The European Commission has unveiled its plans for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), which propose a duration of seven years (2007 to 2013), a budget of 72.73 billion euro and a structure based on four specific programmes: Cooperation, Ideas, People and Capacities.
The European Commission has unveiled its plans for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), which propose a duration of seven years (2007 to 2013), a budget of 72.73 billion euro and a structure based on four specific programmes: Cooperation, Ideas, People and Capacities.
Within these four programmes, ‘Cooperation’ refers to collaborative transnational research activities; ‘Ideas’ covers basic research implemented through a European Research Council (ERC); ‘People’ includes Marie Curie actions and other initiatives; while ‘Capacities’ encompasses support to research infrastructures, regions of knowledge and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Nine thematic areas for collaborative research are specified:
- health
- food
- agriculture and biotechnology
- information and communication technologies (ICT)
- nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies
- energy
- environment (including climate change)
- transport (including aeronautics)
- socio-economic sciences and the humanities
- security and space research
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Source: European Commission
Document Reference: Based on the Commission’s proposals for the Seventh Framework Programme
