`Fast-Track' Service Program

All the proposals for period 31, 32 and 33 have either been completed or closed.

For period 34 there were 8 proposal, of which there were 6 `grade 1' proposals and 2 `grade 2' proposals. Of the `grade 1' proposals 3 are completed, one is completed for 3/4, one is completed for 2/3 and one is completed for 1/2. Both `grade 2' proposals were completed.

For period 35 there were 8 proposal, of which there were 6 `grade 1' proposals and 2 `grade 2' proposals. Of the `grade 1' proposals, 5 were completed and one is completed for 1/3. Neither of the `grade 2' proposals have been executed.

As for period 36 we already have 8 proposals. Of these there were 4 `grade 1' proposals, 1 `grade 2' proposal, and 1 `grade 3' proposal. One proposal still needs to be assessed and one proposal was rejected, but we expect it to be resubmitted after some technical and scientific points are taken in to account properly. Of the `grade 1' proposals, 1 was completed and one is completed 1/2. The `grade 2' and `grade 3' proposals have not been executed yet.

Thomas Augusteijn 2008-01-11