide and benefit society as a whole.
Co-funded by the European Commission under the EU’s 7th Research and Development Framework Programme, GÉANT is the e-Infrastructure at the heart of the EU’s European Research Area and contributes to the development of emerging Internet technologies. The project partners are 32 European National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), TERENA and DANTE. GÉANT is operated by DANTE on behalf of Europe’s NRENs.
About DANTE
DANTE is a non-profit organisation, coordinator of large-scale projects co-funded by the European Commission, and working in partnership with European National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) to plan, build and operate advanced networks for research and education. Established in 1993, DANTE has been fundamental to the success of pan-European research and education networking. DANTE has built and operates GÉANT, which provides the data communications infrastructure essential to the success of many research projects in Europe. DANTE is involved in worldwide initiatives to interconnect countries in the other regions to one another and to GÉANT.
DANTE currently manages projects focussed on the Mediterranean, Asia-Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia regions through the EUMEDCONNECT, TEIN, ORIENTplus, AfricaConnect and CAREN projects respectively. For more information, visit www.dante.net
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