DANIEL@BNR.BITNET (Daniel Zlatin, D.R.) (01/22/88)
PRECARN is a not-for-profit consortium of over 30 Canadian corporations. PRECARN (sometimes expanded as Pre-Competitive Applied Research Network) has as its overriding objective the increase of industrial competitiveness in Canada. This will be accomplished by funding applied research projects to raise awareness of, and exploitation of, artificial intelligence and robotics technologies within industry. PRECARN is now commencing the process that will identify, and eventually fund, the research and development activities in artificial intelligence and robotics that hold the greatest promise for eventual exploitation by the member corporations. PRECARN is inviting applications for the funding of feasibility studies. Applications to this RFP may come from: a) Canadian universities or colleges; b) Canadian corporations or subsidiaries of foreign corporations having, or actively moving towards, a significant research and development operation in Canada; c) Crown corporations with an arm's-length relationship with the government. For more information, a complete copy of the RFP, and application forms, contact: Mail: PRECARN Associates Inc., 30 Colonnade Road, Suite 300, Nepean, Ontario K2E 7J6 Phone: (613) 727-9576 Email: Sorry, no email address.