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