The 7th Framework Program
Brief description:
The Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) has been created by the European Union to support research-related initiatives across member states in order to achieve economic growth, boost employment and enhance competitiveness. It operates alongside a number of other programmes which share ambitious research, education and innovation goals. The programme awards grants to projects which successfully negotiate a rigorous and highly competitive selection process. The scheme runs from 2007 to 2013. The objectives of FP7 cover four main categories, namely, cooperation, ideas, people and capacities. The programme has a total budget of over € 50 billion, two thirds of which is earmarked for the Cooperation programme to foster collaborative research across Europe and other partner countries in ten 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 Full details of FP7 can be found on the CORDIS website. A good overview is provided in the FP7 In Brief booklet.