The award, which is now in its second year, was set up by the European Commission and the European Patent Office.
The ICT Policy Support Programme (or ICT PSP) aims at stimulating innovation and competitiveness through the wider uptake and best use of ICT by citizens, governments and businesses.
The programme builds on the aims of the previous e-TEN, Modinis and e-Content programmes and will support the aims of the new integrated strategy i2010 - European Information Society 2010.
Instead of the shrill sound of the alarm clock, your cell phone wakes you in the morning with a happy mp3 song.
Earlier this year, the UK technology start-up Plastic Logic announced that it had secured USD 100 million (76 million) worth of venture capital to help build the world's first commercial plant for plastic electronics manufacture.
The Q-REC project entitled "European Quality Labelling and Certification of Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs)" is a Specific Support Action for the strategic objective 2.4.11 "Integrated BioMedical Information for better Health" as addressed in Call 4 of the Information Society Technologies Work Programme.