Last update: August 15, 1996

CORDIS CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service offers a wide variety of easy to access information that can assist you at every stage of your innovation development process. A vital link in the European Commission's Innovation Programme offered by DG XIII/D, Cordis was created to assist European business, industry, and research organizations in transforming breakthrough technology, processes and ideas into market innovations that result in commercial success and overall economic growth. Information Customised to Suit your Needs The Cordis Innovation Services are a valuable tool for you to use in keeping up to date on the latest Community RTD developments in Health, Medicine, Telematics, and a wide range of other related fields and programmes. Cordis offers you quick, free access to customised information on: NEWS: Stay on top of daily R&D related news including current calls for proposals and tender, events, publications and activities in preparation. Research and innovation issues, legislation and policy are covered along with regular updates on the progress and results of specific research programmes.

RESULTS: Locate research results and technology offers that are applicable to your innovation objectives and find help in promoting the technologies that you need assistance in further developing or commercially exploiting. PARTNERS: Find organizations who would be suitable partners for participation in European research and innovation activities, joint ventures or other types of collaboration. PROJECTS: Get specific details on important projects carried out within various EU funded programmes. Current project information includes description and aims, programme references, current status and details on the main contractor and other partners. PROGRAMMES: Learn detailed information on specific Community-funded research programmes and research and technology development in many fields including health, medicine and information technology. Useful information like programme structure, aim, status, implementation and funding can be accessed. PUBLICATIONS: Keep informed on the contents of important new publications, reports or scientific papers arising from Community research activities.

CONTACTS: Find out who to contact for information or advice on national and Community research and innovation programmes. DOCUMENTS: Locate details on pertinent R&D relevant Commission and Secretariat-General documents. ACRONYMS: Look up definitions to research-related acronyms and abbreviations. Health Telematic Links Whether you are looking for a telematics technology that can be adapted to the health field, looking for specific organisations interested in collaborating on the development of a new application, or want to follow the progress of a EU biomedical or biotechnology-directed project in order to assess the potential need and feasibility of a telematic solution, CORDIS can help you easily find the information, details and people you need to accomplish your objectives. Through CORDIS, key information on telematics applications programmes and complementary Commission R&D programmes such as ESPRIT, ACTS, ENS, IDA and BIOMED can be easily referenced. Cordis also offers you links wih key EHTO activities in order to provide you with a timely, comprehensive and useful innovation information source.

Accessing CORDIS Information The Cordis Service offers a variety of different ways to find the information you want in a format that suits your specific needs. You can access CORDIS information on-line, by CD-ROM, over the World Wide Web, or through a wide variety of timely and specialised publications. On-Line: The core CORDis information is available on-line using a menu system. Watch-CORDIS, the user-friendly Windows access to the CORDIS on-line information, makes it easy for you to search for the specific information you need and allows you to query before connecting to the database, so your telecommunications charges are kept to a minimum. On-Line Cordis can be accessed using a direct telephone line, a local packet switching data network (PSDN - e.g. X.25) or telnet via the Internet. Usage is free of charge, the user only has to cover the telecommunications expenses.

CD-ROM: CORDIS information is also available on CD-ROM. The Cordis CD-ROM is updated quarterly and is available by subscription. World Wide Web(WWW): This convenient service provides quick facts on the Cordis Services, the ability to submit your information directly to CORDIS interfaces with other relevant R&D information sources, and a full text document service that allows you to reference and download important documents like work programmes, information packages and calls for proposals for all research programmes in the Fourth Framework. The Cordis WWW Service can be reached via the URL: http://www.cordis.lu/ Publications: A variety of timely, specialised publications are available to you through Cordis including: - Cordis focus: a free, twice-monthly overview of the latest news on all aspects of EU research activities.

In addition, a variety of specialised Cordis focus supplements are also available including RTD-Results, a quarterly review of the most promising research results and technologies that require collaboration for further development or market exploitation. - Euroabstracts: Available by subscription, this bi-monthly publication reviews important new research publications. If your would like to learn more about using the CORDIS Services, please contact the CORDIS Help Desk at BP 2373, L-Luxembourg, Tel.: +352-3498-1240, Fax: +352-3498-1248, or E-mail: helpdesk@cordis.lu. If you would like to submit information to CORDIS regarding your specific health telematics collaboration or technology needs, please contact the CORDIS Information Collection Unit at Rue de la Loi 26, Box 1, B-1040 Brussels, Tel.: +32-2-280-17-44, Fax: +32-2-280-17-49, or E-mail: cordis-icu@cartermill.com.

 

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