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The European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, or ERCIM, is an organization that aims to foster collaborative work within the European research community in information and communication technologies (ICT) and applied mathematics, and increase co-operation with European industry.

As a European Economic Interest Grouping, ERCIM links the resources of its members to create a force of over 12,000 researchers who can work together in groups on different areas of research.

ERCIM is the European host of the World Wide Web Consortium W3C.

[edit] Missions

Advice on IT strategy to the European Union and Member States;
Preparation of ICT research proposals across the European Framework Programmes;
Financial and administrative management of subsequent research projects;
Support to European working groups, set up by IT subject area;
Coordination of the pan-European Alain Bensoussan Fellowship Programme for young IT researchers;
Annual nomination of a promising young researcher in computer science and applied mathematics through the Cor Baayen Award;
Publication of the quarterly ERCIM News magazine.

[edit] Members

Leading research institutes from nineteen European countries are members of ERCIM:

AARIT Austrian Association for Research in IT, in Austria

CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, in Italy
CRCIM Czech Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, in the Czech Republic
CWI Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, in the Netherlands
DANAIM Danish Research Association for Informatics and Mathematics, in Denmark
FNR Fonds National de la Recherche, in Luxembourg
FNRS & FWO Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique & Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, in Belgium
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Germany
ICS-FORTH Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, in Greece
INRIA Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, in France
IUA Irish Universities Association, in Ireland
NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, in Norway
PLERCIM Polish Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, in Poland
SARIT Swiss Association for Research in Information Technology, in Switzerland
SICS Swedish Institute of Computer Science, in Sweden
SparCIM Spanish Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, in Spain
STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council, in the UK
SZTAKI Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Számítástechnikai és Automatizálási Kutató Intézet, in Hungary
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland , in Finland