About FP7
The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) is the European Commissions main instrument for funding collaborative research and development. With a budget of over 50 billion, the programme will run for 7 years and was launched in 2007.
FP7 is organised into four specific programmes
Research Themes
Evolving from FP6, the Co-operation Programme is organised into 9 high-level themes. The themes proposed for EU action are:
- Health
- Food, agriculture & biotechnology
- Information & communication technologies
- Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials & new production technologies
- Energy
- Environment (including climate change)
- Transport (including aeronautics)
- Socio-economic sciences & the humanities
- Security & space
Budget
With a budget of €32.4 billion, the distribution of funding for the Co-operation Programme is shown in the following diagram:
The FrameworksNW team are available to answer any queries and provide further details about FP7 and complementary programmes.
Complementary Programmes
Two initiatives running concurrently with FP7 are the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) and the Euratom Framework Programme.
CIP is designed to complement FP7 by helping bring successful RTD proposals to the market.
Euratom will fund research and training for fusion energy, nuclear fission and radiation protection.
