Source: CORDIS FP7 http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc
Document of Reference: Official Journal of the European Union OJ No C 316 of 22.12.2006, pg.23
Date: 22 December 2006
The EU's largest ever funding programme for research, the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) have got underway with the publication of 42 calls for proposals. Researchers received a Christmas present of almost €4.3 billion on 22 December. The total budget for FP7 is €50.521 billion, with an additional €2.7 billion available through Euratom.
Calls have been published under the Euratom Specific Programme, as well as each of the four specific programmes of FP7: Cooperation; Ideas; People and Capacities.
The calls address the following areas:
Cooperation
- Health;
- Food, agriculture and fisheries and biotechnology;
- Information and communication technologies (2 calls);
- Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies (4 calls);
- Energy (2 calls);
- Environment (including climate change);
- Transport (including aeronautics) (5 calls);
- Socioeconomic sciences and the humanities;
- Space;
- Security;
- ERA-NET/ERA-NET Plus;
- Coordination and cooperation in the context of ERA (European Research Area).
Ideas
- Starting grants from the European Research Council (ERC).
People
- Marie Curie initial training networks;
- European reintegration grants;
- International reintegration grants;
- Researchers' night;
- Marie Curie awards.
Capacities
- Research infrastructures;
- Research for the benefit of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) (3 calls);
- Regions of knowledge;
- Research potential (4 calls);
- Science in society;
- Coherent development of research policies;
- Activities of international cooperation (2 calls).
Euratom Specific Programme
- Fission call (based on provisional work programmes, to be confirmed before 1 March 2007).
To see the full details of the calls, please consult the following web address:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc |
