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 Communication Technologies – 28%
- Joint Technology Initiative, Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new production technologies – 11%
- Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative (FCH JTI)
- Aeronautics and Air Transport (Clean Sky)
- Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)
- Nanoelectronics Technology 2020 (ENIAC)
- Embedded Computing Systems (ARTEMIS)
- Energy – 7%
- Environment (including climate change) – 6%
- Transport (including Aeronautics) – 13%
- Socio-economic sciences and Humanities – 2%
- Security
- Space
Ideas (15% of the non-nuclear budget)
Ideas will, similarly to Cooperation, finance directly scientific research. However, it will differ on the following aspects:
- It will not be linked to the thematic priorities of FP7 and will include engineering, social sciences and the humanities. It will not be managed by the European Commission, but by an autonomous entity: the European Research Council.
- It will focus on research at the “frontier of knowledge”, where risks are higher. The expected fields of research are therefore expected to be more fundamental.
People (9% of the non-nuclear budget)
This Specific Programme is focused on supporting the training, the mobility and the career development of European researchers, mainly through the expansion of Marie Curie Fellowships.
Capacities (9% of the non-nuclear budget)
The Capacities specific programme is targeted at enhancing research infrastructures and improving its usage, promoting “Regions of Knowledge”, supporting regional research-driven clusters, and stimulating the research potential in the EU’s “convergence” regions. Additionally, this part of FP7 will contain some budget dedicated to policy development, e.g. coordination of research policies.
There is a funding for all organisations in the EU’s Framework Programme 7 (FP7) funding programme. If you would like to find out more, please get in touch using the form below.
