Outlook on FP7 Dr.habilitat Mihail IOVU Moldova National Information Point (NIP) for the European Community’s Framework Programme for RTD ; November 2006, Chisinau

FP7 – The Commission’s proposal 6 April 2005 The European Commission publishes it’s official proposal for the 7-th European Research Framework Programme - continuity - simplification - significant budget raise - to cover seven years ( ) 10 November 2006, Chisinau

The commission’s proposal Structure (Specific Programmes) Cooperation (Collaborative Research) 44,432 Mo € (62,7 %) Ideas (Frontier Research) 11,862 Mo € (16,7 %) People (Human Potential) 7,129 Mo € (10 %) Capacities (Research Capacity) 4,456 Mo € (10,6 %) 10 November 2006, Chisinau

Cooperation (Nine Themes (Topics) 1Health 2Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology 3Information and Communication Technologies 4Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies 5Energy 6Environment (Including Climate Change) 7Transport (Including Aeronautics) 8Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities 9Security and Space 10 November 2006, Chisinau

Ideas (Frontier Research; highly innovative; risky projects; inter-disciplinary ) ERC = European Research Council - For young Researchers up to 10 years after PhD - First Calls – Project duration up to 5 years - Grant of – € p.a. - Up to 200 grants p.a. - 2-stage proposal procedure 10 November 2006, Chisinau

People (Human Potential) Support to training, mobility and careers development through reinforced “Marie Curie Actions” Goal: to develop and strengthen the human potential of European research 10 November 2006, Chisinau

People Initial training of researchers (Marie Curie Networks) Life-long training and career development (Individual fellowships; Co-financing of regional/national/international programmes) Industry-academia pathways and partnerships (Industry-Academia Scheme) International dimension (Outgoing International Fellowships; Incoming International Fellowships; International Cooperation Scheme; Reintegration grants) Specific actions (Excellence awards) 10 November 2006, Chisinau

Capacities Research Capacity / Development of Policies Enhancement of the research and innovation capacity throughout Europe through - optimizing the use and development of research infrastructures - strengthening innovative capacities of SMEs and their ability to benefit from research - supporting the development of regional research-driven clusters - Unlocking the research potential in the EU’s convergence and outermost regions - a closer relationship between science and society - the development of International cooperation - support for the coherent development of research policies 10 November 2006, Chisinau

Stay informed about FP7 Relevant Internet sites: national websites 10 November 2006, Chisinau

NIS-NEST Project The ASM is the partner of the new FP6 Project “New & Emerging Science and Technology in NIS countries”, (7 partners: France, Greece, Russia (2), Ukraine, Belarusi and R.Moldova). More information about the Emerging Science and Technology (NEST) can be found on: and The NIS-NEST Project, operating under the fields of New and Emerging Science and Technology (NEST) of FP6, aim to open up the opportunities within the EU Framework Programmes between EU and Eastern European countries and Contribute towards closer and mutually benefit collaboration between them in the field of novel exploratory research. In order to facilitate the participation of the scientists from NIS countries in FP7 programmes, the research organizations and scientists are encouraged to fill in the placed on the Website’s and the Form for individual researchers, and send it to: The database will be placed on the NIS-NEST Website, and will be utilized for the benefit of the NIS researchers. 10 November 2006, Chisinau

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