EU Seventh Framework Programme - FP7
FP7 overview The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) is EU’s main instrument for funding research in Europe FP7 will run from The programme has a total budget of over € 50 billion
+ Ideas – Frontier research Capacities – Research capacities People – Researcher mobility Cooperation – Collaborative research Non-nuclear actions by the Joint Research Centre Euratom indirect actions Euratom direct actions by the Joint Research Centre
Ideas – Frontier research Capacities – Research capacities People – Researcher mobility Cooperation – Collaborative research
Cooperation The Cooperation programme fosters collaborative research across Europe and other partner countries through projects by transnational consortia of industry and academia Research is carried out in ten key thematic areas
Cooperation 10 key thematic areas: Health Food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology Information and communication technologies Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies Energy Environment (including climate change) Transport (including aeronautics) Socio-economic sciences and the humanities Space Security
Ideas – Frontier research Capacities – Research capacities People – Researcher mobility Cooperation – Collaborative research
Ideas The Ideas programme supports “frontier research” solely on the basis of scientific excellence Research may be carried out in any research area Projects are implemented by “individual teams” around a “principal investigator” The programme is implemented via the European Research Council (ERC)
Ideas – Frontier research Capacities – Research capacities People – Researcher mobility Cooperation – Collaborative research
People The People programme provides support for researcher mobility and career development, both for researchers inside the European Union and internationally It is implemented via a set of Marie Curie actions Research may be carried out in any research area
People Initial training ITN – Initial Training Networks Life-long training IEF – Intra European Fellowships ERG – European Reintegration Grants COFUND – Co-Funding or Regional, National & International Programmes Industry-Academia IAPP – Industry Academia Partnerships & Pathways International dimension IIF – Incoming International Fellowships OIF – Outgoing International Fellowships IRG – International Reintegration Grants IRSES – International Staff Exchange Specific Actions
Ideas – Frontier research Capacities – Research capacities People – Researcher mobility Cooperation – Collaborative research
Capacities The Capacities programme strengthens the European research capacities. It covers the following activities: Research infrastructures Research for the benefit of SMEs Regions of knowledge Research potential Science in society Specific activities of international cooperation
Contact Grants Office for support Jan Marcusson Head of office and legal counsel Ann Jonsson Specialist R&D finance Maria Bideke Specialist R&D funding Jenny Lindberg Hans Sundvall Specialist R&D funding – on parental leave spring 2010 Specialist R&D funding – spring Anders Henriksson Specialist R&D funding
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