High-risk research refers to research activities in hitherto unexplored areas with uncertain outcome. These projects may spearhead future research, but the risk of failure is high. On page 4, ICT WP 2011/12 states that "the research challenges in this Work Programme focus on high-risk ICT collaborative research forming part of a medium to long-term agenda." However, there are some challenges where high risk research is specifically mentioned. Traditionally high-risk research are all areas of FET - Future and emerging technologies:
This topic is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p.62) under the following challenges/ objectives:
>FET Open scheme
Objective ICT-2011.9.1: Challenging current Thinking
Objective ICT-2011.9.2: High-Tech Research Intensive SMEs in FET research
Objective ICT-2011.9.3: FET Young Explorers
Objective ICT-2011.9.4: International cooperation on FET research
> Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
