Post on 20-Jan-2016
EU Seventh Framework Programme - FP7
FP7 overview
• The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) is EU’s main instrument for funding research in Europe
• FP7 will run from 2007-2013
• The programme has a total budget of over € 50 billion
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Ideas – Frontier research
Capacities – Research capacities
People – Researcher mobility
Cooperation – Collaborative research
Non-nuclear actions by the Joint Research Centre
Euratom indirect actions
Euratom direct actions by the Joint Research Centre
Ideas – Frontier research
Capacities – Research capacities
People – Researcher mobility
Cooperation – Collaborative research
Cooperation
• The Cooperation programme fosters collaborative research across
Europe and other partner countries through projects by transnational
consortia of industry and academia
• Research is carried out in ten key thematic areas
Cooperation
10 key thematic 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
Ideas – Frontier research
Capacities – Research capacities
People – Researcher mobility
Cooperation – Collaborative research
Ideas
• The Ideas programme supports “frontier research” solely on the
basis of scientific excellence
• Research may be carried out in any research area
• Projects are implemented by “individual teams” around a “principal
investigator”
• The programme is implemented via the European Research Council (ERC)
Ideas – Frontier research
Capacities – Research capacities
People – Researcher mobility
Cooperation – Collaborative research
People
• The People programme provides support for researcher mobility and
career development, both for researchers inside the European Union
and internationally
• It is implemented via a set of Marie Curie actions
• Research may be carried out in any research area
PeopleInitial training• ITN – Initial Training Networks
Life-long training• IEF – Intra European Fellowships • ERG – European Reintegration Grants• COFUND – Co-Funding or Regional, National & International Programmes
Industry-Academia• IAPP – Industry Academia Partnerships & Pathways
International dimension• IIF – Incoming International Fellowships • OIF – Outgoing International Fellowships • IRG – International Reintegration Grants • IRSES – International Staff Exchange
Specific Actions
Ideas – Frontier research
Capacities – Research capacities
People – Researcher mobility
Cooperation – Collaborative research
Capacities
The Capacities programme strengthens the European research capacities.
It covers the following activities:
• Research infrastructures
• Research for the benefit of SMEs
• Regions of knowledge
• Research potential
• Science in society
• Specific activities of international cooperation
Contact Grants Office for support
Jan Marcusson Head of office and legal counsel jan.marcusson@ltu.se
Ann Jonsson Specialist R&D finance ann.jonsson@ltu.se
Maria Bideke Specialist R&D funding maria.bideke@ltu.se
Jenny Lindberg Hans Sundvall Specialist R&D funding – on parental leave spring 2010 Specialist R&D funding – spring 2010 jenny.lindberg@ltu.se hans.sundvall@ltu.se
Anders Henriksson Specialist R&D funding anders.henriksson@ltu.se
For more information visit our web site:
www.ltu.se/grantsoffice