European projects are usually funded for industrial partners. Furthermore EPSRC research projects usually involve industrial partners contributing mainly by making resources available for testing and applying research output. Human resources are commonly available in terms of person months from the industrial partner's staff. Usually such projects have a duration of 18 to 36 months subject to the grant specification and proposal. Previously co-funded projects have included:

• a BT-funded Distributed Centre of Excellence in Software Engineering,
• a thematic network dedicated to bringing together universities, research centers and practitioners with a common objective to determine factors of broad and sustainable adoption of new business models based on e-Business practices and research expertise across Europe and
• a project that particularly addressed the problems faced by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with project partners including Co-Operative Bank, Homes for Change Ltd, and Cookson.com Ltd.

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