Monthly Archives: May 2011

European Commission Framework Programme 7 (FP7) Funding (Grant) Programme – 7 year budget

  Total budget distribution of all activities within FP7 Funding Programme I) COOPERATION Themes Total Budget FP7 Mil € Health 6 Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology 1.9 Information and Communication Technologies 9.1 Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies 3.5 Energy … Continue reading

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Amazon Kindle 3 – The E-Ink Technology

If you are new to Amazon Kindle, I suggest you go to a high street shop and try one. You will be amazed with the e-ink technology. I wasn’t a big fan of Kindle until I have seen one in … Continue reading

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What is funded in European Commission Framework Programme 7 (FP7)?

Cooperation Programme (64% of the non-nuclear budget) Any transnational research activities can be funded within this programme. The following thematic priorities have been defined (part of Cooperation budget): Health – 19% Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology – 6% Information and … Continue reading

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European Commission Funding – ERDF Programme – North East England

Who says there is no funding for North East of England? The ERDF 2007-13 programme will help create and safeguard 28,000 new jobs, start 3,000 new businesses and increase the North East’s productivity by £1.1bn per annum. Now this is … Continue reading

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European Research Area (ERA) – What is it?

The European Research Area is composed of all research and development activities, programmes and policies in Europe which involve a transnational perspective. Together, they enable researchers, research institutions and businesses to increasingly circulate, compete and co-operate across borders. The aim … Continue reading

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After EU Funding – Considering Private Equity Investments

Seed funding Seed funding is provided to develop a concept, create the initial product and carry out the first marketing efforts. A company is usually very young (around one year) and has not produced a product or service for commercial … Continue reading

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Understanding the structure of FP7 Funding Programme

European Commission FP7 Funding Programme is primarily composed of four specific programmes. These can be summarised as below: Cooperation Programme: The largest specific programme and covers a variety of topics and functions as the core of FP7. The ten themes … Continue reading

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Benefits of FP7 Funding Programmes

Avail EU funding In FP7, any type of organisation – large companies, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), research centres, research organisations or universities, including private sector research organisations, individual researchers / PhD students / experts, and NGOs / business / … Continue reading

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The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) – Cell Therapy Technology and Innovation Centre Call

The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has published a new call in cell therapy technologies. The call is open to all orgnisations that is working on these technologies and lead or form a new innovation centre that focusing on cell therapy. … Continue reading

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Understanding FP7 Projects – Contract Negotiation Stage

In my previous post,  we had a quick look at who is who in a European Commission Project. In this post, I will talk about the Contract Negotiation stage. If your project passed the EC Call Threshold then you will … Continue reading

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